| ▲ | EdwardDiego 7 hours ago | |
I don't have sleep apnea, as in, my severe snoring doesn't cause significant drops in blood oxygen levels, but it's still severely impacted my life - when my wife and I married, I spent the first night of our honeymoon awake so that she could sleep. Oh and it's so loud that I'm at risk of damaging my own hearing. And I bounced off CPAP hard, no matter what I tried, I would eventually remove the mask in my sleep, it was heartbreaking, I was so excited to finally be able to fall asleep beside my wife. I also tried the mouth guards and would wake up panicking and gagging. So my only other option currently is self-funding expensive surgery (our public system doesn't fund treatment for severe snoring unless it causes apnoea, and my private health insurance excludes the most expensive portions shrug), which like all surgery, carries no guarantees of success, and also carries the risk that any general anaesthesia application does. So this is awesome! I just hope it continues proving efficacious and safe. | ||
| ▲ | Insanity 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |
You snor so loud it damages your own hearing? Can you wear ear plugs to sleep? | ||