Sleep Apnea Educational Resources
The purpose of this page is to provide educational resources about Central Nervous System Sleep Apnea so that you, the reader, can become better informed, independent from this website. As you delve more deeply you will see that the major sleep authorities minimize or exclude any information about Central Apnea because so little research has been done about its causes and treatment. The first and original clinical evidence that Central Apnea can be cleared was discovered by Dr. Damaris Drewry in 2008.
If you are reading this page and this website, you already have an idea that traumatizing events can cause you to stop breathing in your sleep. You are possibly trying to avoid a sleep study and a CPAP, or you may be struggling with the lifelong diagnosis of obstructive apnea (which could be incorrect if you are not substantially overweight). Many people cannot tolerate a CPAP or BiPap machine and are afraid to use it, and at the same time afraid not to use it. Most people experience anxiety because they are tethered to and dependent upon a machine.
This is why a 45-minute consultation will help you take a huge leap forward in understanding apnea.
CURRENT TREATMENTS: As of January 2019 Central Apnea is still treated exactly the same way as Obstructive Apnea even though the causes are completely different. These are the facts: if your sleep study shows you have either OSA or CSA or both, you will be told you have an INCURABLE problem and in order to save your own life you will need to use one or more of the standard treatments. At the time of this writing, nothing is said about trauma and PTSD causing Central Apnea. And nothing is said about the fact that there are many non-drug treatments available now that eliminate PTSD. Even if you are otherwise healthy and not significantly overweight, you will not be told that if you have Central Apnea you have any options eliminating the cause.
The underlying hypothesis of my work is this: it is widely known that memories of traumatic events run below the level of conscious awareness 24 hours a day - 7 days a week, even in your sleep. This happens because your body is keeping the memory front-and-center should the event ever happen again. Simply stated, this is the fight-flight-freeze response.
STANDARD TREATMENTS: When you are diagnosed with sleep apnea you will be told you have 3 options:
1. A CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine to force air into your windpipe when you stop breathing. This does not address the cause of Central Apnea. It only addresses the cause of OSA which is a collapsed airway.
2. A jaw (oral) device that forces your lower jaw forward to eliminate your tongue falling back into your throat causing snoring. You can eliminate snoring without ANY devices.
3. Surgery Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) that is has a very painful recovery and is only 20% effective. If you have CSA this is utterly unnecessary. See Dan N. and Steve testimonials
If you are reading this page and this website, you already have an idea that traumatizing events can cause you to stop breathing in your sleep. You are possibly trying to avoid a sleep study and a CPAP, or you may be struggling with the lifelong diagnosis of obstructive apnea (which could be incorrect if you are not substantially overweight). Many people cannot tolerate a CPAP or BiPap machine and are afraid to use it, and at the same time afraid not to use it. Most people experience anxiety because they are tethered to and dependent upon a machine.
This is why a 45-minute consultation will help you take a huge leap forward in understanding apnea.
CURRENT TREATMENTS: As of January 2019 Central Apnea is still treated exactly the same way as Obstructive Apnea even though the causes are completely different. These are the facts: if your sleep study shows you have either OSA or CSA or both, you will be told you have an INCURABLE problem and in order to save your own life you will need to use one or more of the standard treatments. At the time of this writing, nothing is said about trauma and PTSD causing Central Apnea. And nothing is said about the fact that there are many non-drug treatments available now that eliminate PTSD. Even if you are otherwise healthy and not significantly overweight, you will not be told that if you have Central Apnea you have any options eliminating the cause.
The underlying hypothesis of my work is this: it is widely known that memories of traumatic events run below the level of conscious awareness 24 hours a day - 7 days a week, even in your sleep. This happens because your body is keeping the memory front-and-center should the event ever happen again. Simply stated, this is the fight-flight-freeze response.
STANDARD TREATMENTS: When you are diagnosed with sleep apnea you will be told you have 3 options:
1. A CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine to force air into your windpipe when you stop breathing. This does not address the cause of Central Apnea. It only addresses the cause of OSA which is a collapsed airway.
2. A jaw (oral) device that forces your lower jaw forward to eliminate your tongue falling back into your throat causing snoring. You can eliminate snoring without ANY devices.
3. Surgery Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) that is has a very painful recovery and is only 20% effective. If you have CSA this is utterly unnecessary. See Dan N. and Steve testimonials
