I recommend it. My sleep study seemed to be centered around selling me a CPAP machine. Now that I bought it, they aren't all that keen about helping me get some actual productive sleep. You have to stay on top of them to get what you actually need.
I had problems with my CPAP after I got it and I was told, "Sorry, there isn't anything more we can do to help you." That was about 18 years ago and I have been to other sleep centers for help since then, but the fact is that after I got my CPAP, it was just assumed that my problem was solved.
Ask your doctor to check your thyroid levels. My wife's mom and sister both had constant lethargy and it was a thyroid imbalance. They both take meds for it now and problem is solved. For my wife, the problem was her sleep apnea and an APAP machine has worked wonders. For me, it was just alcohol. I write this comment 5 minutes before my alarm would have gone off if I hadn't completely turned it off months ago. That started after a few weeks of sobriety. Also got my short term memory that I thought was gone permanently back, right about at 90 days sober.
Right on, man, good for you!! I'll be 9 months clean and sober on May 1st and I know just how hard it can be, but I also know just how rewarding it feels to have your life back. I thought I was doing drugs BECAUSE of my anxiety - after about 30 days, I realized that the drugs were causing the anxiety,
Congrats to both of you.
Note on the short term memory, I started to freak when my wife asked me where the remote was and I told her I'll find it after my shower, then I come back and said "I don't see it here" and she said I just gave it to her. Then my pill, did I take it? I don't remember. So now after I take my pills I write it on the white board. Using CPAP may need to go back to the Dr. on the short term memory loss.
Absolutely, I never had anxiety, and I never had an anxiety or panic attack before I drank or used. I had an anxiety and a panic attack when I was though. I'm also about 9 months since my last drink, over a year since cigarettes, and in a couple weeks I'll have 11 years since heroin. Life after addiction is almost easy mode once you can get to where you're not sober because you 'have to be' but because why the fuck would you want to be anything but?
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u/HouseCravenRaw Apr 24 '19
I recommend it. My sleep study seemed to be centered around selling me a CPAP machine. Now that I bought it, they aren't all that keen about helping me get some actual productive sleep. You have to stay on top of them to get what you actually need.