Slowly giving up and losing hope

Hello Reddit,

Excuse my punctuality as my brain doesn't work as well as it use to do.

I turn to you guys in a desperate plea for advice. For the past 14 months I've been suffering with loss of memory, concentration issues, loss of sharpness, inability to retain information and learn new skills. I was on anti depressants before but have now been clean off them for 12 months as i assumed this was the problem.

I was put on antidepressants from the doctor 2 years ago as I complained that I kept waking up with adrenaline rushes in the middle of the night and they stated that this was from been anxious.

I originally seeked help for the cognotive problem 3 weeks after it started. albeit the issue was only mild and I blamed it on coming off the antidepressants I kind of ignored it for several months. I thought I was suffering with what I can only describe as brain fog but nothing which I did (Change of diet, Elimination diet, Trying to stimulate my brain) had no effect what so ever. Flash forward 5 months of been stuck in a state of which I can describe as been a vessel with life just passing me by with me having no control over myself as it felt like im dreaming and im seperated from my body i seeked further help.

Having had all blood tests and them looking fine I started to write down any abnormal symptoms I was having in an effort to try and discover what was happening to me. I found out I had started snoring particularly loud on a night and sometimes kept waking up panting (which I thought were just nightmares). I told the doctor this and he recommended I did a sleep study. the first test was very basic which was a device attached to my thumb which monitor heart rate and oxygen level. The test came back negative for sleep apnea.

After begging my doctor for a further test I was then given a machine which attachment to my thumb, Chest and had a tube on my nose. Fast forward 2 months and here is the letter i recieved:

https://imgur.com/gallery/l7zfwt9

I was thrilled when they told me on the phone I tested positive as I finally thought I had a solution to this long term problem and that was quickly halted when I received the letter saying I had 'Very mild' sleep apnea. How can they just send me a letter like this with no further information about how many episodes an hour I was having and just say losing weight will sort me out. I wouldn't consider myself as overweight I just have a bit of a beer gut.

What would your next move be? please help

Ben

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