Dr. Michael Grandner

They can't watch a movie.

They can't go to a dark movie theater without nodding off.

They have a hard time with that.

Or meetings.

They hate meetings because they have trouble keeping awake.

If all of a sudden that's just not a problem for you, it's like your appetite isn't ramped up because you're starving all the time.

You're actually getting good nutrition, so you're not starving.

That's a good signal.

But it's not a great signal.

It's not a perfect signal because there's a lot of people where their sleep apnea seems to be treated just fine, but they still have some of those daytime symptoms.

And no one really exactly knows why, but it just means we need to learn more about what this condition really is and what it's doing in the brain, what's permanent and what's not permanent.

We don't know yet.

And I say that's second best because the best is just get retested.

And a lot of people with sleep apnea, if it's been a couple years...

Do the test again.

Do it while you're using your treatment to see.

And for a lot of those devices, insurance requires you to do that anyway to make sure it's working fine.

See if he needs to get adjusted.

Because sometimes they need to get adjusted and they're not working great.

Because your mouth changes or something.