05-14-2019, 04:45 AM
Friedman Tongue Position
Firstly, hey. I'm David. I've been struggling with sleep issues and accompanying depression and fatigue for over a decade now. I've only recently began the journey of trying to fix my problem.
From a sleep study I did, I'm at an RDI of 10.8 and have fragmented sleep. I use a cpap nightly and have recently added a molded MAD device I got from Amazon. These help, but by far do not fix my bad sleep.
I have recently been informed by a maxillary oral surgeon I met for a consultation with that my Friedman tongue position is a level 3-4 - my tongue blocks view of my entire airway when looking in my mouth. You may only see the roof of my mouth and a bit of my soft palate when looking.
I'm wondering if there is somebody here that had a similar tongue position and underwent surgery. If so, which one, and was it effective?
I realize this may not be the best place to ask, as this is a cpap oriented forum and if somebody had a successful UPPP or otherwise surgical procedure, well, he wouldn't attend this forum since his problem would be fixed... But I decided it couldn't do any harm, besides a few minutes spent on writing this post.
Thank you for helping me.
General information:
Not overweight, in my early 20's, tired all the time, feel a choking sensation or gasp nightly through my nose or mouth. Feels like the problem is my soft palate or base of tongue - something at the connection between mouth and airway.
Considering - maxillary expansion, uppp and similar throat surgeries. Also a Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy is something I'm very interested in.
From a sleep study I did, I'm at an RDI of 10.8 and have fragmented sleep. I use a cpap nightly and have recently added a molded MAD device I got from Amazon. These help, but by far do not fix my bad sleep.
I have recently been informed by a maxillary oral surgeon I met for a consultation with that my Friedman tongue position is a level 3-4 - my tongue blocks view of my entire airway when looking in my mouth. You may only see the roof of my mouth and a bit of my soft palate when looking.
I'm wondering if there is somebody here that had a similar tongue position and underwent surgery. If so, which one, and was it effective?
I realize this may not be the best place to ask, as this is a cpap oriented forum and if somebody had a successful UPPP or otherwise surgical procedure, well, he wouldn't attend this forum since his problem would be fixed... But I decided it couldn't do any harm, besides a few minutes spent on writing this post.
Thank you for helping me.
General information:
Not overweight, in my early 20's, tired all the time, feel a choking sensation or gasp nightly through my nose or mouth. Feels like the problem is my soft palate or base of tongue - something at the connection between mouth and airway.
Considering - maxillary expansion, uppp and similar throat surgeries. Also a Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy is something I'm very interested in.