yep. I know a guy who drives a day cab and get his 4 hours a day while at work. He can’t sleep with the machine, it drives him nuts. So he drives with it on. Four years in and gets his new med card every year. Lol. Only if the fools knew they were getting played
Sleep Apnea testing
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by BigpopperRunner, Dec 20, 2019.
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Yeah, it really works. Ive been using one for 14 years now. Untreated Sleep apena is very hard on your heart. When I first got tested I was having 115 apena events per hour. Almost 900 per night! Now I average under 5 per hour which means the cpap machine is working for me.
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It wouldn't surprise me.
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probably more truth than fiction to this
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What chemicals are you referring to?
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$8,000 for a one night study is outright "highway robbery", no pun intended.
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Good to know, I work locally so I don’t use the machine but I heard a lot of OTR company requires their drivers to use it. I know for sure I have sleep apnea, my wife monitors me when I sleep lmao and she says I have the symptoms of sleep apnea, but I sleep and wake up just fine with no complications.
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You should get checked for it. If you have it and it goes untreated then your damaging your heart and other organs. Some of the Symptoms include erectile dysfunction, depression, tired during the day especially after eating lunch for example, and needing naps during the day.
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Companies that are focused on Sleep Apnea testing generally want you to go to their doctors. That way they can get the result they want.
When I was at Crete, everyone with a 17 inch neck or larger was magically determined to need sleep apnea testing by Crete's company doctor, regardless of any other mitigating information. The doctor even admitted to me that a 17 inch + neck necessitated testing. It's a total scam.
I got 12 minutes of stage 3 sleep because the bed I took the testing in had bed bugs. So gross. It was like getting pricked with a needle randomly on your legs every minute or so. Based on those 12 minutes the teleconferenced doctor three states away determined I had "marginal" sleep apnea even though I don't snore and had never had sleep problems before.
The machine is $200-$400 and the overnight testing is $3,000-$4,500. If you pay for the testing and it contradicts what the company doctor says, don't expect them to use it. If you plan to stay with the company just buy the machine. Don't pay for your own retest. They won't care what your doctor will say. -
Hmm, thanks for the tip I will
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