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user-inactivated  ·  3574 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 11, 2015

Continuous Positive Airflow Pressure Machine. You wear one of these Bane-lookin masks:

And it opens up the airways that are partially closed when you have Sleep Apnea - when they're closed, they make you snore and wake up every couple of seconds.

It's uncomfortable at first, and you go to bed looking like Frankenstein's Monster, but you wake up feeling like a God, if you've never had a good night's sleep before.





caelum19  ·  3574 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh cool, do you try to do Bane impressions when it's on? I certainly would. I'd also probably use it to scare the crap out of my roomate/siblings in the middle of the night.

How long have you had Sleep Apnea? I heard it can really suck untreated.

user-inactivated  ·  3574 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do, but it's hard because you can't really talk with the thing blowing air down your nose.

Since High School, though I didn't get treated till Junior year, I believe. And it totally sucks untreated, the difference is like night and day.

Complexity  ·  3573 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How did you become aware you needed to be diagnosed?

user-inactivated  ·  3573 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Had difficulty paying attention in class or focusing on anything at all. Things that I found enjoyable I couldn't spend more than 10 minutes on without switching to something else. I was fidgeting like crazy all the time. I also started snoring like crazy.

Went to my doc, thought I had ADHD, got me a sleep study at the Children's Hospital, and the rest is history!

I lost weight wearing this thing. It's not a miracle-worker, but man it's awesome.