Last year I was prescribed a CPAP following a one night sleep study that showed mild apnea (if mild is the right word. Inconclusive might be better.)
I DESPISED that torture device. Mine had a partial face mask that covered mouth and nose. I couldn’t (or wouldnt?) Adapt to the feeling of a silcone assailant holding its hand ovr my face, while I was tethered to a whirring box.
People suggested I ask to try the under-nose mask version but I hated the fucking thing SO much I just stopped using it, irresponsibly did not return it or take calls from the distributor Spies whom I decided were conspirators w/sleep doc to screw me AND my insurer, then ignored collections.
I hated this fucking situation so damn much I decided to stop drinking, since all the literature, the doc, etc said drinking and being overweight can be culprits of sleep probs. Couldn’t hurt, right.
To my profound dismay, found I could not stop. Many other non-sleep related problems ensued.
So i joined AA.
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS CHANGED. I’ve stopped drinking. Im in process of straightening out debts and other messes.
What I thought were poor sleep/apnea symptoms I believe were results of nightly drinking from alcoholism. Self diagnosing, yeah, but all I know is I feel better and I’m not stuck to that horrorpus tentacle at night.
I’m planning to ask for another sleep study after i meet weight loss goal (another sobriety blessing). For the first time in over a decade, I’m sleeping more than 2 or 3 hours continuously and don’t wake up with a Sahara desert-dry mouth and headache, so God willing, they’ll say I don’t need that summabitch torture device.
If I do, I’ll BUY it. I refuse to let a corporation profit from my fucking SLEEP like a lost Clockwork Orange chapter.
Glock that, Desloge Home Oxygen.
