I had palyps in my sinus's block the tubes that go to my ears causing pressure which gave me problems hearing and also gave me pressure.
At the time I thought these were just allergy symptoms.
I went to a ears nose and throat doctor. He put a small camera scope up my nose and throat and showed me what he found on a color monitor. He then looked in my throat and saw a flesh growth and said I also probably had sleep apnea.
I went to a sleep study. Turned out i was getting ZERO REM Sleep!!! For the second half of the test I used a CPAP Machine. It was amazing for me. I woke up like, totally clear headed and focused. I felt great, it was amazing!
Then went to surgery and had the palyps removed and had my sinus passages widened, since he was operating anyways.
Operation and recovery wasn't too bad.
About 2 weeks later got a CPAP of my own. Now i feel great every day and several other things have improved:
1.) No more acid reflux while sleeping
2.) No more achy joints
3.) No more having to sleep during the day
4.) No more feeling exhausted all the time
5.) No more having to sleep for 10 hours
6.) No more staying up all night and having screwed up sleep schedules.
I use this when my allergies really bother me.
I actually use this and it works better than a shower or breathing boiling water.
http://www.neilmed.com/usa/sinusrinse.php
Its sort of a nose douche, but it removes every last bit of mucus in your nose.
My ENT doctor gave it to me when I had my sinus operation.