Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea : Case Study – CPAP (2)

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by admin in Problems and Pitfalls of Identifying Sleep Apnea

Mr. Jones went through a divorce and became depressed. He gained a lot of weight and eventually was diagnosed as having severe sleep apnea. CPAP helped somewhat, but to the dismay of both Mr. Jones and his doctor, he had no luck losing his excess weight.

Mr. Jones was still having problems with depression and finally went to see a psychiatrist. As counseling progressed and his depression lifted, he began to lose weight. He eventually had UPPP surgery, his remaining mild apnea and snoring disappeared, and he was even able to discontinue CPAP.

In Mr. Jones’s case neither his sleep apnea nor his weight gain was likely to improve very much until he was treated for depression.

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