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PracticalTanMandrill9358

PracticalTanMandrill9358
Joined Jan 2017
PracticalTanMandrill9358
Joined Jan 2017

I fell asleep very late in the test time because I have trouble sleeping in new places. I remember waking up several times and then not going back to sleep on the final time i woke up. I felt horrible as always. I wrote on the paper they gave me rating my sleep. I suggested that I probably had sleep apnea. The results came in a week later they said that I woke up a certain number of times but it was still below the apnea mark. They suggested I see a nose and throat dr., and I did but that did help at all. I believe that because I fell asleep much later than normal that reduced the amount of times I woke up, because there wasn't much time left in the study.

I followed the advice of the nose and throat dr. but the oral appliances did not work. I still woke up a lot and felt terrible all the time. My insurance paid for most of the test when I was 25, but I no longer have insurance, and I spent a lot of money on oral appliances, sleep apnea masks, and machine. I did not talk to the insurance company about their refusal, but looking back I should have! I never got to speak to the main dr. face to face. I have no idea if that is normal. I could have went to a dr. that isn't very good. He has two separate jobs at the same time. So maybe he isnt focusing on his sleep dr. role as much.

Do you think there still could be a strong possibility that I have sleep apnea? It is almost a year since the test and I still have trouble sleeping every night. What should be my next course of action? I spent so much money trying to fix my problem but it still persists. Thanks for your time.