i am really scared to sleep cause of sleep apnea?
i hear sleep apnea can be dangerous and i am a GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) sufferer, a heard it is a very small chance it can kill you during your sleep with it’s symptoms of pausing breath, but i hear your brain wakes you up to alert you from danger and to get your breath back, is that true?, but i don’t get that problem during the night waking up gasping for breath but i don’t know if i snore loudly but i seem to be really worried about this and it is giving me lack of sleep thinking if i do have it or not
If you are really worried about it, talk to your doctor about having a sleep study done. From what you are saying though, it doesn’t sound like you have sleep apnea. I have a friend who just had a sleep study done, he had snored EXTREMELY loudly for years and woke up gasping for breath several times each night. The study showed that he held his breath for up to 90 seconds at a time, and the oxygen levels to his brain were around 75%. But they just put him on a sleep machine which keeps oxygen flowing. They never said he was in danger of dying, it’s just not good to go without oxygen. I realize that your disorder probably contributes to your anxiety about this, but I don’t think you have sleep apnea. If you really would like some peace of mind, though, have a sleep study done, and they will tell you whether you hold your breath and have sleep apnea or not. If you do, they will help you treat it. In the meantime, though, don’t be afraid to sleep, because you will not die.
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