Long COVID
Somewhat better
Gasping for air at night with Long COVID, now somewhat better with an oral apnea appliance
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
only slept a few hours each night like you
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Life changing. I now sleep much better.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
The user described waking gasping for air with a hard, fast heartbeat and sleeping only a few hours a night before being diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. They hated the CPAP machine, so a dentist fitted them with an oral sleep apnea appliance, which they called life changing, and they now sleep much better. They also sleep propped up with a wedge pillow layered with extra pillows.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- cpap machine · Worse
I hated the cpap machine and ended up having a dentist fit me for an oral sleep apnea appliance.
In context ↗ - oral sleep apnea appliance · Helped a lot
having a dentist fit me for an oral sleep apnea appliance. Life changing. I now sleep much better.
In context ↗ - wedge pillow · Not said
I also use a wedge pillow layered with more pillows if I'm sleeping on my back
In context ↗
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | waking gasping for air with a pounding heart, sleeping only a few hours a night before diagnosisI would wake up gasping for air with my heart pounding hard and fast and only slept a few hours each nightIn context ↗ | |
| 2022-10-09 | dentist-fitted oral sleep apnea appliance; sleeping much betterI hated the cpap machine and ended up having a dentist fit me for an oral sleep apnea appliance. Life changing. I now sleep much better.In context ↗ | CPAP and sleep apnoea treatment |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
only slept a few hours each night
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
my heart pounding hard and fast
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I would wake up gasping for air
In context ↗