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I learned abt sleep apnea from HN a couple of years ago. Treatment has made a noticeable improvement to my quality of life. I went the surgical route (EASE, MMA, pharyngoplasty) an…

It helped me. I no longer wake up feeling congested. The impact on sleep was more subtle. I had some prior complications so I wasn’t able to expand as much as the avg patient.

lots of people with chronic allergic or non-allergic rhinitis aren't able to breathe through their nose.

Look into the EASE procedure by Dr. Kasey Li

The first surgeon was incompetent in hindsight. I had meager advancement from the jaw surgery and the expansion pattern was suboptimal (in addition to various complications).

I was tired all the time. My sleep got really bad in my late 20s and I ended up getting a sleep study (AHI ~10, no RDI scored) based on recommendations from the HN crowd. My then s…

In my experience vitamin D tests were never part of their standard blood test panel. They had no problems prescribing it for me when I asked but it wasn't covered by insurance.

how does soundmind compare to the dreem headband?

I'm one of those people who have had success with MADs in r/SleepApnea. Unfortunately I couldn't use it long term due to preexisting issues with my bite, and had to get surgeries i…

do you score RERAs (respiratory effort related arousals) in your home sleep test?

there's the inspire implant[1] for sleep apnea which sounds like what you're describing, but I'm not sure how much help it'd be in the case of muscular dystrophy. [1] https://www.u…

My arch nemesis when it comes to sleep is obstructive sleep apnea. I have some soft tissue redundancies (long uvula and turbinate hypertrophy) as well as skeletal deficiencies (rec…