Julia Thompson wrote:
Will you be undergoing treatment? That might help out on the mistake front after awhile. ;) (And improve your health in general, in all likelihood....)
I have another sleep study, to titrate for CPAP, schedule in October (the waiting was that long for the first study, too). I'm not happy about finding that our insurance only covers 80 percent of the cost of tests -- polysomnography (a lie detector test while you're sleeping, sort of) is expensive. Cheaper than Dave's MRIs though...
But I am quite hopeful that I'll be a lot sharper if I can use CPAP. I'm sleepy much of the time and my memory annoys me, especially int the last year or so, but now that I understand all this better, I think it's been a life-long thing, quite probably related to ADHD. I really believe that part of the reason I've had a rather exciting life is that I chose "high-affect" activities (positive and negative ones, I'll add) in part just to keep awake.
There's surgery that's 90 percent effective, but it involves moving one's upper and lower jaw forward, which means breaking various bones, then orthodontics to correct the bite... and adds up to being out of commission for a month. It's quite expensive and insurance is very, very reluctant to pay for it.
CPAP compliance rates are around 40 percent -- most people can't tolerate it for one reason or another. There are some in-between surgeries, but their success rate is not great, except for one method that wears off after two years or so (that one stiffens the tongue via radio waves).
For some people, losing weight improves things, but that's not much of an option in my case, since I don't have much excess.
So far "treatment" has meant getting to bed by 10:30, getting 30 minutes of sunlight within 15 minutes of waking up (not sure how I'll do that in the winter, but I suppose full-spectrum lights are in order), and no alcohol within four hours of bedtime. We have a nice collection of wine, most of which came from the demise of one of the dot-coms, which is getting more aging than I would have expected.
Nick
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