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.
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)
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
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.
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.
