genuinely curious
I don’t have it myself, but everyone I know who would snort themselves awake turned out to have apnea
ive snored myself awake and im constantly waking up to go pee in the middle of the night.
Also wake up with a headachr dry mouth and sore throat on occasion.
waking up to pee a lot I would take as a sign. I used to do that a lot. I drink a lot of water all the time and I’m in my 40s, so I just assumed it was a “I’m getting older, this is what old people do” thing.
I got on CPAP and I legit sleep through the night like a goddam badass toddler. wake up at like 8 hrs and gotta whiz big time.
Had sleep apnea before leaving the states. Used to sleep 14 hour days, still sleepy during the day. Didn’t figure it out until I got depression too and started examining the sleep issues as potential depression symptoms (they weren’t, and in fact sleep apnea sometimes causes depression).
Note my example is extreme, and I’ve seen many complaints about other issues (like waking up in the middle of the night, I never did), so ymmv
having someone sleeping next to me say that I snored a lot and even stopped breathing at times overnight
Falling asleep while driving to work in the morning, after ‘sleeping’ for 8-10 hours. (reasonably new properly working car, no reason to suspect CO poisoning)
Just keep in mind that sleep apnoea can be silent.
Snoring badly and the other obvious signs are a good indicator of it but the absence of snoring is not sufficient to rule sleep apnoea out.
Also this. Don’t take my other comment as if it’s the only sign, it’s just the one most noticeable to me as an outsider.
Not quite sleep apnea, but I tried out those silly nose strips and they help me sleep so much. Would recommend if you also can’t breathe through your nose.
Sleeping and never feeling refreshed
I took a test. like a clinic sent me home with a thing to strap to my chest and some tubes for my nose and a pulse finger clip thing. that confirmed it.
I took the sleep test because my PCP was kinda up my ass about it for a year. I’m stout and I’m a guy and I’m over 40, so it’s crazy common.
I was sorta dismissive until I read symptoms and effects and cumulatively the bells starting going off in my head.
not even 10 years prior, I could sleep on my back on a mat and be out like a light and wake up the same way, calm as a vampire. but for the last years, I was all fucked up on my side/stomach, flipping and flopping, waking up sweaty and anxious, stress headache. my BP was wack all the time, I was irritable on waking and always tired. just like fucked. but it’s such a slow accumulation, that had all become normal for me.
treatment for apnea has absolutely changed my entire life for the better. they say it takes a few months for your body and mind to recover from all those traumatizing moments of almost dying every few minutes. I’m a chill, friendly person again. I dont feel nearly as overwhelmed by things, I’m more communicative. it’s crazy how much we lose by not getting good, restful sleep.
if you’re even suspecting you might have it, just get the study. don’t put it off.
