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<blockquote data-quote="Mouse2" data-source="post: 2274772" data-attributes="member: 526019"><p>Hello</p><p></p><p>Since you have done every test possible, listen to this.</p><p></p><p>I am Also Type-1 but only found this out 4 years ago... Before that, for years, I was continuously dragging myself with fatigue and by 11 a.m. I was nodding asleep on my work station ..This continued for many months until I was given a telling by my boss at work, but I still was not able to overcome the tiredness, sleepy eyes, and fatigue. I am overweight so I'm sure this has something to do with it and with my Type-1, but when my GP refer me to a neurologist specializing in sleep studies and ailment, the Consultant kept me under observation and monitoring for 48 hours using cutting edge instruments and monitoring devices(Sleep Clinic-Kingston Hospital)...</p><p></p><p>He discovered I had sleep "APNEA", meaning that when I fall asleep, my breath repeatedly stops (sometimes 30 times a minute), and hence I never really have comfortable fully-fledged sleep, never. This is a very dangerous illness which no medical remedy in existence for, but if uncontrolled, it could lead to stroke or heart attack ...I was very lucky with the Consultant and could never forgive all the GPs that failed me throughout the years in not diagnosing the syndrome early.</p><p></p><p>So for the past 4 or 5 years, I wear a special face mask connected to an air pump or respirator (with a slot for a memory card to record my sleep pattern), that detects when I stop breathing, it provides positive air pressure to open my airways and stop the phenomena. I wear the mask throughout the night, every night...and when I forget to put it on after having few pints, the next day I am a wreck.</p><p></p><p>You cannot imagine the difference it made, literally the next day following the use of the respirator, I was fresh and active full of energy able to walk for 3-4 hours without being tired, The respirator cost around £500 with appendages maybe 600, but if diagnosed, it's freely issued by the NHS.</p><p></p><p>So, perhaps, maybe perhaps, that you should ask your GP to consider this option and refer you to a sleep clinic...</p><p></p><p>Nothing to lose but much to gain...Be careful these machines are costly, not many off and rare and in the age of COVID-19, they are sought after.</p><p></p><p>I wish you the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mouse2, post: 2274772, member: 526019"] Hello Since you have done every test possible, listen to this. I am Also Type-1 but only found this out 4 years ago... Before that, for years, I was continuously dragging myself with fatigue and by 11 a.m. I was nodding asleep on my work station ..This continued for many months until I was given a telling by my boss at work, but I still was not able to overcome the tiredness, sleepy eyes, and fatigue. I am overweight so I'm sure this has something to do with it and with my Type-1, but when my GP refer me to a neurologist specializing in sleep studies and ailment, the Consultant kept me under observation and monitoring for 48 hours using cutting edge instruments and monitoring devices(Sleep Clinic-Kingston Hospital)... He discovered I had sleep "APNEA", meaning that when I fall asleep, my breath repeatedly stops (sometimes 30 times a minute), and hence I never really have comfortable fully-fledged sleep, never. This is a very dangerous illness which no medical remedy in existence for, but if uncontrolled, it could lead to stroke or heart attack ...I was very lucky with the Consultant and could never forgive all the GPs that failed me throughout the years in not diagnosing the syndrome early. So for the past 4 or 5 years, I wear a special face mask connected to an air pump or respirator (with a slot for a memory card to record my sleep pattern), that detects when I stop breathing, it provides positive air pressure to open my airways and stop the phenomena. I wear the mask throughout the night, every night...and when I forget to put it on after having few pints, the next day I am a wreck. You cannot imagine the difference it made, literally the next day following the use of the respirator, I was fresh and active full of energy able to walk for 3-4 hours without being tired, The respirator cost around £500 with appendages maybe 600, but if diagnosed, it's freely issued by the NHS. So, perhaps, maybe perhaps, that you should ask your GP to consider this option and refer you to a sleep clinic... Nothing to lose but much to gain...Be careful these machines are costly, not many off and rare and in the age of COVID-19, they are sought after. I wish you the best. [/QUOTE]
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