i may have it myself but i havent been tested.

i used to be exhausted and wanting to sleep in more. i ended up working out alot more than i normally do and now i can sleep like 6 hours and feel ok. being on the night shift for years doesnt help my case very much either. sleep apnea runs in my family and my dad has the machine.

 

After I was tested, my Dad and two of my three brothers were tested and they all have it too, as bad or worse than I do. I'm sure the percentage of undiagnosed people that have it are very high. After therapy started to work, I realized I've gone years, maybe decades without being diagnosed.

 

Not sure if I got it or not but I'm tired all the time. I'll sleep for 2-3 hours and wake up and not be able to go back to sleep no matter how tired I am then be up all night, go to work, come home and start all over again. Next month I'm going to get some tests done and see what's wrong. I'm about tired of putting up with it.

 

Hmm wondering if my Dad and brothers should be tested.

 

I suffer from sleep paralysis, VA says it PTSD showing its ugly face because I try and suppress things. I do believe its from suppression of feelings/emotions but I tell ya its scary as hell. Wake up in your mind but your body is asleep or that is what it feels like. Thankfully minor adjustments to life, is helping out.

There is also a ton of myth out there that sleep paralysis is demonic types of spirits doing something to you, i really really hope that isn't the case haha.

 

Runs in my family. Mom had it and my three sisters use the machine. i've never been tested. I probably have it to some degree..

 

I can't hurt to tell them about your diagnosis and the symptoms that led you to a sleep study. But someone has to want to do this. One of my brother's has several doctor friendd and they've been telling him for years that he had a bad case of sleep apnea. But as he got older, so did his symptoms. When his two older brothers and his dad were all on CPAP, he finally got a sleep study. They put my Dad on oxygen with his AutoPAP. His oxygen levels were really low during his sleep study. You can tell a definite difference when he's used it and when he hasn't.

 

I haven't seen a doctor for it yet but I'm pretty sure I have sleep apnea... I wake up every once in awhile literally gasping for air. Used to freak me out before I heard about sleep apnea. I didn't know what the H was going on or why I had stopped breathing.

Gonna go to the VA one of these days and see about a sleep test.

 

I've had that happen a few times as well... where you're trying to wake up but you can't move or open your eyes. Trippy feeling huh.

 

What is an AutoPAP?

 

My brother suffers from it and literally sounds like he is choking when he is breathing. He finally went to the doctor last year and uses a CPAP machine and feels much better. Before he was always tired and needed a nap mid-way through the day.

If anyone here suspects they have sleep apnea, don't delay and get to a sleep center to find out for sure.

 

It's just a more sophisticated machine that adjusts on a breath by breath basis. It sort of regulates pressure so you get just what you need to stint the air way.

 

Its un-real had it once last night, then did some things to keep it from happening again. Usually if I get up walk around and try and sleep else where it works. I find myself clawing at the air and trying to jump out of my skin to wake up during the awakening modes.

 

sleepnet.com has an excellent site that has forums for all of the different sleep maladies and explains each of them.

 

OK, I found it, and I like that feature.