Hope things go well for you Potter
My licence was also revoked but not due to sleep apnea I had a blackout ( not at the wheel ) although I do now have it back it took a long time
You should see a Dr as they may be able to help as may be an underlying problem like mine was & can be easy controlled
newcomerman, do you snore, have you been to a doctor about it NO probally not, i went due to loud snoring and feeling tired during the day, i was tested overnight with machines which diagnoses sleep apnea, i was told to use this machine and all would be fine, i was very sceptical untill i used it, i am a different person, i no longer feel tired during the day , by the way i am not overweight, i weight train on a regular basis and when ever i am parked up for the night i go for an hours brisk walk,i also only consume on average 1300 calories a day. so no you do not have to be FAT to suffer from this, why dont you ask the doctor to check you out, its the drivers that dont get checked and carry on as normal that fall asleep not someone who has it controlled, my insurance company said that as i am now on a cpap machine i would be a safer driver as there is no risk of me falling asleep or feeling drowsy, i hope you never have an illness that could jepordise your career as its very stressfull waiting to find out the outcome. your probally right in what your saying but i still think your a knob, we are all entitled to our own opinion after all
newmercman:
Potter:
I was diagnosed with having epilepsy in June 2009, i had a seizure when i was asleep in the truck and managed to fracture my collarbone in my sleep. I had all the tests and was told it was epilepsy, so had to give up my class one as well as my car licence, I was told that if I managed to stay seizure free for a year then I would be able to apply for my car licence back, then in December 09 I had another seizure, so fingers crossed it will be this December.I have a lot of people saying that it would have finished them not being able to drive, and to be fair it sent me bloody close, the only good thing out of this entire episode is that it happened when I was asleep and not when I was driving, if that had happened and I had wiped out a car with a family in then I would be looking at a long time inside.
Just spoken to the DVLA today and they informed me its 10 years seizure free and 10 years off the tablets before I can even consider applying for my HGV licence back.
I guess what I am trying to say is that if something feels wrong then don’t risk it, its not just your life on the line.
Exactly
Sorry to hear your story, but as you say, you were lucky you were asleep at the time rather than behind the wheel, I hope things work out for you
I’m just happy that I made it back to the yard!! I guess I knew from the minute they suggested Epilepsy that it was going to be that.
bazza1965:
newcomerman, do you snore, have you been to a doctor about it NO probally not, i went due to loud snoring and feeling tired during the day, i was tested overnight with machines which diagnoses sleep apnea, i was told to use this machine and all would be fine, i was very sceptical untill i used it, i am a different person, i no longer feel tired during the day , by the way i am not overweight, i weight train on a regular basis and when ever i am parked up for the night i go for an hours brisk walk,i also only consume on average 1300 calories a day. so no you do not have to be FAT to suffer from this, why dont you ask the doctor to check you out, its the drivers that dont get checked and carry on as normal that fall asleep not someone who has it controlled, my insurance company said that as i am now on a cpap machine i would be a safer driver as there is no risk of me falling asleep or feeling drowsy, i hope you never have an illness that could jepordise your career as its very stressfull waiting to find out the outcome. your probally right in what your saying but i still think your a knob, we are all entitled to our own opinion after all
Do I snore? HTF would I know…I’m asleep 
but seriously, no I don’t snore, I sleep very well and never wake up feeling tired, although I’m fortunate that my job allows me to run to my body clock, I’m a little overweight, but not because of a pie fetish, just not getting as much exercise as I used to, but I’m doing what I can as far as that is concerned, so I’ll soon be back at my fighting weight.
So having a difference of opinion about something makes me a knob does it 
So please tell me, if your CPAP breaks down one night, would you have the following day off work, just in case, after all you may experience drowiness the next day as a result of interrupted sleep?
I too hope that I never have an illness that prevents me from driving, I wouldn’t wish that on anybody, but if I do, well I have no choice but to accept it, that’s how it is, but, if it was something I could change, by being healthier for example, then I would take whatever steps were necessary in a heartbeat, as I’ve said and having done considerable research on this very issue, the majority of sleep apnea cases are linked with obesity, that’s not my opinion, it’s a fact, so there are people that are such gluttons that they have gotten so fat that they cannot lie down to sleep without the aid of a machine to breathe for them, these are the people that should have their licences revoked, as I said, there are people that have it for other reasons, you may well be one of them, but in my opinion that should result in you losing your HGV, yes it’s not your fault, but then it’s not the fault of the epilleptic or diabetic either, they still lose their licence though.
I can imagine how terrible it is to be in this situation, well in all honesty I probably can’t, it must be awful, I do symaphise with anybody in this predicament, even the lard arses who have munched their way into it, but there has to be a line and when you go the wrong side of it, well that’s your lot, think about it this way, you may well use your CPAP and be 100%, but will everybody? No they won’t and that’s why I think sleep apnea should be treated in the same way as Epillepsy etc when it comes to holding an HGV.
