I have googled it...read about it on webmd and other such sites. I was interested in any personal stories, maybe what made you think you had it? etc

Thanks!

I sometimes feel like I have it, because there are times that I can;t sleep. Sometimes I get up like at 7A mainly because I am used to waking up early on Sat because I have class at ITT Tech

One of my ex's had it.

It is hard to sleep with them. They stop breathing and you can feel the bed move as their diaphram tries to breath for several seconds that feel like minutes until it breaks through and then they snore really really loud. They do this mostly on their back but can do it on their sides. They also thrash a bit, slinging arms and legs a bit during this process as though their body is trying to free up the breathing pathways.

It is bad for their heart and they really should get it addressed.

If they sleep in the recliner instead of laying down they will be able to breath.

oh yea my bf has it.. not a fun thing

a gal at work has it she is 53 had a heart attach from it..

I don't know about the snoring part. I do know I thrash around a lot by the looks of things when I wake up! The covers are all over the floor, hanging off of the bed. I wake up a thousand times a night, sleep in intervals, feel exhausted. I have been chalking it up to life but am beginning to think it could be this.

Yeah Deb, I was just reading the part about the higher risk of M. I.!!!

my bf breathes for 15 sec then quits breathing for 38 sec, i timed it for an hour while i watched the second blink on my alarm clock did it for an hour.. what else can i do? sure could not sleep!

he falls asleep during the day too sitting up even in crowds and snores lol

he has a machine and wont wear it...he feels rested the one time i can get him to wear it in four months brags how great he feels that day then wont wear it again...

Go to the doctor and get checked my brother after having it many years found out he had it due to his wife 10 years ago talked him in to getting checked out. Thank goodness she did he has to sleep with a oxygen mask on now he use to have big dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep now they are gone and he says he sleeps like a baby. Took time to get use to sleeping like that but he says it is well worth it in the end.

Yeah, I am constantly tired too. Course, I'm not sleeping so...duh!

Lack of sleep causes all kinds of problems too. Weight gain, over stress, over eating, those are the ones I can think of but there are lots of them.

Yes exhaution and sleeping at bad times are results too.

to find out if u do have it u go spend the night hooked up to a machine and they moniter you all night...

Ah yes the dreaded CPAP machine! ugggggg

well worth it to your partner too cause they lack sleep over it.. nothing like someone choking for air in the night... im quite tired of slapping him and saying BREATHE!

I did a sleep study a few months back to see if I have it (ironically, I couldn't sleep) but it appears that I don't have it. If you do have it you may need a CPAP mask to keep your airways open when you sleep. If you're overweight then losing weight will be of immense benefit (if it's one of the two types). Only way to be sure that you have it is to get a sleep study done.

@ Deb!

stress can cause that too .. some of my most rat nest hair mornings are from when i slept alone..

for some reason he breathes better on his stomach, now i just tell him to roll over seriously though try resting on your stomach not on your back it is worse on his back..