Sleep apnea can occur for several reasons, obesity being just one. My hubby was just diagnosed with this. What alerted his doctor? Snoring... Like a freight train moving on down the tracks... LOUD... Lack of treatment can result in possible heart attack or stroke.

In some cases, there is a surgical procedure that can help alleviate this. They just had an article in the Dallas paper about this last week. Apparently, this is one surgery you want to try and avoid. The doctor interviewed for this article, said you would spend 2 weeks on the couch, thinking up ways to hurt him back...

He will have a C-Pap machine at night to keep his airways open by means of forced pressure...

Cathie

As far as doctors acting like they don't care, there have been numerous postings on our board here complaining about the very same thing. The worst one in my own personal case, was a Neurologist at our medical school, a place where this should not happen-since our taxes help support their institution...

Sleep disorders are associated with neuromuscular disease. You may not just be being tested for sleep apnea, which is associated with NM disease but also periodic limb movement disorder or restless leg, lagopthalmus, and many other things that affect sleep. I would take what testing is offered, and hope in the long run, and I agree with Dahlek, this is a long, long process, that some of these tests make sense. It can sometimes be years down the road, when the 'aha' moment comes. You will be glad to have had the test.

Many people with NM disease are put on BIPAP.