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Very useful read. My friend, an osteopath, says neck issues also can create breathing obstructions, and it makes a good deal of people wake up in the middle of the night and stay awake, even though they don't even think it's a problem. Symptom to watch for: you wake up and your nose is stuffy, can't breathe through it, but there's no snot. And in 5-15 minutes it gets clear. If you have it, it means lymph flow out of…
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I've been dealing with similar problems for a few years now, ever since all my wisdom teeth were removed.
I have wondered if children's diets precipipate this problem. Because so many kids grow up with varying levels of processsed or pre-digested foods (pulverized fruit pouches, not enough crunchy whole foods that require chewing etc) the jaw does not develop fully - so wisdom teeth removals and orthodontics for expansion seems like standard of care nowadays - but really it should not be that way. These cases should be r…
There's a book called 'Breath' by james nestor where he devotes a lot of time to this theory.
The book itself is mixed in terms of scientific quality but I found the stuff about diet influencing face shape to be very convincing.
If your mouth doesnt grow properly then your airways will also be too narrow and you will have obstructed breathing.
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You're doing good work. I've had Sleep Disordered Breathing since childhood from a mix of recessed jaws and allergies, and my journey was a decline from extreme ADHD in my 10s, to overwhelming fatigue in my early 20s, to essentially dementia. Nobody offered or was willing to test for anything. I was gaslit and sent to psychiatrists any time I tried seeing a doctor. By now, it's not my only debilitating chronic condit…
Its been shown that sleep apnea related brain damage reverses completely within a year of treatment. If your issue is a narrow airway due to a recessed jaw an MMA can be curative. Insurance covers MMA if AHI > 15. Do you have people around you that can help cover an MMA if you need to self fund? Or people you can borrow money from? Dr Alfaro in Barecelona will do it much cheaper than the US. I understand the dread. I…
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Thanks for sharing this story, it's very encouraging to read. I really resonate with this as I'm currently facing similar struggles and overall just feeling like I'm sinking and zombie-like. I had an at-home test that was not positive for obstructive sleep apnea so I landed on a 6-month queue for a test at a sleep lab (hello from over in Vancouver). I've felt really discouraged by that because it's left me back at "I…
Get tested for diabetes just in case? Urination and dry mouth are symptoms that I see you mentioned which don't seem to be apnea related. I'm not a doctor.
Dry mouth happens when you breathe through your mouth at night, which is also common in sleep apnea patients.
It had to do, for her, Vitamin D3, catalase, and selenium. This increased her somatostatin levels, growth hormone levels, and lowered her H2O2.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29482804/
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/0003-4819-121-7-...
Genetically, she is predisposed to very high levels of IFGBP3 and very low levels of catalase. She also has hasimotos (autoimmune thyroid) which I am sure will go away next.
https://you.23andme.com/tools/data/?query=rs762551
C/C genotype.
https://www.geneticlifehacks.com/liver-detox-genes-cyp1a2/#C...
Instead of coffee being a net positive, it actually takes caffeine 4X the time to process through my body and increases my cardiac event risk by 2X.
I can drink a cup of coffee at 8am and it still impacts my sleep the following night. My blood pressure remains really elevated (20+ points for systolic) the entire day.
All these decades I’ve been ingesting coffee thinking it’s a “net positive” - not for my genotype.
When the reality is I sleep like shit, my blood pressure is through the roof, I feel awful for a day or two of drinking a single cup, and it all makes sense now.
I miss my coffee kick, but the fallout from it all, I just don't think it's worth it anymore at this stage of my life.
I'm trying to understand how exactly do they know sometimes if there is central sleep apnea or obstructive sleep apnea happening with the tests. Is a CPAP or other machine helpful for central sleep apnea?
I recently discovered that I’m a slow metabolizer of caffeine. Via my raw 23andme data. https://you.23andme.com/tools/data/?query=rs762551 C/C genotype. https://www.geneticlifehacks.com/liver-detox-genes-cyp1a2/#C... Instead of coffee being a net positive, it actually takes caffeine 4X the time to process through my body and increases my cardiac event risk by 2X. I can drink a cup of coffee at 8am and it still impact…
I recently discovered that I’m a slow metabolizer of caffeine. Via my raw 23andme data. https://you.23andme.com/tools/data/?query=rs762551 C/C genotype. https://www.geneticlifehacks.com/liver-detox-genes-cyp1a2/#C... Instead of coffee being a net positive, it actually takes caffeine 4X the time to process through my body and increases my cardiac event risk by 2X. I can drink a cup of coffee at 8am and it still impact…