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Can you share a bit more about your experience using a sensory deprivation tank with sleep apnea? Did you bring a CPAP into the tank?

• cm2012 5y ago
  Not at all, I just went in like normal. I don't use CPAP at home because I've been too lazy to get it, but I know I have sleep apnea since I snore all night. I think because you are weightless in the water my airways open up so I'm not affected in the tank.
  • anyoneworks 5y ago
    Maybe the reason you're too "lazy" is because you're exhausted because you have sleep apnea.
  • noahjk 5y ago
    This is an interesting thought experiment for my uneducated brain. How much of your body is actually "weightless" in this situation? Or is it just a trick of the mind? Surely gravity would still affect parts of your body? What difference does fully submerged vs. floating have on this effect?
    • moron4hire 5y ago
      It's not the same sensation as weightless. It's a lack of pressure points anywhere on the body. It's like dropping backwards into a deep snow bank. Actual weightlessness is disturbing, if you're not used to it. This is just comfortable.
  • algorias 5y ago
    snoring does not imply that you have sleep apnea! I actually had a sleep study done, I snore but have neither apnea nor dyspnea.
  • bradbatt 5y ago
    Go get your CPAP. It will change your life. It will also extend your life.