05-19-2018, 01:43 AM
RE: A Last-Ditch Attempt - Ideas/Suggestions
Vocal cord palsy would be picked up on a sleep endoscopy, if it were looked for. I think it requires different sleep drugs to happen.
Laryngospasms are easy to exclude and have very specific symptoms, but they would only show on a sleep study as a OSA. (My) laryngospasms are specific in that even if I have max (25) pressure I will still get an apnea, which makes sense since your larynx essentially closes.
Specific symptoms would last from 5 to 30 seconds: full chocking, feeling as if one forgot how to breathe, feeling your breathing muscles are paralysed, sporadic occurance during the day.
Laryngospasms can also be mistaken for hypopnoe if the cords dont fully close during the spasm, in which case a stridor might occur.
To exclude a laryngospasm yourself one must be awake and perform the Larson Maneuver.
Laryngospasms are easy to exclude and have very specific symptoms, but they would only show on a sleep study as a OSA. (My) laryngospasms are specific in that even if I have max (25) pressure I will still get an apnea, which makes sense since your larynx essentially closes.
Specific symptoms would last from 5 to 30 seconds: full chocking, feeling as if one forgot how to breathe, feeling your breathing muscles are paralysed, sporadic occurance during the day.
Laryngospasms can also be mistaken for hypopnoe if the cords dont fully close during the spasm, in which case a stridor might occur.
To exclude a laryngospasm yourself one must be awake and perform the Larson Maneuver.
