I have borderline apnea, not too bad as long as I stay off my back. The CPAP was suggested to me as a means to "rule out apnea" in terms of diagnosing my sleep disorder.
However, the weird unexpected benefit to the high-protein low-carb is that it seems to be reducing inflammation all over my body, including in my throat and tongue. One of the reasons the sleep doc gave for suspecting apnea was that my throat and tonsils were so swollen that there wasn't room in my mouth for my tongue -- it had bite marks down both sides. Now I can feel that that isn't true any more, so something must have changed, and the only thing that's changed is my eating. And I don't think I have a sleep disorder any more, at least not a bad one -- I'm falling asleep fairly easily, waking once or twice a night instead of once an hour the way I do when it's bad, having many fewer bad dreams, etc.
There are other options besides the CPAP, but they're surgical and fairly major. But if the CPAP is too nasty you can always talk to your ENT guy about them.
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Date: 2008-03-22 04:33 pm (UTC)However, the weird unexpected benefit to the high-protein low-carb is that it seems to be reducing inflammation all over my body, including in my throat and tongue. One of the reasons the sleep doc gave for suspecting apnea was that my throat and tonsils were so swollen that there wasn't room in my mouth for my tongue -- it had bite marks down both sides. Now I can feel that that isn't true any more, so something must have changed, and the only thing that's changed is my eating. And I don't think I have a sleep disorder any more, at least not a bad one -- I'm falling asleep fairly easily, waking once or twice a night instead of once an hour the way I do when it's bad, having many fewer bad dreams, etc.
There are other options besides the CPAP, but they're surgical and fairly major. But if the CPAP is too nasty you can always talk to your ENT guy about them.