#sleep apnea

[adhdandcomics]

shout out to my folks with insomnia & depression & delayed sleep phase disorder & sleep apnea & disabilities & other sleep disorders diagnosed, undiagnosed, and just my plain old night owls & night shift workers!! we r so fucking cool & exist every day in a society not made for us at all. and NONE of us are lazy bums or bad people for staying up late & sleeping in till noon or two or whatever whenever you get up!! no matter what anyone says!! you’re incredible and i love you!!!

#being the positivity i need in the world #would i like to get up earlier and love my life? yes. but i can’t fuckin do that can i #i recognize the irony of posting this at 11:30 however i’m at work and fuckin tired #text #positivity #insomnia #depression #delayed sleep phase disorder #sleep apnea #also shout out to nightmare nation i hope we get good rest soon!!!!!

[liberaljane]

Rest!

Digital illustration of a tan cat with spots laying down sleeping with a cpap machine. There is text that reads, ‘REST! - capitalism is exhausting’

#art #feminism #feminist #cat #cpap machine #sleep apnea #cat art #rest is radical #rest #self care #animal

[facts-i-just-made-up]

What is a sweet nothing? Follow up question: if you can whisper sweet nothings, can you shout them too?

A "sweet nothing" is a phrase or word used to express intimacy to a loved one. Traditionally, such vocalizations are whispered but can be expressed at any volume for different results:

If one were to hold their lover close and caress their neck and whisper softly, "You make me so happy," the partner may well simply smile and hold them closer.

If however, one were to grab them by the hair and growl loudly at them, "You hot slut, I’m gonna make you moan like a walrus with sleep apnea," then their reaction may be very different.

Please also note that walrus apnea is no joke as CPAP masks cannot fit their tusks.

#walrus #sleep apnea #cpap machine #romance

[justabunny]

"omg you get to nap all day"

I literally can't control it, I'm so tired and fatigued by doing anything in the day time that I have to nap even of it doesn't really make me less tired.

#cfs #disability rights #disabled #young and disabled #chronically ill #disability #sleep apnea #sleep problems

[neuroticboyfriend]

reminder that seroquel is neurotoxic. as in, toxic to your nervous system. i understand some people are willing to deal with that for the medicinal benefit but i need every person on this to know. you are taking a neurotoxic substance.

you are taking a substance that acts on 47? receptors in your brain (most medications act on one to several but my god not 47). it is an anticholinergic (class of medications that have been linked to dementia), an antihistamine, and it blocks serontonin. it is basically a chemical lobotomy and in fact, thats how some doctors describe antipsychotics when they were developed - as a chemical alternative to a lobotomy.

it also carries risk of metabolic syndrome, movement disorders, increases stroke risk, (rarely) can increase your QtC interval (heart thing) leading to a condition that causes sudden death. if you have sleep apnea or POTS it can make that worse - same with diabetes and insulin resistance. i could go on. the side effects from this are many and serious.

i dont have energy for sources now so please factcheck me and do your own research but by the love of god.. i just want mentally ill people to know the risks of their medication so they can make an informed choice. especially since many of us are on this for years, indefinitely, effectively for the rest of our lives.

please, if you're on any antipsychotic (or any medication), do research and do what's best for you. ask for alternatives if you must. you deserve and need a good quality of life and it is entirely understandable and normal for the risks and harms of these medications to outweigh the benefits.

if you continue to take these please monitor your health and implement preventative measures. be safe. you are loved.

#antipsychotics #psychosis #psychotic #schizophrenia #schizoaffective disorder #schizophrenic #bipolar #mentally ill #mental illness #mad liberation #madpunk #mental health #psychiatry #ableism #sanism #disabled #disability #chronic illness #sleep apnea #potsie #pots syndrome #diabetes #diabetic #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #dysautonomia #chronically ill #softspoonie #disabled community #spoonie

[theecrybaby]

Bringing back my F*CK Chronic Illness stickers on a made to order basis so that I can keep making new ones every day, for everybody. They have a graphic relating to the illness and the outline is the color of the awareness ribbon. (I also have POTS and Diabetes, which I had manufactured)

polkadotphantom(.)com

#disability #disabled #chronic illness #eds #elhers danlos syndrome #narcolepsy #sleep apnea #Lyme disease #fibromyalgia #PCOS #PMDD #endometriosis

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 299

cha boy is starting on a cpap machine for the first time tonight

it turns out, that when i sleep, my cringe-ass larynx blocks itself up, and i STRAIGHT UP STOP BREATHING for up to 20 seconds at a time! of course i have always managed to start back up again, but as u might imagine this doesn't lead to great sleep quality

so wish me luck on getting that Good Sleep for once. god gives his toughest battles to his sleepiest warriors and all that.

#day 299 #year 4 #it me #cpap #sleep apnea #i wasnt gonna post about this initially i didnt think it was fun or interesting #and well. its not. #but u know what. when they told me this was my issue i was like Hey Wait But 26 Year Olds Dont Usually Get That #because the only people in my life who are regular cpap users are in their 60s and 70s #and i felt weird and alienated for a couple days while i waited for the machine to come in and like #it really helped me to look up posts about it from people i consider peers #PLUS i always fucking complain here about how i am So Tired All The Time and while i always assumed it was due to my OTHER chronic illnesse #i figured maybe i'd update yall on the fact that it was uh. Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea for likely the last. eight or so years. lmao #anyway if people tell you that you snore a lot. and you feel real fuckin eepy a lot of the time. #consider asking your doctor to order you a sleep study!

[starwarspissorgy]

Tip: if you pour cheap wine in your CPAP machine's humidifier, you will have dreams of drunken revelry and wake up with a nice buzz going.

#Swpo #Wine #cpap machine #cpap #sleep apnea #Jokes everyone will find funny it's not that niche

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was informed by my boyfriend that I have an unusual fart pattern when I sleep, and that just like sleep apnea, it is very dangerous and scary.

#dream #boyfriend #sleeping #sleep apnea #fart #farting #flatulence

[blackholemojis]

Hai! Could you perhaps make a symbol for Sleep apnea or Narcolepsy? :Dc

- @ayiemojis

Yep! I probably won’t do that many specific physical disability/condition ones just because at a certain point it’s hard to make them clearly different from each other, but these totally work. Also, I went with the more common/broad presentation of narcolepsy, with being asleep at times when you’re not supposed to be

[ID 1: an emoji of a sleeping person from the shoulders up. They snore and blue Z’s float nearby to represent that, and a red arrow with a dashed line shows interrupted inhaling. /End ID]

[ID 2: an emoji of a person standing up but fast asleep, blue Z’s floating nearby on one side and a sun on the other side. /End ID]

#Idk why I did the z’s with inverted colors but I don’t have the spoons to fix it #it gets the idea across enough #body & brain emojis #narcolepsy #sleep apnea #person emojis

[thedisablednaturalist]

If you get diagnosed with sleep apnea, don't go ANYWHERE near Lincare if you have a choice. Ask your doctor who they are placing the order with and beg them not to use Lincare. If it's your only choice, DO NOT SET UP AUTOSHIP WITH THEM.

Just got a $1200 bill along with a giant box of cpap supplies even though I told them I no longer had insurance and wanted to cancel, and THEY CALLED ME for a final confirmation of cancellation. But apparently they still tried to bill my insurance to milk it of more money despite me no longer being covered.

#wrenfea.exe #cpap #sleep apnea #theres no way in hell im paying it #ill contest the charge with my bank if i have to #im gonna get all my future supplies from cpap.com #fuck lincare

[yourfavoritehorseman]

Imagine: Death was relieved when his human finally fell asleep. Partially because it meant they'd finally decided he wasn't a danger to them, but mostly because it meant some peace and quiet to get his thoughts together. So he thinks, until he discovers what he later learns is called 'sleep apnea'. He occasionally remarks on the numerous flaws of humans, but he always stills until he can hear them breathe again.

#darksiders #death #based on real-life occurences with the husband #poor dear #never gets any peaceful sleep #imagines #sleep apnea #he hates when they talk in their sleep #it doesn't scare him #they are just NEVER quiet lol

[orbees]

i was thinking of adding some blinkies to my page which led to me joking w/ some friends "i wonder if theres any for sleep apnea" and well. i didnt find any but dont worry. i have corrected this mistake.

#sleep apnea #cpap #blinkies #orb art #orb pixels #orb dimension #i promise thats a cpap mask and not a fucked up bong. #limited space okay #flashing

[chronicillnesstruths]

I need a piece of medical equipment. Insurance should cover it. But Medicare has decided I don't "qualify". My testing levels would qualify me with any private insurance in the state, but Medicare uses different testing criteria - based on studies done on men 50 years ago! WTF, Medicare?

The cost to me: $3500 now, and probably $1000-$2000 per year.

Also, why would they not cover this? I've been using this same equipment (it's simply gotten worn out so I need a replacement) for nearly a decade. Who would want to use this stuff if they didn't have to? It's not like there's a black market for it or anything. Denying coverage is simply cruel.

This story isn't in the book (since it's a new problem) but others are. If you want to read about what it's like to live with chronic illness, check out The Things We Don’t Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths at https://books2read.com/u/bOXvwg

#chronic illness #spoonie #chronic fatigue #chronic pain #invisible illness #disability #invisible disability #anthology #sleep apnea #medicare

[neuroticboyfriend]

oh my god, sleeping in a recliner is like magic. 2nd night i did it, and i feel more rested. i can tell my sleep apnea is better. this is the best position for me. although i could probably use a bit more lumbar support, and idk how viable this is long term yet, in terms of pressure on the base of my spine.

i do want to be able to lay in my bed though... sleeping laying down flat, no matter if its side, front, or back, is excruciating. my nerve damage is impossible and my joints are just too hypermobile for any of it. there's gotta be a way to make my bed more like the recliner.

i need to figure out how to get proper spine support to lay reclined in bed... im gonna look into it but if anyone has advice i'd appreciate it :)

#julian rants #good things #chronic pain #chronically ill #chronic illness #hypermobility #hypermobile spectrum disorder #hypermobile joints #hypermobile eds #heds #hypermobile ehlers danlos #sleep apnea #spoonie

[lavenderblendthoughts]

Hey, oh my god, when you sleep! When you sleep for the first time in 2 years or maybe 10 years? Who knows! But you get REM sleep for the first time. Oh my god. And you think about calling your friends, and you remember someone's anniversary, or you hangout with a friend who you haven't seen in a minute and you feel your soul settling back into yourself. "There you are. There I am." You say on an exhale. Relief, that a lot more things feel doable. Grief and compassion for when you could not be kind to yourself earlier. Curiosity for how you will build yourself again. Finally able to entertain joy and whimsy without fear of it not returning again.

Hey! I've had trouble sleeping for a very long time. To the point where I would wake up tired and be irritable all day. I would never know what social battery I had for something. I got a sleep study done and was able to get cpap machine and it has changed my life.

The first morning after sleeping with my cpap, I got out of bed so easily where in the previous MONTHS I struggled to get out of bed.

A cpap is life changing

#sleep apnea #insomia #inability to sleep #sleep hygiene #lavender thoughts #cpap