Sleep Apnea Help: Because Who Needs Uninterrupted Breathing Anyway?
Let’s be honest — as if treatment for sleep apnea isn’t merely telling you that breathing isn’t as necessary as the world makes it out to be. It’s not like we need to breathe continuously all night long, right? (Spoiler: They all do, but let’s take the joke seriously for a minute.)
What is the standard treatment for sleep apnea? The CPAP machine. It’s intended to keep your airways open with a steady stream of air but more closely resembles hosting a sleepover with a loud machine that is very much in your personal space. Yes, it gets you air, but let’s not kid ourselves about it being a dream arrangement.
Then there are lifestyle changes: lose weight, stop drinking, sleep on your side. Easy enough in theory, but little did I know that solving sleep apnea took so much work during the day.
Ultimately, we all want that full, restorative night’s sleep. But for now, it’s just about trying to get through the night... even if the help has turned out to be more complicated than we signed up for.
