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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Snaggletiger on August 31, 2011, 10:54:49 AM
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I've talked to one or two of you that have been through one. I'm having one tonight and I still think that unless they give me something to knock my fat ass out, I'm gonna' lay there and stare at the ceiling. I understand they hook you up to all kinds of electrodes and Frankenstein shit and just expect you to go on to sleep. I can't go to sleep now without some burrbinz and coke product with a Tylenol PM chaser.
Anyone had one done? Did it help?
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No, but I use to do a lot of sleep study in school.
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I have done one. What are you doing the study for? Mine was because the ex had me convinced I was going to cave in the ceiling with my snoring and that she was "concerned" for me because of sleep apnea.
Are you getting one done because you can't sleep? If so, why are they doing it?
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I have done one. What are you doing the study for? Mine was because the ex had me convinced I was going to cave in the ceiling with my snoring and that she was "concerned" for me because of sleep apnea.
Story of my life. What was the outcome of your study?
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I have done one. What are you doing the study for? Mine was because the ex had me convinced I was going to cave in the ceiling with my snoring and that she was "concerned" for me because of sleep apnea.
Are you getting one done because you can't sleep? If so, why are they doing it?
I had my annual physical this summer and my blood pressure was really elevated for the first time in my life. I had all the blood work done, a stress test, a camera run up my innards etc. and everything came back good. But, one of the questions was whether I was having trouble sleeping and/or snored a lot. Just like you, I was told that I peel the paint with my snoring and I do have a bad habit of waking up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning and not being able to go back to sleep. I just don't want any damn Darth Vader mask to help me sleep. Give me a pill or something...or more burrbinz.
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Does this sleep study have anything to do with WE!!!'s avatar? Because if it does, I need to sign up, also.
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Does this sleep study have anything to do with WE!!!'s avatar? Because if it does, I need to sign up, also.
Great minds think alike because I was thinking, if that's the bed I'm laying in tonight, hook me up.
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I've talked to one or two of you that have been through one. I'm having one tonight and I still think that unless they give me something to knock my fat ass out, I'm gonna' lay there and stare at the ceiling. I understand they hook you up to all kinds of electrodes and Frankenstein shit and just expect you to go on to sleep. I can't go to sleep now without some burrbinz and coke product with a Tylenol PM chaser.
Just bring a flask... Filled with your favorite nectar.
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They said I had sleep apnea and gave me a darth vader mask. That thing fucking sucked, and I slept worse with that than I did without it. You HAVE to sleep on your back. You can not sleep on your side or on your stomach. Plus, you can't turn over without the damn thing getting tangled. Not worth it to me. I haven't used mine in over 5 years.
I am convinced that no matter if I snored or not during that test, I was going to be diagnosed with sleep apnea. They sell you those machines for an ass pile of money just because the insurance will cover it. I looked it up and the machines are only worth $250-$300, but since I had insurance, and insurance covered it, they tried to charge nearly $2000. My insurance settled for around $900.
The wife now doesn't complain at all. I snore heavy when I am drunk, but other than that, it is a light snore if it all. I think my ex-wife lies about fucking everything, so I just chalk up that little episode to her fucking craziness...
My ex-wife said she was worried I wasn't sleeping because I was cranky all the time. It turns out I was just a cranky mother fucker not from lack of sleep, but because I was waking up next to a fucking bitch every morning...
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So, you're saying you and your ex don't get along?
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So, you're saying you and your ex don't get along?
Why do you say that? I am just saying the mask wasn't for me...
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Why do you say that? I am just saying the mask wasn't for me...
Question...when you say you can't sleep on your side or stomach, is that during the study or after you get the mask?
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Question...when you say you can't sleep on your side or stomach, is that during the study or after you get the mask?
After you get the mask. It fits over your nose and mouth with a tube coming out the side. There is really no way to sleep without sleeping on your back.
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After you get the mask. It fits over your nose and mouth with a tube coming out the side. There is really no way to sleep without sleeping on your back.
That in itself is a huge problem. I don't think I'm any different from most people in that I have my own little routines in going to sleep. I do start out on my back but unless I'm wasted and ready to pass out, I roll to each side. I almost never fall asleep on my back. I have talked to some that got the machine that didn't use the mask but had the two little tubes that stick up your nose.
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That in itself is a huge problem. I don't think I'm any different from most people in that I have my own little routines in going to sleep. I do start out on my back but unless I'm wasted and ready to pass out, I roll to each side. I almost never fall asleep on my back. I have talked to some that got the machine that didn't use the mask but had the two little tubes that stick up your nose.
You still have a huge hose that comes out the side and you can't roll your head over to sleep on that side. Also, If you did have a way to sleep on both sides, then you still have to roll all the way over at night in order not to get tangled up in the hose. There is no way to sleep on your stomach and then turn your head from one side to the other. The hose would be under you.
Over all...like my marriage...it sucked ass...
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I never had the study, but knew I had sleep apnea. I used to have trouble sleeping more than an hour and a half at night without waking up, had horrible acid reflux, started falling asleep at my desk, and ended up falling asleep at the wheel on the way home from a golf outing with Sani and some other guys in Myrtle Beach and crashing my SUV.
I got a hand me down C-Pap machine from my brother (his insurance bought him a new one) and it changed my life. The first time I used it I slept for 9 hours straight and woke up feeling like I'd had shot of adrenaline or something. Just incredible the difference it's made in my quality of life. I've also lost about 60 pounds and never have reflux anymore. Sani will vouch for how bad I was draggin my ass around in Myrtle Beach, which was just a couple months before I got the machine.
I can sleep on my side in my mask, but it does take a little getting used to as to how to arrange your pillow and the hose and all. I know a lot of people don't like them, and if you're just having trouble sleeping it may not help. But if you really do have a severe case of apnea it can make an incredible difference.
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I never had the study, but knew I had sleep apnea. I used to have trouble sleeping more than an hour and a half at night without waking up, had horrible acid reflux, started falling asleep at my desk, and ended up falling asleep at the wheel on the way home from a golf outing with Sani and some other guys in Myrtle Beach and crashing my SUV.
I got a hand me down C-Pap machine from my brother (his insurance bought him a new one) and it changed my life. The first time I used it I slept for 9 hours straight and woke up feeling like I'd had shot of adrenaline or something. Just incredible the difference it's made in my quality of life. I've also lost about 60 pounds and never have reflux anymore. Sani will vouch for how bad I was draggin my ass around in Myrtle Beach, which was just a couple months before I got the machine.
I can sleep on my side in my mask, but it does take a little getting used to as to how to arrange your pillow and the hose and all. I know a lot of people don't like them, and if you're just having trouble sleeping it may not help. But if you really do have a severe case of apnea it can make an incredible difference.
Then there is that too. I know several people that swear by them. I think the key is it helps for severe sleep apnea. Not the occasional snorer. I didn't feel any different when I was on mine.
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Go to the study, let them push the machine, take the machine and do not use it if you choose. Come back and tell them the machine is a piece of shit and doesn't work for you. Go the surgery route. No more sleep apnea.
Surgery recovery time is horrid. Your throat will be as sore as hell for about oh.......3 weeks. It also takes a long time before you can drink a coke without it coming out of your nose. It was over a month before I could eat a hamburger. You basically have to learn how to swallow all over again in a way. On the bright side, I lost about 20lbs that month.
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Sani will vouch for how bad I was draggin my ass around in Myrtle Beach, which was just a couple months before I got the machine.
I thought was just because of the shitty titty flops that were there?
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They said I had sleep apnea and gave me a darth vader mask. That thing fucking sucked, and I slept worse with that than I did without it. You HAVE to sleep on your back. You can not sleep on your side or on your stomach. Plus, you can't turn over without the damn thing getting tangled. Not worth it to me. I haven't used mine in over 5 years.
I am convinced that no matter if I snored or not during that test, I was going to be diagnosed with sleep apnea. They sell you those machines for an ass pile of money just because the insurance will cover it. I looked it up and the machines are only worth $250-$300, but since I had insurance, and insurance covered it, they tried to charge nearly $2000. My insurance settled for around $900.
The wife now doesn't complain at all. I snore heavy when I am drunk, but other than that, it is a light snore if it all. I think my ex-wife lies about fucking everything, so I just chalk up that little episode to her fucking craziness...
My ex-wife said she was worried I wasn't sleeping because I was cranky all the time. It turns out I was just a cranky mother fucker not from lack of sleep, but because I was waking up next to a fucking bitch every morning...
I giggled.
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Sleep apnea can really fuck up your health. I had a sleep study a while back. I have apnea like a motherfucker. It took some getting used to, but the CPAP masks and stuff have really advanced, and I now sleep great with it. If you have it, you won't realize how bad you're sleeping and how bad you feel until you get a good night's sleep wearing one.
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As you get older sleep becomes more and more impossible to regulate.
I'm wide ass awake at 2 a.m. I'm wide ass awake at 5 a.m. Eight at night I'm dragging, but if I go to sleep then, I wake up at midnight or one, and am up for the duration. Right now? I could doze. But I can't. I don't live in Mexico.
I go months sleeping maybe three or four hours a night and then I have a day where I just can't go any more and I sleep the whole thing pretty much. Then I'll sleep six or seven hours a night for a while. Then I start waking up in the middle and get maybe five. And then four. And then three.
As for the apnea thing? I hate to say this because I have some of the same issues but I don't know any skinny people who claim to have it.
When I weigh 190 or less, I don't snore. When I weigh 230 or more, I do.
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As you get older sleep becomes more and more impossible to regulate.
I'm wide ass awake at 2 a.m. I'm wide ass awake at 5 a.m. Eight at night I'm dragging, but if I go to sleep then, I wake up at midnight or one, and am up for the duration. Right now? I could doze. But I can't. I don't live in Mexico.
I go months sleeping maybe three or four hours a night and then I have a day where I just can't go any more and I sleep the whole thing pretty much. Then I'll sleep six or seven hours a night for a while. Then I start waking up in the middle and get maybe five. And then four. And then three.
As for the apnea thing? I hate to say this because I have some of the same issues but I don't know any skinny people who claim to have it.
When I weigh 190 or less, I don't snore. When I weigh 230 or more, I do.
Weight is often a contributing factor. It is with me for sure. But some skinny folks do have it bad too.
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I'll take my laptop in tonight and post on the X....because I ain't goin' to sleep with all that shit hooked up to me and people watching. They said do what you normally do so I'll bring a bottle of bourbon and rub one out to some porn.
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I'll take my laptop in tonight and post on the X....because I ain't goin' to sleep with all that shit hooked up to me and people watching. They said do what you normally do so I'll bring a bottle of bourbon and rub one out to some porn.
Prayers sent.
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You should be here with me today in these software demonstrations. I have already caught myself dozing twice this morning. With another 4 hours to go, I fully expect to be elbowed by a coworker as I start to snore.
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You should be here with me today in these software demonstrations. I have already caught myself dozing twice this morning. With another 4 hours to go, I fully expect to be elbowed by a coworker as I start to snore.
You snore? You got sleep acne, boy.
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Update. I didn't have fun. I was at least hoping I'd have a hot nurse attendant hooking me up to all those electronics. Nope, some dude named Bruce. When did male nurses start wearing scrub shorts and crocs? Anywho, for those of you who haven't been there, done that....you have:
An electrode on each calf
3 on the chin
1 beside the left eye
1 tube up each nostril to monitor breathing (taped)
1 small microphone taped to the bridge of your nose that extends over your mouth to pick up Bama...err mouth breathing
3 electrodes on your neck
7...count em'...7 across your forehead
4 stuck around your scalp with individual pieces of Hubba-Bubba Bubble Gum
A monitor belt around your chest
A monitor belt around your waste
one clip monitor on a finger of your choosing
Wasn't sure the cock clip was nevessary and eventually he told me that was optional and changed the subject
The guy says if I need anything, press the button and says Good Night. Of course, I was already alseep by that time because who could stay awake in such a warm, relaxing atmosphere. After 30 minutes of hell in chains, I was pressing the button.....AMBIEN BITCH...NOW!!!
I only had 5 "events" the whole night. The hand job doesn't count. Probably no CPAP for me.
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Story of my life. What was the outcome of your study?
the bitch left him.
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the bitch left him.
I wish. It would have probably worked out better...
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Update. I didn't have fun. I was at least hoping I'd have a hot nurse attendant hooking me up to all those electronics. Nope, some dude named Bruce. When did male nurses start wearing scrub shorts and crocs? Anywho, for those of you who haven't been there, done that....you have:
An electrode on each calf
3 on the chin
1 beside the left eye
1 tube up each nostril to monitor breathing (taped)
1 small microphone taped to the bridge of your nose that extends over your mouth to pick up Bama...err mouth breathing
3 electrodes on your neck
7...count em'...7 across your forehead
4 stuck around your scalp with individual pieces of Hubba-Bubba Bubble Gum
A monitor belt around your chest
A monitor belt around your waste
one clip monitor on a finger of your choosing
Wasn't sure the cock clip was nevessary and eventually he told me that was optional and changed the subject
The guy says if I need anything, press the button and says Good Night. Of course, I was already alseep by that time because who could stay awake in such a warm, relaxing atmosphere. After 30 minutes of hell in chains, I was pressing the button.....AMBIEN BITCH...NOW!!!
I only had 5 "events" the whole night. The hand job doesn't count. Probably no CPAP for me.
When I had my sleep study, I had like 5 events a minute. The 'male nurse', who is actually some kind of tech, not a nurse, told me in the morning that if he'd ever seen worse apnea, he couldn't recall it.
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They were trying to do a one night study. If I showed definite signs of teh apneas, they would wake me in 2 hours and fit me with a mask. He gave me about 45 minutes to play around with the mask to get used to it si it wouldn't be such a surprise at 2:00 in the morning. So I did an alien role play sort of thing while jumping off the bed on to the chair..."Greetings earthling bitches. I have come to drink your Crown and stir your woman collards with my martian...." Anyway...I was hoping nothing would happen because I hated, hated, hated that damn mask. NO...WAY...was that happening.
After he gave me my sleeping potion, the next thing I knew, the lights came on and he said, study over. Said I had about 5 events the whole night but they would call in a few days to go over the results.
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I would be dead now if not for Ambien. Greatest drug on the planet. I take on 5mg most every night before bed and get probably six hours out of it, which is five and a half more cumulative hours than I would get without it.
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I would be dead now if not for Ambien. Greatest drug on the planet. I take on 5mg most every night before bed and get probably six hours out of it, which is five and a half more cumulative hours than I would get without it.
It definitely put me to sleep but I've got a headache this morning. Don't know if it's the ambien or the thousands of volts of energy coarsing through my head last night.
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When I had my sleep study, I had like 5 events a minute. The 'male nurse', who is actually some kind of tech, not a nurse, told me in the morning that if he'd ever seen worse apnea, he couldn't recall it.
Damn, I thought I was bad. I had 46 events per hour. So basically I was waking up every minute and a half or something.
It definitely put me to sleep but I've got a headache this morning. Don't know if it's the ambien or the thousands of volts of energy coarsing through my head last night.
They gave you Ambien? Those motherfuckers! They didn't offer me shit.
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Had they not given me ambien, they would have been studying my wired up ass watching television. I told him before we started it wasn't happening without either an ambien...or a reach around.
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I would be dead now if not for Ambien. Greatest drug on the planet. I take on 5mg most every night before bed and get probably six hours out of it, which is five and a half more cumulative hours than I would get without it.
have you ever tried melatonin for sleep assistance?
stuff works. all natural supplement.
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have you ever tried melatonin for sleep assistance?
stuff works. all natural supplement.
I tried it when I worked teh midnights as a jackboot thug. I couldn't tell it worked that great. Lortabs chased with Crown, that's another story.
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have you ever tried melatonin for sleep assistance?
stuff works. all natural supplement.
The simpler thing would be to pop an ass like the one in your avatar every night....I'd drift off with a smile a mile wide.
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I tried it when I worked teh midnights as a jackboot thug. I couldn't tell it worked that great. Lortabs chased with Crown, that's another story.
Now this man knows whats up. :thumsup:
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have you ever tried melatonin for sleep assistance?
stuff works. all natural supplement.
My insomnia openly mocks your melatonin. My insomnia eats your melatonin by the pound and chases it with Sominex, and still has every 2:30am Wealth Builder informercial memorized, you Left Coast herbal hippie.
My insomnia is a bitch...
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It's God's way of telling you to service your man.
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It's God's way of telling you to service your man.
I :rofl:'d
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It's God's way of telling you to service your man.
I remember those years of dating and first year or two of marriage, getting that 2:00am nudge and "I can't sleep." I think if my wife woke me up at 2:00am in the morning now I would just tell her the bourbon is in the pantry, the seconal is in the medicine cabinet.
I think you should embrace your insomnia and use the opportunity to set up underground fighting clubs with the ulterior motive of overthrowing our current economic system.
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I remember those years of dating and first year or two of marriage, getting that 2:00am nudge and "I can't sleep." I think if my wife woke me up at 2:00am in the morning now I would just tell her the bourbon is in the pantry, the seconal is in the medicine cabinet.
I think you should embrace your insomnia and use the opportunity to set up underground fighting clubs with the ulterior motive of overthrowing our current economic system.
The first rule is that you shut the hell up about this shit.
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I tried it when I worked teh midnights as a jackboot thug.
Do they feed that line of BS to all jackboot thugs? The only difference I noticed was my piss glowing neon yellow.
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It's God's way of telling you to service your man.
I think if my wife woke me up at 2:00am in the morning now I would just tell her the bourbon is in the pantry, the seconal is in the medicine cabinet.
Carl?
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Carl?
Is there another?