1) Reluctance to seek treatment for something that can be still tolerated
2) Incorrect assumption that sleep apnea only affects overweight people that snore by a large portion of the medical community
3) Lack of connection between poor sleep and symptoms. By the time you experience symptoms, you've probably had years of progressively poor sleep so its hard to connect A=>B
4) Doctors through their training are ground to the bone and have to sleep 2-3 hours during their residency. I think there is some innate resistance to the idea that sleep is important in the general medical field
5) Lack of communication between specialties. See a therapist / psych person and they won't know sleep. See a allergist and they won't know sleep. See a sleep doctor and they won't give ENT or allergy advice. Etc.
Yes you need medical care to get diagnosis and treat. But its a multifaceted illness, you need a team of specialists and doctors treating you in the different aspects.
Wagthesam|3 years ago
1) Reluctance to seek treatment for something that can be still tolerated
2) Incorrect assumption that sleep apnea only affects overweight people that snore by a large portion of the medical community
3) Lack of connection between poor sleep and symptoms. By the time you experience symptoms, you've probably had years of progressively poor sleep so its hard to connect A=>B
4) Doctors through their training are ground to the bone and have to sleep 2-3 hours during their residency. I think there is some innate resistance to the idea that sleep is important in the general medical field
5) Lack of communication between specialties. See a therapist / psych person and they won't know sleep. See a allergist and they won't know sleep. See a sleep doctor and they won't give ENT or allergy advice. Etc.
Yes you need medical care to get diagnosis and treat. But its a multifaceted illness, you need a team of specialists and doctors treating you in the different aspects.