I Just Found Out I Suffer from Sleep Apnea

About a week and a half ago, I had a sleep study done. Today, I returned to my neurologist and got the results.

Basically, during the study, I slept for a total of 4.7 hours. During that time, I averaged about 57 times an hour that I stopped breathing, and my lowest blood oxygen level was 82%. This puts me somewhere between moderate and severe apnea. (Moderate apnea is defined as 15 to 30 times an hour that you stop breathing, and an oxygen saturation level of between 80 and 85%; Severe apnea is greater than 30 episodes, but a saturation level of 79% or lower)

 So, what next?

My doctor has scheduled me for another sleep study, this time wearing the CPAP device. This study will determine both whether the CPAP will be an affective solution to my apnea, and if so, what is the optimum pressure setting. This study is almost a month from now, so in the meantime, I will be elevating my head more during sleep (which is sometimes affective in reducing the obstructions) and continuing my own research into sleep apnea.

I will update you when anything changes.

Until next time,

Sleep well

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