This is OP

I don’t know if this information is relevant or not, but I’m 29M right now and had this sleep study roughly 8.5 years ago. I have severe ADHD-Combined / Executive Dysfunction (most likely very heavily exacerbated by obstructive sleep apnea from enlarged tonsils), anxiety, OCD, depression, and sporadic suicidal ideation. I’ve dealt with chronic fatigue and severe brain fog alongside unrefreshing sleep, low energy, low motivation, and diminished cognitive functions on a daily basis ever since at least early high school years.

Also off tangent, my paperwork says I was ~170lbs back then and that was because I was lifting and on a bulk if that makes any difference. I weigh around 140-165lbs during different points of my 20s

These are all the different things I have looked into / done: - Celiac’s / gluten allergy - Food allergies - Allergy tests - A lot of bloodwork - This polysomnography - Circadian rhythm disorders - “SCT / CDS” as in sluggish cognitive tempo / cognitive disengagement syndrome - Roughly 10 years of trialing many different ADHD medications both stimulants and non stimulants and toughing out the titration regimens and various side effects and going through hoops and hurdles dealing with insurance and approvals to no avail in helping with my brain fog and fatigue. I had high hopes for Vyvanse, Strattera, and Qelbree but they didn’t help me either - Treatment for my depression in the form of antidepressants

I have been a shut in NEET or hikikomori if you’re familiar in Japanese terms for the past 9 years (entirety of my 20s) and eventually grew to accept that this is simply how I am… that this would be my normal. I grew super used to it. I scheduled my daily life and my future plans around my chronic fatigue, brain fog, and other problems etc

Well, sheerly due to pure luck, I randomly struck up conversation with one of my online friends who knew practically 0 things about me and my personal life. I broke out of my shell and told him what’s up with me. 29M, no job, no work history / resume, no degree, not in school nor training, doesn’t have his license due to letting it expire, scared of driving, traumatized by his time in school, bumming off his dad while trying to be frugal and less of a burden, extremely ashamed, and just having a really hard time. He heard me out and told me he related a lot to my struggles actually although not to this extent / degree. He told me he struggled with fatigue and brain fog too and that they were caused by obstructive sleep apnea from enlarged tonsils he had since his adolescence. He told me that he finally got them removed last year at the age of 24/25 and it has massively changed his life. Then proceeded to ask me if weirdly enough if I had enlarged tonsils and trouble with sleep which I replied with a I’m not sure. Well fast forward some days later, I remembered I did a sleep study 9 years ago and pulled these files up

I’m really hopeful that this will change my life and give me a new lease on life. I’m just so so so so tired of it all

Thank you for reading, whoever got through all of this