Sleep Apnea and Training
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2013-07-19 10:26 AM |
5 | Subject: Sleep Apnea and Training I am racing in November at the Ironman Arizona. A little concerned since I am starting to notice signs of sleep apnea. Terrible sleep, getting up at night for the bathroom tons of times and just waking up miserable. Still trying to train, but some days want to sleep more than eat. Has anyone gone through this? Any suggestions? Also, I am 4 months out and would like to know if anyone has a general guide line of where I should be?? I can run 13 miles no problem, swim for an hour and a half, and can ride for 60 miles. Since I have had the sleeping issues, I am a mess. Help!! |
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2013-07-19 11:16 AM in reply to: SharkMan7297 |
1159 | Subject: RE: Sleep Apnea and Training Originally posted by SharkMan7297 I am racing in November at the Ironman Arizona. A little concerned since I am starting to notice signs of sleep apnea. Terrible sleep, getting up at night for the bathroom tons of times and just waking up miserable. Still trying to train, but some days want to sleep more than eat. Has anyone gone through this? Any suggestions? Also, I am 4 months out and would like to know if anyone has a general guide line of where I should be?? I can run 13 miles no problem, swim for an hour and a half, and can ride for 60 miles. Since I have had the sleeping issues, I am a mess. Help!! have you gone to talk to someone in the medical field about it? because honestly, that would be my first step and something that I am planning on doing when I go in for my new doctor check-in/up...and then go from there - i'm sure there are others who will have much better advice than me |
2013-07-28 7:25 PM in reply to: 0 |
Member 1293 Pearland,Tx | Subject: RE: Sleep Apnea and Training Originally posted by SharkMan7297 I am racing in November at the Ironman Arizona. A little concerned since I am starting to notice signs of sleep apnea. Terrible sleep, getting up at night for the bathroom tons of times and just waking up miserable. Still trying to train, but some days want to sleep more than eat. Has anyone gone through this? Any suggestions? Also, I am 4 months out and would like to know if anyone has a general guide line of where I should be?? I can run 13 miles no problem, swim for an hour and a half, and can ride for 60 miles. Since I have had the sleeping issues, I am a mess. Help!! Glad i saw your post before any misconceptions and wrong advice is given to you. First of all you need to have a definite diagnosis of sleep apnea. You need to talk to your Primary Care Physician to consult a sleep specialist normally thats a Pulmonologist (lung doctor) since this is a breathing problem. The Pulmnologist/Sleep Doctor will normally prescribe an overnight sleep study you will sleep in a room with leads to attach to your head and monitors attached to your chest. This is to monitor how long in an hour you stop breathing. You could stop breathing because your brain is telling your breathing mechanism to stop thats what they call Central Sleep Apnea. Another is your still breathing but your having a hard time(not breathing but with chest rising) which is normally caused by an anatomic obstruction called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA,Very common) patients with OSA normally snores loud. Treatment for OSA is easy a CPAP:Continuous Positive Air Pressure Machine machine maybe prescribed to you. The patient may need to wear a mask covering nose and mouth if your claustrophobic the nose is ok, the positive air pressure pushes the obstruction out of the way, the patient will sleep alot better, its something to get used to in short time, you dont want to wake up blue and short of breath right . Central Sleep Apnea is very uncommon but it happens treatment may be a little bit different the machine we use is called a BILEVEL Positive air pressure machine its just like CPAP but it has two levels of pressure trying to mimic your breathing, the machine may have to be connected to an Oxygen tank depending on the Doctors advice, some condition may require medicine its all up to the doctor. The good news is both CSA and OSA can be treated. Insurance normally covers the equiptment. One big question is does it hinder you from being an Ironman I say no .I know IMTX finishers that have sleep apnea and they sleep just fine with CPAP or BILEVEL as long as you get ample sleep should not affect your training, but you need to see a Sleep doctor/Pulmonologist ASAP!!! I have worked for years as a respiratory therapist and everynight at teh hospital I slap a mask on Sleep apnea patients and make sure they use it at night.(Pardon my term SLAP!!- just being stern to stubborn patients). Sincerely Carl B.S,AAS. RRT St.Lukes Hospital,The Methodist Hospital Edited by strykergt 2013-07-28 7:40 PM |
2013-07-29 10:34 AM in reply to: SharkMan7297 |
New user 105 | Subject: RE: Sleep Apnea and Training I talked to my wife first - my sleep apnea was so bad it would wake her up and her description of my condition was exactly what the doctor needed to hear. Then I talked to my doctor and he recommended a mouth type of device first. Than I talked to my dentist because he makes/sells the mouth things for sleeping. Then I purchased pure sleep and I have been using it for two years. I sleep so well now I rarely take naps, even after tri training. -Mark |
2013-07-29 12:25 PM in reply to: 1Dude |
Expert 1360 | Subject: RE: Sleep Apnea and Training Originally posted by 1Dude I talked to my wife first - my sleep apnea was so bad it would wake her up and her description of my condition was exactly what the doctor needed to hear. Then I talked to my doctor and he recommended a mouth type of device first. Than I talked to my dentist because he makes/sells the mouth things for sleeping. Then I purchased pure sleep and I have been using it for two years. I sleep so well now I rarely take naps, even after tri training. -Mark This is good advise, if you have sleep apnea, your partner (if you have one) is probably well aware of the problem. I have slept way better since my husband got his cpap machine. I used to be lulled to sleep with his snoring and when he would stop, several times a night, it would wake me up. |
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