{"id":579,"date":"2021-03-01T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2021-04-08T20:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:54:43","slug":"patient-story-lynns-struggle-to-find-the-right-sleep-apnea-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/01\/patient-story-lynns-struggle-to-find-the-right-sleep-apnea-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Story: Lynn\u2019s Struggle to Find the Right Sleep Apnea Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-initial\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9uOeXLhkt2w?rel=0\" width=\"770\" height=\"434\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\nLynn consistently felt tired and unable to be present, both at work and in her personal life. As a seventh and eighth grade science teacher, having enough energy to get through the day with her class was becoming more and more difficult &#8212; but it was her snoring, which was affecting her husband\u2019s rest at night, that ultimately led her to seek answers.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nAfter discovering that she had moderate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/what-is-sleep-apnea.html\">sleep apnea<\/a>, she was initially prescribed a CPAP machine for treatment &#8212; a treatment option that did not work for her at all. Finding the machine uncomfortable and inconvenient, Lynn is a part of the 50% of sleep apnea patients that are unwilling or unable to tolerate CPAP, according to the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.\n\nAdherence to treatment is incredibly important when it comes to sleep apnea. If a patient doesn\u2019t stick with treatment, they will never truly experience the vitality and energy that comes with a good night\u2019s sleep. An alternative to CPAP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/oral-appliance-therapy.html\">oral appliances<\/a> are a comfortable, quiet, non-invasive, easy to maintain, and portable treatment option, giving CPAP-intolerant patients and those with mild and moderate sleep apnea another way to achieve the quality rest they deserve.\n\nIf you, like Lynn, are seeking an alternative to CPAP to treat your sleep apnea, or are simply looking for a solution to persistent fatigue and snoring, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/contact-us.html\">contact Sleep Better Georgia<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/request-an-appointment.html\">set up a free consultation<\/a> and begin the journey towards a restful night\u2019s sleep.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/em>\n\n<strong>Lynn: <\/strong>I have been coming to this practice for about three and a half years. I was having real issues with snoring, so much so that it was keeping my husband awake. My physician sent me to a sleep doctor and did a sleep study, and found out that I had moderate sleep apnea, which was waking me up about 15 times an hour. It was definitely disrupting my sleep and making me really tired during the day.\n\nI tried a CPAP machine, which was horrendous. I couldn\u2019t sleep; I wanted to rip it off my face. I like the outdoors and backpacking and didn\u2019t know how I was going to plug the machine into a tree. It just didn\u2019t work well for me.\n\nBecause I had moderate sleep apnea, my physician said I was welcome to try a sleep appliance, and he sent me to Dr. Rodgers.\n\nMy experience with Dr. Rodgers has been phenomenal. It\u2019s just been life changing for me. Not only does it make it easier when I\u2019m sleeping with my husband and I\u2019m not snoring anymore &#8212; I am so much more rested during the day. I\u2019m not falling asleep at random times; I can stay awake in the evening. It just has made a huge difference in my life.\n\nI\u2019m also a seventh and eighth grade science teacher, and as we all know, with kids that age, we need to have a lot of energy and be rested to be present with them and be a really great teacher for them &#8212; and also to be able to mentally focus, which is harder when you\u2019re tired. So, for me, this has made a big difference in being able to be rested and present and a great teacher &#8212; and then when I\u2019m off, being able to focus on the other things I love.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lynn consistently felt tired and unable to be present, both at work and in her personal life. 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