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A bite splint is a bedtime mouth guard that keeps you from clenching and grinding your teeth. My dentist sounds like my best bet. On the other hand, my sleep doc never asked if I "forget" to breathe. I do, so I conclude that I might have mixed apnea? I snore as well.
I think that might be my best option. Studying apnea on my own makes me realize that my sleep doc. only asked the questions that would allow him to put me on cpap. He never asked if I ever "forget" to breathe, without obstruction. He never got a medical history that would have thrown several red flags. I have a difficulty swallowing, palsy, muscle weakness, numbness in the extremities, ataxia, voice changes and vocabulary malfunction. I've been seeing a neurologist for 6 years biannually. I have a long family history of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, autism, M.S., Lewy's bodies dementia, Sundowners and brain cancers. This "sleep Doc." never asked a single question that would rule out Central Apnea. He did mention the oral device, but when I showed interest, he ignored me and railroaded me into the cpap machine. I just saw my neurologist yesterday, and he has suggested we update my MRI as it has been 4 years since the last, which did show white matter abnormality. I'm feeling kind of disgusted about the whole thing right now.
I wear a bite splint at night, so I was fitted with a nasal/ oral cpap mask. My apnea was diagnosed as mild. Should I have been told about an oral device instead? I did snore quite a bit. I'm having a hard time adjusting to cpap pressure, but I've worn a bite splint for years.
I just started using cpap and I'm having trouble adjusting. I know it will take time and I'll stick with it, but so far I'm not seeing an upside. I wake up with a headache, my chest feels like I have pneumonia and my breathing is quite shallow during the day, plus, I find myself not breathing several times a day while awake. Trying to breathe with the mask on is like trying to breathe with my head out the car window. My blood pressure has gone from 96/60 to 117/78 with my pulse steady at 60 before and after. I was sleeping 7hrs. a night, now I'm lucky if I get 4. I wear a bite splint that keeps me from closing my mouth, so I was fitted with a nasal/ oral mask, and I can't sleep on my belly. I have GERD, so belly, or side sleeping has been my norm for decades. I'll look into the special pillows. Does anybody have some advice? The doc has me on 7-20 pressure?
