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FrizzleFried:

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--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 05, 2008, 11:23:19 am ---During my sleep study I averaged 32 times per hour that I'd stop breathing.  The shortest being 3 to 4 seconds and the longest being over 110 seconds!!  I finally went in to be tested when one night I woke up BLUE and having a REAL hard time breathing.  The doctor estimates I could have been not breathing for over 3 or 4 minutes in that case.  It scared the ---Cleveland steamer--- out of me. 

PRE-CPAP:  I'd have to get up and piss a MINIMUM of once per night,  averaged 2 times per night,  sometimes 3 times per night.  EVERY night.

POST-CPAP: The very first day I used the machine I slept through the entire night without getting up to piss once.  It's THAT much of a difference.


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IIRC, my wife stopped around 22 times an hour, with the longest being 1 minute or so. She was shocked that was considered not being apnea. She also goes to the bathroom several times a night. I figured it was because she was a woman.

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Dude, if you are recalling the numbers correctly, that is Sleep Apnea, there's no way stopping to breath for 1 minute is considered borderline. Either get her re-evaluated ELSEWHERE or there's a communication problem between you/wife and the doctors.  That's just ridiculous...

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Agreed.  I was told almost everyone stops breathing in their sleep from time to time...but that "normal" is under 10 seconds and under a couple per NIGHT....

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