Sleep 8 Hours But Feel Tired?
February 5, 2010 Filed Under: Insomnia
If these are all true for you, waste no time in having your doctor prescribe a sleep study. If you do have sleep apnea, it can shorten your life. And there is treatment! Those who have sleep apnea hold their breaths many times a night, gasping for air. Sleep apnea means higher risk of cardiovascular disease such as stroke, heart attack, and aneurism.
Here is what happens in sleep apnea: the airway collapses when you breathe in. Fatty tissue lining the airway makes the airway less elastic. So sleep apnea is a condition caused by overweight, generally speaking. Snoring typically accompanies it.
The airway collapses. Then the blood oxygen level falls. Blood pressure goes way up as a result. The sleeper, struggling to breathe, starts to wake up. Nearly waking up, the sleeper is able to complete the breath. Then he falls asleep again. The cycle can be repeated many times per minute. If a stopped breath lasts 10 seconds, it is defined as sleep apnea.
Your cardiovascular system will wear out from the constantly spiking blood pressure. Your rest will be ruined because of the constant near-waking.
Oddly enough, you may not even be aware that you hold your breath while sleeping. Only the telltale tiredness will tip you off that you are in fact sleep-deprived.
The sudden rise in blood pressure many times a night is what can kill you, by leading to heart disease or stroke.
There’s treatment?
An effective treatment method has been developed over the past few decades. The continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device consists of a face mask, an air hose, and a fan in side a box. The fan supplies pressure through the hose to your airway. It’s not too much pressure–you can easily breathe out — but when you breathe in, it boosts the airway pressure enough to prevent collapse.
One downside is that the mask can be uncomfortable. But a variety of suppliers offer options now, one of which will probably fit your face.
The CPAP might limit your activities, too, because you always have to wear it, even if you are traveling or camping.
The fan makes a noise, but it’s a white noise that may actually help you fall asleep.
Let’s stack benefits against drawbacks. Without treatment, you risk early death. With it, you have to wear a mask when you sleep and locate an electric outlet. Which do you choose?
About the Author:Writer Susan Harris is happy to tell you all about sleep apnea and its treatment, the CPAP sleep apnea machine. Check out her Web site for plenty of information to help you understand how it works and choose the best one for you.
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An effective treatment method has been developed over the past few decades. The continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device consists of a face mask, an air hose, and a fan in side a box. The fan supplies pressure through the hose to your airway. It’s not too much pressure–you can easily breathe out — but when you breathe in, it boosts the airway pressure enough to prevent collapse.
This sounds like a phenomenal device, but is it not cumbersome – especially to have on while sleeping? Like to hear more about this. Thanks for the tip Rene.
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Hmm – this device sound like it could help but still: sleeping with it. I think I couldn’t do that…
Andreas
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Falling asleep while wearing a CPAP Mask is probably pretty uncomfortable, and you almost certainly need to lay flat on your back, which is a position I can’t sleep in. However, the machine itself is a great idea. I may have this condition so I’ll definitely be checking into the available treatments.
I just can’t imagine having a contraption like for example a mask – but it really does seem like a good idea instead of eating pills at least. Let us know how you get on with any treatment you decide on.
This is the first time I’ve been to this blg and there are some really good discusions going on.
I recently took my wife to a sleep clinic at Papworth the famous Heart Hospital she has a metabolic myopathy and whilst we were there several people were wearing this contraption called a Nippy Ventilator (not exactly sure what it does) .
One thing I did note was that was a definite correlation between those who were overweight (seriously obese) and breathing problems at night.
What did suprise me was that people who can barely breathe still continue to smoke and eat junk and it saddens me to see.
In the UK we are fortunate enough to have free healthcare but I can’t imagine the cost of this type of care is and then they abuse it. Maybe some people should have to pay like in the US and see how they feel then?
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Good to see you here Graham and thanks for joining the discussions. A lot of people that still smoke or eat junk food or whatever little unhealthy habit they may have – also have a deeper underlying problem that’s eating away at them.
This could be a depression, lack of self esteem, an unhappy marriage – even as way back as an unhappy childhood or any number of circumstances and combination’s of them – that are not always easy to see with the naked eye, or feel with the emotional intelligence that we are all equipped with. Things are not always what they appear to be on the surface.
Since sleeping with the cpap at night I sleep much better and longer. Before I would wake up all hours during the early morning hours feeling restless and tried.