At Florida Sleep Specialists, Dr. Jeremy McConnell can help you sleep more soundly by managing many sleep problems. For instance, sleep apnea in Bradenton & Sarasota, FL, can be complex to understand and manage effectively. If you’re unsure what’s going on here, this information can help you get the therapy that makes the most sense.

The Effects of Apnea

As you sleep, your body constantly monitors your heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and blood oxygen levels. Unfortunately, apnea can cause disruptions in these levels by temporarily stopping your breathing. When this happens enough, your blood oxygen levels will dip, and you will likely wake up. Some people wake up over 200 times a night with apnea.

Apnea can cause symptoms like:

• Extreme exhaustion, even after waking up from what seems like a whole night’s sleep
• Daytime sleepiness impacts your life in various ways 
• Heavy snoring might worsen when sleeping on the back 
• Mood changes, such as depression and anxiety, are hard to shake 
• Disruptions in brain function as well as cognitive difficulties

If your sleep apnea is severe enough, you might even develop insomnia, night sweats, sexual dysfunction, headaches, and other problems. We manage sleep apnea at sleep centers in Bradenton and Sarasota, FL.

Diagnosing and Managing This Common Problem

If you think you have apnea, we’ll start by asking you questions about your symptoms and determining what might impact you. We can provide overnight sleep studies, at-home sleep apnea testing, and more. 

Once we know what’s going on, we can offer therapies that make your recovery far easier to handle, such as:

• Breathing devices that help you get the oxygen you need
• Oral appliances, like mouthpieces that open your throat up easily
• Positive airway pressure tools that keep your blood oxygen higher than normal
• Nerve stimulators that can reduce your symptoms’ severity 
• Medications for certain types of apnea
• Surgery (rare but possible if the jaw gets in the way of a person’s breathing)

We start by picking the most conservative care options and then work you up to more involved therapy if needed.

Therapy Is Available for You

At Florida Sleep Specialists, Dr. McConnell is there to manage sleep apnea for Florida residents. If you’re ready to overcome this problem, call our Bradenton office at (941) 792-8383 and the Sarasota, FL, office at (941) 827-0701. Once we’ve set up your appointment, we can start working with you toward apnea recovery.