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
I'm 17 years old and feel like I am 80 someone help!

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.

Why do you think you have apnea?

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 can't get to sleep, Well I hope everything turns out all right for her. Good day AND GOD BLESS.::: F.B.E.

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

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

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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

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.

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,

Damngina - if you have not been tested as described by "CHOUX" then i do not believe you really know what you are talking about. ( i for one has been tested< i had to go threw two different overnight stays at a highly rated sleep study> you are susposed to score between 0 & 30 ,i scored &* on first study so i had to go threw 2nd part. I would stop breathing for as much as 2 minuts and my oxygen would drop down to 68 %. Now i am on a c-pac plus 15 % oxygen at night (every night or when i even take a nap ::! Now tell me i don't know what im talking.:::!! And for your information ( any hospital that receives federal funds " CAN NOT REFUSE ANYBODY CARE BECAUSE THAT CAN"t pay :::"!! Good luck & god bless::: f.b.e.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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Meterre - YES I think you should go and have a sleep study made,I believe that it will be a very vaulable information,that you will receive, you have some of the symptoms that I had. There is really nothing to it ,about 8 or 9 pm you go to sleepwiyh a lot of wires hooked up to you in different places and you are monertered all night by licensed tech. and watched very close for any tooubles that might arise. And in a couple days you get results. You can have family doctor set it up or like a speclist like my lung doctor set mine up, MY advise to you or anyone ,ITS WORTH EVERY PENNY AS THE SAYING GOES > GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS IF I HAVE HELPED YOU RATE MY ANSWER BELOW ::::: F.B.E.:) ;) :D