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Hi my husband has been diagnosed with sleep apnea, but we think he has been wrongly diagnosed. He is having the same problem we are ready to chuck the machine out the door. The thing is he drives for a living and you have to prove to the dvla that you are doing 4 hours an night or you get your licence taken off you. Does anyone know how to trick these machines I have tried putting it on a teddy. Help
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You want to trick the machine so your husband can drive with an OSA diagnosis and by doing so put other peoples lives at risk as well as his?Originally posted by mandy wood View Post
Get real.
Such selfish attitudes are disgusting.
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you cant trick them as they record the information as you breathe. If you were to wear it instead of your husband then you would get no apnea events recorded at all which would indicate that you were cheating
If your husband drives in this condition he will have no insurance. How would you like it if some driver fell asleep at the wheel and killed one of your children and you also discovered he had no insurance ? GET REAL
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I agree, it's not a good idea.
What makes you think it was a wrong diagnosis anyway?Comment
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Treatment
I do not think the idea is to trick the machine, but to ensure you have the correct diagnosis and it is then when, you will no for certain if the equipment should be used.
The use of the CPAP/APAP machine is intended to relieve the symptoms and enable the user to have enough 'proper' sleep to function the next day without feeling sleepy.
I would be cautious of any information you provide to the DVLA other than that which you know to be an honest appraisal of your condition and treatment, as they will require you to sign a discloser to allow them to contact your doctor and consultant etc.
If you have any concerns regarding your condition and/or your treatment, may I suggest you follow this through with a qualified professional, but please do not try and circumvent the rules but work within them.
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any attempt to 'trick' the DVLA is punishable by imprisonment if convicted. You would also be driving without insuranceComment
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I haven't told the DVLA because I don't drive anyway, not for about 15 years. i do have a license though. Should I have told them? I thought it wouldn't matter because I'm not on the road to be a hazard and I'm not insured to drive anyway.Comment
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if you have no vehicle, no insurance, and are not intending to drive then you should be OK, but officially it is still a notifiable condition. Just make sure that you do tell them if you get a vehicle or insuranceComment
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We bought a new car in 2007 and I have driven it 3 times, each one to take the dog to the vet. Before that I used to drive everywhere, especially long distances. It was at this point that now looking back I realise my body was telling me I was not fit to drive!
Now I dread to think what would have happened had I have driven and caused an awful accident.
I did not inform the dvla until I was compliant which in my case was almost instantaneous (about 3 weeks between diagnosis and compliance) but even so I am still wary of driving even though I have the all clear.
Driving is a privilege not a 'right' and it is about time that some apnoeaopic (is that a word?) road users realised this fact!
So you or your partner, drives for a living, then it is even more important to get cpap compliant and stop whingeing about the dvla, they are only human and doing a job that is abiding by the law! And certainly don't trick them, it is not the teddy that will kill someone!Comment
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