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Hey everyone. I am writing this mostly to vent my frustrations( I just really need to get it off my chest. But I’m also hoping it will serve as a cautionary tale to others. Please bear with me.

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea at 36 yrs old, following symptoms of chronic fatigue. I eventually started treatment using an MRA and I immediately felt more rested, focused and alert.

Four years later my daughter was born and life took a turn for the worse. Days of broken nights turned to weeks and then to months. I grew extremely fatigued and my memory and concentration declined severely, but I always figured the fatigue just came with being a young parent.

My daughter offcourse grew out of infancy and the number of sleepless nights steadily grew less, but my chronic sense of fatigue wouldn’t go away. I went to the general practitioner time and time and again, got my blood tested for infections or deficits, changed my diet, tried to take up sports again, even got prescribed sleep medication, but nothing worked.

Then three years ago my second daughter was born and it absolutely ended me… My sleep routine became a horrible mess, which also added to the problems, and I just couldn’t find a way to get the extra sleep I so desperately craved. For a year or so I was like one of the Walking Dead; unable to keep up conversations, unable to finish household chores and unable to function properly at work.

My marriage become severely strained to the point that we almost separated. I also lost my job, my mood became highly irritable and I developed all kinds of health issues; my hair greyed, I gained ten kilo’s of weight, suffered a stomach ulcer and developed cardiac arrhythmia.

After enduring this slow torture for more then four years, I finally discovered (by chance) that my MRA wasn’t working properly anymore. It now looks like I’ve been suffering from breathing pauses once again. Probably for years.

Noe with a new MRA my sleep is starting to improve and I’m slowly able to think and function more clearly. But I am also furious. No one, including myself, ever considered that my sleep apnea might at the heart of my health issues, even though I’d had the diagnosis for years. I just blamed it up to stress and parenthood.

But now I’m left to reconcile with the costs. Four years of my life down the drain. Some of the best years of my children’s lives are literally a blur, I just can’t remember much of what happened. My chronic fatigue also cost me friendships and career opportunities. I’m hoping the physical damage can be reversed, but I am not even sure of that or how long it would take.

Have any of you ever experienced symptoms this severe? Did you fully recover? And if so, how did you approach recovery? Any insights you guys have would be much appreciated.

If you’ve gotten this far, then thank you for your patience! And thanks in advance for any stories you’re willing to share.