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Doug the Desert Tripper wrote:

> So... if you live in California, and think you might have sleep apnea,
> and want to avoid getting snared in a possibly lifelong bureaucratic
> mess, I suggest you think twice about getting diagnosed!!

Not my recommendation. Sleep Apnea can become a life threatening illness if left untreated
for too long. You risk:
Enlarged Heart
Irregular Heartbeats
High Blood Pressure
Increase Risk of Stroke
Increased risk of Heart Disease
Depression, Anxiety, Irritability (can we all say "Road Rage"? Good, I knew you could) or
other mood disturbances
An added complication to other illnesses and their treatment.

As far as how Sleep Apnea compares to Drunk Driving I offer this link to an article placed
on the Web by Dr. K. Leon White, M.D.,  entitled "A Comparative Model: Reaction Time
Performance in Sleep-Disordered Breathing Versus  Alcohol-Impaired Controls," written by
Nelson B. Powell, MD; Robert W. Riley, MD;   Kenneth B. Schechtman, PhD; Marc B. Blumen,
MD; David F. Dinges, PhD; Christian Guilleminault, MD (Published in The Laryngoscope 1999;
volume109: 1648-1654). I quote part of the summary of the article:
"What they found has already gained some media publicity, so should come as no surprise:
people with sleep disordered breathing responded more slowly than those intoxicated with
alcohol."  Use the facts presented in the article and elsewhere to come to your own
conclusions on if the DMV is justified or not.









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