Reply #14: and that would be malpractice from my point of view. [View All]

[nebenaube]

Severe obstructive sleep apnea is difficult to eliminate; especially if it's the 'complex' variety. Eliminating only 50% of the apnea events/arousals is considered successful treatment despite the fact that you may only have half as many events as you used to.

The line about brain damage is probably bullshit unless you continue to perform poorly on cognitive testing.

Taking a stimulant will lower your threshold for arousal meaning that minor respiratory events that don't currently cause arousals will start to begin causing arousals; further degrading the current quality of your sleep.