How do you know if you have sleep apnea? And how do you get it diagnosed?

[nycface]

I have trouble breathing, but I also have bad allergies.

[JimmyTheGent]

The only way to know for sure is by getting a sleep study.  If you feel exhausted after a night's sleep, have a sore throat from snoring all night, then odds are you have sleep apnea.

[Bobbit]

I have trouble breathing, but I also have bad allergies.

Spend less than 75 $ at  Walgreens.  Get a finger pulse oximeter.   It can be set to record over night.  set it up.  tape it on your finger.   Go to sleep.  Wake up and download the bluetooth data to your computer.

Plot out a graph of the over night time on the x axis.  Plot the  heart rate and sPO2 on the Y axis.   You will quickly see if you do / do not have sleep apnea. 

Nice... because there is no medical record.   THEN you can decided what to do with the information.

Frankly - -  doing anything else - - first - - is just dumb.   This is smart.

 

[nycface]

Spend less than 75 $ at  Walgreens.  Get a finger pulse oximeter.   It can be set to record over night.  set it up.  tape it on your finger.   Go to sleep.  Wake up and download the bluetooth data to your computer.

Plot out a graph of the over night time on the x axis.  Plot the  heart rate and sPO2 on the Y axis.   You will quickly see if you do / do not have sleep apnea. 

Nice... because there is no medical record.   THEN you can decided what to do with the information.

Frankly - -  doing anything else - - first - - is just dumb.   This is smart.

 

Awesome idea, thank you so much. I am not sure if I have sleep apnea or just really bad allergies.