Hi there, I'm 32 and I recently underwent another sleep study that confirmed a prior diagnosis of sleep apnea. The strange thing for me is that in a previous sleep study my reading was mild with under 10 episodes per hour and during this new study my readings were over 100 events per hour. Nothing about me has changed. In fact I've actually lost weight (and I'm not overweight to begin with... apparently it's my facial anatomy) which I have been told is beneficial but I did sleep better during this study after they doped me up with ambien. Unfortunately my new cpap machine has no way of addressing my underlying sleep maintenance insomnia. I went into my last sleep study hoping for answers but so far all that I have gotten are an expensive machine that doesn't help me and a new prescription for more powerful drugs. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to wait this out and do everything I can to get better but I want to know if anybody has any advice on surgical options or whether anyone else has had similar experiences. Oh and one more thing: Is it possible to have mouth leakage while using a cpap machine without experiencing dry mouth? I'm just wondering because my doctor advised me recently to wear a chin strap but I haven't experienced any telltale signs and my cpap report hasn't recorded any major leaks. My doctor seemed to think the small amount of leakage that was present indicated mouth leak but I'm also a restless sleeper. I'm just hoping for answers.
