[dainbramaged]

I've been using a BIPAP machine with a heated humidifier for three years, having a combination of obstructive and central (neurological) sleep apnea. It's more like a ventilator, helping you to breathe in both directions.
My initial sleep test showed I stopped breathing 57 times per hour.
It took a week or so to get used to it, but it has helped tremendously.

[Ellendra]

I’ll have to look into that one. My central sleep apnea was mild enough that the doctor didn’t want to prescribe a CPAP, but I’m still sure I’d sleep better with one.

In the sleep study, I only stopped breathing one to two times per hour, but one of those was for 13 seconds. And I’m aware of it happening when I’m asleep, always have been. Which is probably why I was afraid to sleep when I was a kid, but when I was little my doctor told me I was imagining it.