Ok,
Enough already. Especially IP who I do not even know.
It is not snoring...it is much much worse.
The condition is known as "Chronic Obstructive Sleep Apnia". Simply put, the muscles in my chest and neck grew at the wrong angles as I matured. The worst of the over 30 types of Apnia, my paticular version can not be corrected by Surgery. I get only 30% of the oxygen a person with a normal sleep pattern gets in an hour of sleep. This translates to the fact that I need 3 hours of sleep to get the same rest that a normal person gets in that same hour. Add to the fact that 3 of every 10 persons that have my condition will die of it sometime after reaching age 30. I am 37. My Doctors have told me that quitting smoking and losing weight will help me physically in a bunch of ways but in no way will effect the Apnia. The worst part is that knowing all this on top of years of complaints and I (like most who suffer from the same Apnia) became subconciously afraid to fall asleep.
The whole thing sucks and reading about my personal physical health on a website with hundreds who do not know me sucks even more.
The only good thing to ever come of this is that if I start well rested I can stay awake for up to 4 days straight. though I try to get my rest everyday.
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