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Who suffers from forgetfullnes, and foggy brain with Sleep apnea??

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone else has seen a pattern of becoming forgetfull and feel like they have a foggy head alot since they have been diagnosed with sleep apnea???

Is this a result of the sleep apnea, or because I am still struggling with my mask, not getting enough rem sleep.....does this ever go away??? I find this disturbing is there anything I can do to help get rid of this feeling??

I would love some feedback on this...thank you very much

Belinda

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There's got to be something we can do for Michelle to get her a machine. donors have come out of the woodwork here at Sleepguide before. Perhaps some kind soul will see this who has an extra machine to spare...

Michelle Ortiz said:
Thx so much for your heartfelt words. It is a struggle. My big problem is that I have rented this machine and finally stopped paying for it because I couldn't get it adjusted. That sucks, knowing there can be a way out but can't afford it!

The last time I beat it, I was doing rigorous exercise, although I can't tell u how I had the motivation to do so. My metabolism is at a crawl now. I wake up at random times in the morning (like I've slept at night, or something ((lol)). One week I'll awaken every day at 6 AM, the next week at 7:30. The problem is, no matter when I wake up, I have to go back to sleep because I cannot get the energy to get up that early. I end up falling back to sleep and waking up again between 8:30 and 9! Granted, I'm not a morning person, but my normal time to jump out of bed has always been 7 or 7:30 AM.

The memory thing is the worst. The short term memory thing has become a running joke in my family. Especially when the kids start a sentence to me with " You remember..." But I am extremely bothered by the loss of long term memory. I can't remember sections of my childhood or raising my children, precious moments in my history. I'm on Facebook with many of my highschool friends, and I don't remember people who I shared classes with 16 years ago! It's draining. And the mistakes...Oh, lets not go there! Iwish I had the moeny to get an autoset. I was so frustrated with having to go make an appt. with my neurologist to get another sleep study, then waiting a month for the study, then waiting a week or two for them to read the results, then the follow up with my doctor before they approve the adjustment at DME.

My husband and I have a small business that is deeply affected by the market and we can't pay for all of this. Even worse, when we were able to, after we had to cancel our last insurance, I now had a pre-existing condition that they could not allow services for for one year. That's the main reason that I need insurance.

Anyway, enough of my sob story. I am glad to be alive, as when I had apnea before, I had days when I was too fatigued to drive. I am not like that this time. I just wish I had my health. I feel like a 60 year old woman sometimes, and I am only 34. The next time I am down, I will certainly call you.

Michelle

Belinda Haman said:
Hello Michelle:

Yes this is a wonderful site....wow!!!! sleep apnea has completely interfered with your quality of life.... poor you!!!! I can relate to how you feel as I feel like this has robbed me of my quality of life many times....

Do you have an auto set cpap machine???? With this type of machine you can get a data reading as to where your air levels should be.......When I got diagnosed with my apnea I went to a cpap rep he let me rent an autoset cpap machine at $75.00 per month including three different types of masks to try unti I went back for my follow-up test to determine where my air levels should be at......I had a crappy sleep test I only slept 2 hours at the lab, but it was enough to determine I was at a level 10.....so I went back to my cpap rep he downloaded my data on my machine onto the internet with a small computer chip in the machine and he said the same thing I was at a level 10......

I am still renting this cpap machine until I get all the paperwork to purchase one for insurance coverage purposes cause these machines cost alot of money......I asked my rep if I could eventually buy an autoset to keep track of my air levels and he said sure....so even though my levels are set at 10 it continues to record while I sleep to see it they have gone up or down.....this is still pretty new to me.....

I find that I struggle daily with my memory, fatigue and ability to follow through with the smallest tasks depending on how my sleep has been.....I am determined to make this work....as I know if I don't, just how bad it can get....I have seen my mother struggle with this for over 25 years now, she didn't use her mask due to claustiphobia issues and now she has many severe health problems, although she has severe sleep apnea.....I encourage you my dear please don't give up hope there are nights that I get so frustrated I want to throw my machine out, I end up in tears on those nights....this has affected my life so severely that I ended up in the hosptial from fatigue....since then I have been on sick leave from work, and I have been off for eight months now.....I am determined to get this under control before I go back to work, not sure how I survived at work, no memory and making alot of very big mistakes.....I count my blessings that my boss was so patient at the time I hadn't been diagnosed yet it has just been in the last 4 months I been diagnosed.....

PLEASE DON'T LOSE HOPE MY DEAR!!!!! I have been there and I still struggle with that helpless feeling but, I want my life back and I will fight for it.......If you ever need to chat just let me know okay?????You deserve to get back your life don't ever forget that Michelle......My heart goes out to you.......

Belinda :)
did you have this forgetfullness after starting the treatment with cpap or you already had it before starting the treatment?
How is your memery and sleep now since you started amny years ago?
Oh, good grief! Let me count the ways. When I put my frozen blueberries into the microwave instead of the freezer. When I lose a bill that needs paying. When I start a sentence and completely forget what I was going to say. When I can't think of a simple word. Doe any of these sound familiar?

They tell me that in time, this feeling will disappear and all I can do is listen to people who have had success and believe that I, too, will be successful.

We have to think positively - that is, when we can think!

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