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I have severe obstructive sleep apnea (mixed in with the occasional central apneas, no kidding). I had the UP3 (look it up, impossible to pronounce) over 16 years ago. They say the benefit only lasts for ten years max, but I was lucky I guess. Mine lasted about 15. For the last year the severity of the apnea was increasing steadily. Last November I had a deviated septum undeviated and a pillar procedure at the same time. That lasted for about six months. From then until THIS WEEK, getting a quality nights sleep was a total crap shoot. Even with a full face CPAP, a chin strap and a nightly sinus clearing ritual, my AHI could be 10, 20 or over even 30. The irony behind all this that I had been out of work for six months so it didn't matter that I couldn't get out of bed until 10AM. So finding work was truly a two-edged sword, how was I going to wake up? Two weeks ago I found work and had to start getting up at 7AM, so I started going to bed at 8PM so I could attempt to get enough sleep. Trouble is when you have a night when your AHI is over 20, it takes 2 good nights sleep for me to recover. I didn't get one good night's sleep in a row so I was ___ out of luck as my stupor snowballed into an ever denser fog. A sleep walking zombie does not make a good impression his first days on the job. I was literally considering eating a bullet when my wife found that some people found success by taping their mouths shut while wearing the mask. I had trouble picturing which of those two options was worse so in the interest of life, I decided to try the tape. Monday night AHI: 1.98 Tuesday night AHI: 2.09 Wednesday night AHI: 0.73. !!!!!!! Thursday night AHI: 1.37 These are numbers I haven't seen, ever! I cannot remember the last time I got so many sleeps in a row! I feel about ten years younger and am actually excited to be working again. Doctors call this remedy 'irresponsible'. Maybe because a roll of hypo-alergenic tape costs .000001% of what ever the next magical treatment is. I'm not saying this will work for everyone but IT WORKS for me. I have a life again.

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I have severe obstructive sleep apnea (mixed in with the occasional central apneas, no kidding). I had the UP3 (look it up, impossible to pronounce) over 16 years ago. They say the benefit only lasts for ten years max, but I was lucky I guess. Mine lasted about 15. For the last year the severity of the apnea was increasing steadily. Last November I had a deviated septum undeviated and a pillar procedure at the same time. That lasted for about six months. From then until THIS WEEK, getting a quality nights sleep was a total crap shoot. Even with a full face CPAP, a chin strap and a nightly sinus clearing ritual, my AHI could be 10, 20 or over even 30. The irony behind all this that I had been out of work for six months so it didn't matter that I couldn't get out of bed until 10AM. So finding work was truly a two-edged sword, how was I going to wake up? Two weeks ago I found work and had to start getting up at 7AM, so I started going to bed at 8PM so I could attempt to get enough sleep. Trouble is when you have a night when your AHI is over 20, it takes 2 good nights sleep for me to recover. I didn't get one good night's sleep in a row so I was ___ out of luck as my stupor snowballed into an ever denser fog. A sleep walking zombie does not make a good impression his first days on the job. I was literally considering eating a bullet when my wife found that some people found success by taping their mouths shut while wearing the mask. I had trouble picturing which of those two options was worse so in the interest of life, I decided to try the tape. Monday night AHI: 1.98 Tuesday night AHI: 2.09 Wednesday night AHI: 0.73. !!!!!!! Thursday night AHI: 1.37 These are numbers I haven't seen, ever! I cannot remember the last time I got so many sleeps in a row! I feel about ten years younger and am actually excited to be working again. Doctors call this remedy 'irresponsible'. Maybe because a roll of hypo-alergenic tape costs .000001% of what ever the next magical treatment is. I'm not saying this will work for everyone but IT WORKS for me. I have a life again.