Something like a decade or more before my excellent doctor in Switzerland (but German like so many there) correctly diagnosed sleep apnea after I complained of bad sleeping and feeling tired all the time. Off I trot to the sleep clinic and get wired up - and I was getting 90 events (AHI) an hour - off the scale man! Say hello to my little friend - Resmed CPAP which completely changed my life 😁

The bad sleep was making me feel tired which made me feel hungry so I ate and gained weight which made my apnea worse - a vicious circle. A combination of regular usage and a bad attack of gastro-enteritis two years ago means I have gone from 135 kg to under 90 - and it's been steady like that for over two years.

The Resmed CPAP has a feature where the nightly results are transmitted to a website so I can look at trends - and the last few weeks my AHI has been under one an hour, sometimes zero. Hmm, I thought, am I cured? I was told I need to stop using my CPAP for at least two weeks and then measure again (I will use the device itself insteading of going to the sleep clinic).

Sounds like a plan?

Edited Saturday at 06:06 AM2 days by nglodnig

Losing weight is the the single most important measure against sleep apnoe.

You obviously did that.

The other not intrusive (like CPAP, all kinds of surgical/dental measures) measure is OMT

https://pscharlotte.com/ways-to-stop-snoring-naturally/

you can use the app "Airway Gym"

https://archive.is/vCCZx

16 hours ago, nglodnig said:

Something like a decade or more before my excellent doctor in Switzerland (but German like so many there) correctly diagnosed sleep apnea after I complained of bad sleeping and feeling tired all the time. Off I trot to the sleep clinic and get wired up - and I was getting 90 events (AHI) an hour - off the scale man! Say hello to my little friend - Resmed CPAP which completely changed my life 😁

The bad sleep was making me feel tired which made me feel hungry so I ate and gained weight which made my apnea worse - a vicious circle. A combination of regular usage and a bad attack of gastro-enteritis two years ago means I have gone from 135 kg to under 90 - and it's been steady like that for over two years.

Looking back, my snoring started years ago, as I crossed the threshold of 85 kg, and as you say, it is a vicious cycle.

Currently I am trying hard to get back to that weight and under.

So there is indeed the hope, that with reduction of visceral fat sending constant inflammation signals and the brain's neurons getting oxygen-starved which in turn increases inflammation leading to more fat buildup can be broken by simply loosing enough weight.

20 hours ago, nglodnig said:

Something like a decade or more before my excellent doctor in Switzerland (but German like so many there) correctly diagnosed sleep apnea after I complained of bad sleeping and feeling tired all the time. Off I trot to the sleep clinic and get wired up - and I was getting 90 events (AHI) an hour - off the scale man! Say hello to my little friend - Resmed CPAP which completely changed my life 😁

The bad sleep was making me feel tired which made me feel hungry so I ate and gained weight which made my apnea worse - a vicious circle. A combination of regular usage and a bad attack of gastro-enteritis two years ago means I have gone from 135 kg to under 90 - and it's been steady like that for over two years.

The Resmed CPAP has a feature where the nightly results are transmitted to a website so I can look at trends - and the last few weeks my AHI has been under one an hour, sometimes zero. Hmm, I thought, am I cured? I was told I need to stop using my CPAP for at least two weeks and then measure again (I will use the device itself insteading of going to the sleep clinic).

Sounds like a plan?

Your case: You went from AHI 90 → AHI <1 with CPAP and major weight loss. That’s a huge improvement, but it doesn’t guarantee remission.

2 hours ago, D Peter said:

Your case: You went from AHI 90 → AHI <1 with CPAP and major weight loss. That’s a huge improvement, but it doesn’t guarantee remission.

No but I'll never know unless I try

Hit 98/100 last night on my Apple health app sleep score......

Large gin and tonic at 1800, two glasses of red wine 2000 and a beer and whisky chaser at 2200.......going to try that again tonight.

4 hours ago, MIke B Bad said:

Hit 98/100 last night on my Apple health app sleep score......

Large gin and tonic at 1800, two glasses of red wine 2000 and a beer and whisky chaser at 2200.......going to try that again tonight.

Alcohol, as a rule, generally makes snoring worse, at it makes collapsing the airway easier due to relaxing muscular tone. At the same time it raises the heart beat, making the oxygenation snap back -- which kills neurons with their freeing of oxygen radicals -- all the more damaging.

Which leads to the second rule: near everything that is fun is bad for you. 😑

6 hours ago, jts-khorat said:

Alcohol, as a rule, generally makes snoring worse, at it makes collapsing the airway easier due to relaxing muscular tone. At the same time it raises the heart beat, making the oxygenation snap back -- which kills neurons with their freeing of oxygen radicals -- all the more damaging.

Which leads to the second rule: near everything that is fun is bad for yo

Some people thing s.ex is fun.

And it's healthy.

2 minutes ago, Hish said:

Some people thing s.ex is fun.

And it's healthy.

So long as you do not throw out your back, or even go into cardiac arrest, that is 😆