Hi everyone! I posted an introduction. I don't have diagnosed sleep apnea, but I looked up and pretty sure based on my sleep study I have upper airway resistance syndrome. Basically, in the last 2 months my life has changed a lot. Because of injury and pain, I have to sleep on my back. That caused issues with my breathing while sleeping. I could feel my throat closing up, and my snoring would wake me up. I became anxious that I wasn't breathing. Sleep study 2 months down the road showed me waking up constantly to where I was hardly getting any sleep. I was snoring lightly the whole time. Oxygen showed ok, but I think I wake myself up before my throat closes completely. They said if I snored any harder it might be sleep apnea, but right now not. My whole family is on CPAP. I am 5'8" and weighed 188 pounds but am down to 170 because of loss of appetite and anxiety. Sleep study showed a lot of alpha waves too, like my brain won't go to sleep.
Anyway, because of this, they did not try me on a cpap and instead prescribed a sleep med, AMbien, which doesn't work that well for me, and I still wake up a lot, although sleep some better. Then, I tried mirtazapine but it makes me too useless during the day for the dose I have to take at night to sleep. I am on 6.3 mg right now and not sleeping that well but more alert during the day. Trying magnesium glycinate, but it makes me feel groggy too.
So, here are my questions: Does anyone have experience using cpap for snoring without diagnosed osa but with possible UARS? What are the options? I am on my own here. I am thinking about trying to use a cpap to see if that calms down the throat closing feeling and the waking with snoring. I have read about dental devices too but ironically that would cost me more than the cpap or apap. I have go to get some of this under control. Also, I worry about the face mask or pillows bothering me. Is there a less expensive way to try one out first? Not sure what I can do about the anxiety/racing thoughts. So much info on internet about why sleep aids are bad and to develop routines and such, but my anxiety is out of control and I am a very emotionally sensitive person.
Also, a friend of mine was given a cpap machine with nebulizer. Need to find out model. Not sure if I should try that or a newer machine.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. I am desperate.
