Anybody whose husband has sleep apnea—are you affected by it? Do you wake up late and tired too?
by Sarah Aniston
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How are you affected by your spouse’s sleep apnea?
how effective are the CPAP machines?
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Yes, I CAN honestly say that sleep apnea affects more than just the person suffering from it. My husband (funny enough) DOES have it, but its been much easier on both of us since he was diagnosed (sleep studies were conducted back in July) and has been sleeping hooked up to his CPAP machine. Though he isn’t overweight (the usual cause of most sleep apnea patients), he still has an abnormality with his trachea, and without air being forced into his lungs to keep his airway open, his trachea collapses on itself..causing horrible snoring and choking. At his worst (before being diagnosed), he would stop breathing several times an hour (110x in the first hour of his first sleep study!) and if THAT alone didn’t keep me from sleeping (we’ve got 2 young children/1 on the way..I’m afraid of him dying)…his horrible snoring WOULD. The snoring was so bad at one point, that he actually set off our home’s security system..lol. Don’t ask me how..it just did. There were many times that I’d wake up absolutely exhausted because of it (the worrying/noise)..
but now that he’s sought help for the apnea, we’re BOTH sleeping much more soundly, and waking up more refreshed.
My husband has sleep apnea. I use to worry so much at night that he was going to just stop breathing and never start again. There were some nights that I didn’t sleep at all. Now that we have a CPAP machine our lives are so much easier. My husbands is designed to to sound an alarm if he stops breathing for more then 30 seconds. We both sleep a lot more now because I’m not setting up watching him and he is not being woken up by me to get him breathing again. Now the only time I wake up at night is when the alarm sounds. Also I was surprised. It’s actually not that often that he will stop breathing for more then 30 seconds at a time. I would say in a 2 week period on average the alarm will go off between 4-5 times. I hope that I have helped you.
If you loved him you would have gotten him an appointment for a sleep study by now. He needs to get a Cpap. What are you waiting for? To be a widow?
Cpap machines are incredibly effective. They are actually the only proven effective treatment for sleep apnea. They act as an airway splint to keep the airway open thus allowing normal breathing and no snoring. I would definately get your husband in to a sleep lab and get this treated. If he doesn’t then he risks high blood pressure, heart failure, stroke and possibly death in the future. Good luck