Severe Sleep Apnea

Robbie64

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82128817#Comment_82128817

I'm surprised DVLA said that you didn't need to make them aware, unless you don't experience excessive daytime sleepiness and your driving is not impacted. Is it a paper form or the online form? Do you experience excessive daytime sleepiness? If so, you must stop driving and inform DVLA. However if you don't experience excessive daytime sleepiness then you don't need to inform DVLA.

marcia_

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82128817#Comment_82128817

34 is not much, hubby stopped breathing over 100 times an hour and wouldn't get pip for it because other than being sleepy he can carry out all the daily living tasks.

He does get a disabled persons bus pass though because he was told not to drive

Spoonie_Turtle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82129232#Comment_82129232

It's defined as severe if it's over 30 episodes an hour. (Still irrelevant for PIP, of course.)

sheramber

My condition makes me tired all the time, especially mornings and evenings. I have trouble remembering things, feel drowsy and lack concentration.

That does not sound safe for driving.

peteuk

My sleep apnea score was 74, but because I have very obvious tells of when I’m sleepy, both the clinic and DVLA didn’t act on my drivers licence, and at best it’s a 6 month hold for treatment to kick in.

But this shows how different diseases and conditions affect people different. At some point with my T2D, asthma, sleep apnea and b12 deficiency you’d say I would be tired, but it’s never affected me that way.

Back to back chest infections I can’t walk to the stairs without stopping - steroids and referral reoccurrence of asthma (extremely well controlled and allergies triggered these days)

I snore and hold my breath (wife told me) we now know I’d stop breathing. Diagnosis sleep apnea.

At sleep apnea clinic the find my HBC1A is high, repeat tests show T2D.

Forgot words - bloods show b12 (potentially effect of T2D meds)

No history or tiredness, fatigue, falling a sleep.

teaselMay

Even if there were ways that the sleep apnoea affected you that did mean you might meet the PIP criteria you probably wouldn't qualify for it at the moment because the symptoms are likely to dramatically improve on treatment

born_again

https://sleep-apnoea-trust.org/driving-and-sleep-apnoea/detailed-guidance-to-uk-drivers-with-sleep-apnoea/

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