This book was last updated on 09/04/17 to include CPAP sanitizer - SoClean2 and the latest travel CPAP - ResMed Air Mini. I intend to update this book periodically to include new products and studies. When you buy the book, please email me at Doc@SnoozeClinic.com so that I can send you updated editions.Untreated obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk of sexual dysfunction, stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm, diabetes, weight gain, drowsy driving, and early death. The CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is the preferred treatment recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, but it can be difficult to get used to sleeping with CPAP. This book explains why and how you should use your CPAP. It further explains how you can use sleep hygiene and the AEI Model of Supreme Life to get the most out of your sleep.What are the benefits of CPAP? What are my other options? Which machine should I use? Should I choose a mask or a cannula? I suffer from claustrophobia, can I still use CPAP? I am overly anxious about using CPAP, what should I do? I sleep on my stomach, will that be a problem? What should I do for dry mouth despite using the humidifier? Should I buy a travel CPAP? My skin gets irritated from the mask. I get tangled up with the hose. The air leaks in my eyes. My nose gets plugged up. I swallow air when I use CPAP. I drool in my sleep. Should I use CPAP when napping? Will the noise keep my spouse awake? I still feel sleepy despite using CPAP. What are the good sleep habits? What should I do if I can't get enough sleep on CPAP? The book answers these questions and more to help you get used to CPAP. The tips discussed in this book have helped my patients over last twenty-five years.I am sure this book will help you wake up every morning with lasting energy, enthusiasm, vigor, and vitality. It will further help you leverage alertness to maximize your emotions and information using the revolutionary AEI Model of Supreme Alertness.Sleep. Love. Repeat. - Yatin J. Patel, MD MBA. Diplomate, American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Diplomate, American Academy of Pulmonary Medicine. Founder and Medical Director, Sneeze & Snooze Clinic, 2417 S. Berkshire Drive, Goshen, IN 46526. http: //SnoozeClinic.com
About the Author: Hello, I am a board certified pulmonary and sleep physician, a published author, and a passionate promoter of sleep and selfless leadership, currently enjoying my medical practice at Sneeze & Snooze Clinic, Goshen, Indiana. With the help of my colleagues at Goshen Hospital, I founded the Center for Sleep Studies in 1994 and did the first sleep study in a small room, which was used for stress test during daytime! We have grown to a stand-alone, 4-bed sleep center accredited by American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Son of a Gujarati writer-publisher, I grew up in a small, dusty, hot village in Western India. After finishing my medical college in India, I immigrated to the USA and started my internal medicine residency at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, NJ (a Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York's program). I served as the Chief Resident in the third year of the training program. After that, I finished pulmonary and sleep fellowship and founded, Sneeze & Snooze Clinic in a beautiful little town in the middle of Amish country in Northern Indiana. I am a senior fellow at American College of Chest Physicians and American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Passionate about sleep, alertness, and driving safety, we started in 2002 our public awareness campaign, "Stay Awake, Drive Safe," aimed at eliminating drowsy driving-related accidents. In 2008, I graduated magna cum laude from the Executive MBA Program at the University of Notre Dame. To help the sleep-deprived executives excel despite insufficient sleep, I wrote my first book - Sleep Well, Lead Well - which empowers them through a transformational model called, "The AEI model of Supreme Leadership." In 2012, I wrote my second book - Deeper Sleep, Richer Life - to help sleep-deprived females feel alert and energetic all day, every day. Through our non-profit initiative called F.E.M.A.L.E. (Food, Education, Medications, And Love for Everyone) Ashram, my wife, Dipti, and I support the schools in the remote villages we both grew up in. My hobbies include nature, meditation, philosophy, wine, and vegetarian cooking. I enjoy riding my bike on Pumpkin Vine Trail from Goshen to Shipshewana. I live in Goshen, Indiana with my lovely wife, Dipti in our empty nest. Our three wonderful kids; two daughters Priyata and Pooja, and a son Party left Goshen for the East Coast to pursue higher education. Sleep, Love, Repeat.