Comments on: Podcast: Focus on Sleep Apnea

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:13:16 +0000

I thought of another interesting connection after I recorded this - interestingly enough, a connection with my previous podcast on Chiari Malformation 1. Sleep apnea actually is a common symptom of Chiari 1. So actually, if you have sleep apnea, that may be an additional sign of Chiari 1 if you have other symptoms. Something to think about!

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:10:15 +0000

That’s one way to do it! Lacks the precision of the medical tests, but if you have more obvious sounding sleep apnea, that would do it.

By: LiSaV

LiSaV — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:59:10 +0000

Hey James,

I’m single and sleep alone. Here’s an idea I came up with for others to try to test for sleep apnea:

I bought a digital recorder from Walmart and taped it to my pillow a few nights in a row to record my breathing sounds. It recorded pretty well! Then, I simply listened to my breathing sounds on double speed the next day to see if I could hear anything unusual. I also noted if I had a migraine that next day.

I wasn’t able to hear anything unusual, so I think I’m okay, but I thought I’d share for others to try!