Guest guest Posted August 11, 2000 Report Share Posted August 11, 2000 I had a sleep study done before my diagnosis and although I don't have sleep apnea, I do have something called hypopnea. That is very shallow breathing. So I don't actually stop breathing, just enough to cause what the sleep test calls an " arousal " I guess that means I wake up. I had 61 incidences of arousal related to hypopnea in a 6 hour study. Wow! No wonder I'm tired. I wake up 10 times an hour on average. The test also showed no level 3 or 4 sleep. So I don't really have sleep apnea. Just hypopnea. In other words, almost sleep apnea. And I don't really have chiari malformation. Just hypoplastic posterior fossa. In other words, almost chiari malformation. I hope, if I have the surgery, that it does more than almost make me feel better. Sally > I was curious if any of you also have sleep apnea and if so > is it related to acm or does anyone know. I thought that acm > affects your breathing and if so wouldn't that make sense that > acm and sleep apnea could possibly go hand in hand. > > , Mich > acm 2, 8mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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