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Old Nov 10, 2019, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton View Post
Do you really need a sleep apnea machine for mild sleep apnea? You probably should take a look at your actual results. I was diagnosed with the same thing and then I asked for the results... turned out I was just over the line for sleep apnea... I think the bottom number was like 75 and I was 79. (but like mild was 75 to 125) The actual opinion said that several of the apneas they counted were likely me getting up during the night to use the bathroom. So it said right in the materials I likely wasn't mild but they had to score it that way to be conservative. My doctor never read it.


My brother got a c-pap from the VA and now he feels that there was just a big push for this particular diagnosis and he doesn't have it.


I definitely think that if you have a mild diagnosis you would question it.
Wow, thanks for this Emily. I had to have this huge fight with my doctor about it. They expect people to sleep with a machine breathing for them for the rest of their lives. I was just like, no way. I dont snore, and I had a negative at home test followed by a crappy test done in a crappy facility where, to me, it seems like they forced a positive. When I asked my doctor to see the test results he said I'd have to request them. And I was like this is coordinated care and all of my results always show up in my online record but for this one i have to request it? ********.

Then, in this phone conversation that had lasted 5 minutes so far he got angry with me and refused to discuss any other treatment options and kept saying that the conversation had gone on VERY long and he ddint have time. And I had a scheduled call with him, that he had called late to, and 5 minutes isnt a long call. You're giving me test results and talking treatment options, dumbass, I'm likely going to have questions and going to want to make an informed choice. Not just do whatever you say I have to do.

But yes, I believe whatever apnea registered were forced due to the ptsd nightmare I had or when I was laying in bed having to pee and waiting for the guy to come and unhook me. The study center was also nothing like how I sleep at home, so I couldnt sleep comfortably anyhow. They also told me I could bring my service dog, and I dont sleep without him. So it was just entirely messed up from the beginning.
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