hello i am 17 years old and i have sleep apnea
i really need treatment for it but i can't get insurance and don't have the money to pay for it, i've had this for about 5 years now and it is worsening
i sleep for 10-17 hours a day and wake up to eat and then go back to sleep i actually dropped out of school because of all the stress this is causing me and i also have migrains which never go away now because of my sleeping disorder
i was just wondering if anyone had some good ideas about getting some energy because of this sleeping thing i get no energy from sleep anymore and it is really weighing me down and starting to scare me
im 17 years old and feel like i am 80 someone help!

Flying Blue Eagle

DamnGina - All I can GIVE you is these answers,- #1 Go to human services and check to see if they can help or can tell you if your state has a health plan that you qualify for, or where you could go for help. tn has a health plan called ( TN> CARE ) It's for people who can't get insurance or can not afford healtgh care ;;; check it out , my wife used to work for human services for state of tn. HOpe this answer helps ! If it does rate it down beliw ;;; GOOD Luck And GOD BLESS ::: F.B.E.

Choux

Why do you think you have apnea?

Flying Blue Eagle

Choux - I don't know of all the sym. for sleep apnea,But I do have it and none of the things she said does not fit in, If I remember right there is what is called (SLEEP SICKNESS)::!! I seen guys in flight school in the usaf, that could be standing in formation and FALL to sleep, They called it sleep sickness. The ones that it happened to were gone within two days. Ive gone threw the testing for this, the 1st, part then had to go threw the @nd part. Sleep apnia is really where you just cant get to sleep, Well I hope everything turns out alright for her. Good day AND GOD BLESS.::: F.B.E.

DamnGina

no sleep apnea is when your sleeping and you stop breathing for periods of time you should know more about what you have

Wondergirl

Have you been tested for sleep apnea? Do you know for sure that's what it is? Do you know you stop breathing?

METERRE

Do you ever feel when you wake up that you sort of gasp for breath? And do you feel weak when you wake up, or with a headache or something? Do you sometimes snore, or feel yourself breathing very shallow or very slowly?
I'm just asking because these are some things i feel, and i just would like to find out what it is.

DamnGina

yes those are the exact symptoms of sleep apnea and yes i do have them all
i do wake up gasping for air, i snore, and i actually have dreams of being suffocated or that i am drowning because i am not breathing at that time and i have all of these things every night i also wake up with migrains (i have been diagnosed with those as well) so they never go away now

Wondergirl

Depending on where you live, there may be a teaching hospital in the area that would accept you as a patient at a low or no charge. Also, there are sleep studies conducted, so you might qualify. The fact that you are so young with this disease makes me think there are definite ways for you to get free help. Call your county health department or even your public library's reference department to get more information for diagnosing and treating this.

Choux

Apnea is diagnosed by a sleep study conducted at a local medical facility via an overnight, monitored stay. I have had about seven sleep studies, so I am an expert.

Get a referral from your family physician to a doctor who does sleep studies. You have to know what you are dealing with.

Best wishes and happy sleeping in 2008,