Sleep apnea study and machine is 10K?

[kell490]

Originally Posted by GearHeadDave

You may indeed have sleep apnea due to some physiological issue that cannot be solved in any other way, so there is clearly a place for CPAP. But in my opinion this device is way over prescribed and the cost of treatment and equipment is nothing more or less than price gouging.

See turtlemom25's #3 post for a more realistic true cost of the study and the machine.

In addition to what she did, you can start off by getting a device to measure your oxygen levels at night to see how bad off you really are. These devices record a time history of the levels through your night's sleep; you can then bluetooth the results to a phone where an app will provide you with the previous night's reading for your review. So you can get a pretty good idea of how serious your problem is before you get committed to sleep study and CPAP.

Turns out my main issue was related to nasal congestion - live in an area with significant allergy problems. Started using Nasonex and sleep and sleep has greatly improved. Plus being overweight is another significant contributor to sleep interruption/apnea issues. Easier said than done but losing weight will help breathing at night as well.

My o2 levels were recorded dropping into the 71% range while not using my CPAP. I woke up a few times with my heart racing lack of oxygen. Headaches were common in the morning and taking over an hour to actually start to function. Doctor was worried I would have a stroke or go into cardiac arrest while sleeping. When I asked about this over on the CPAP forum some said their o2 levels dropped into the 60% range not sure how they are able to survive somehow they did. My sleep study showed I stopped breathing 2-3 times per minute. I was labeled with extreme OSA while I could lose about 40lbs I'm not extremely obese like what I see at the sleep doctor most were 100-200 lbs overweight.