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About to take the plunge ... i think. [Advice needed from the experts ..]
Good evening all, so i think i am ready to take the plunge. Years of dithering and putting this off, i was diagnosed with OSA a few years back I think I was moderate on the scale of things. i dont have the results to hand so apologies, but i guess coming to my mid 40s i want to change things up.
I hear the success stories, and wonder could i wake up with that zing in my step and not feel tired. The skeptic in me thinks the tiredness is due to age and just being lazy - but it does get bad, every day i will be in my office and before i know it i am slumped in my office chair fast asleep from what can be 15-45 mins and oh man when i wake up the level of grogginess is like i am coming off morphine - not that i would know :]
Take my kids to footy and sit down for a bit and end up having an impromptu nap on a blazing hot day in the afternoon ... ok as i type this out clearly i have problems.
And apparently my sister says i am doing this new where i snore with my eyes open, so i am not sleeping. its like the onset of a sleep is about to kick in but i am awake. Bizarre. But the snore sounds comes out like i am dozing off.
So where do i start? Should i start measuring events? i started using a watch thingy and some apps to measure events and they definitely started recorded events during sleep but i wasn't diligent enough and besides i think it was a case of, i think i know i need this so what more will the data give me that i dont know already?
OK Devices - a cursory look on the interweb [google and you tube reviews] and it looks like Resmed 10 or 11, the former seems to get good reviews and comes in at a good price point so seems the way to go, something like this: https://www.intushealthcare.com/prod...a895edcba1056b
Masks - havent really given them much thought and i think the above doesnt come with one. It would be nice to get a TRY-BEFORE-YOU-BUY thing from RESMED on one of these things, is that even a thing?
Thanks all, comments welcome, go easy on me, first timer and all that - am i going about this all wrong? Btw i read the newbie thread on this forum and that was also very helpful.
Sweet dreams my peeps.
I hear the success stories, and wonder could i wake up with that zing in my step and not feel tired. The skeptic in me thinks the tiredness is due to age and just being lazy - but it does get bad, every day i will be in my office and before i know it i am slumped in my office chair fast asleep from what can be 15-45 mins and oh man when i wake up the level of grogginess is like i am coming off morphine - not that i would know :]
Take my kids to footy and sit down for a bit and end up having an impromptu nap on a blazing hot day in the afternoon ... ok as i type this out clearly i have problems.
And apparently my sister says i am doing this new where i snore with my eyes open, so i am not sleeping. its like the onset of a sleep is about to kick in but i am awake. Bizarre. But the snore sounds comes out like i am dozing off.
So where do i start? Should i start measuring events? i started using a watch thingy and some apps to measure events and they definitely started recorded events during sleep but i wasn't diligent enough and besides i think it was a case of, i think i know i need this so what more will the data give me that i dont know already?
OK Devices - a cursory look on the interweb [google and you tube reviews] and it looks like Resmed 10 or 11, the former seems to get good reviews and comes in at a good price point so seems the way to go, something like this: https://www.intushealthcare.com/prod...a895edcba1056b
Masks - havent really given them much thought and i think the above doesnt come with one. It would be nice to get a TRY-BEFORE-YOU-BUY thing from RESMED on one of these things, is that even a thing?
Thanks all, comments welcome, go easy on me, first timer and all that - am i going about this all wrong? Btw i read the newbie thread on this forum and that was also very helpful.
Sweet dreams my peeps.
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