Could I have sleep apnea?
Hi. I’m a 16 year old male. Im around 6’1 and weigh around 220 lbs. Recently I came across a video that shows you how to go into sleep paralysis or something like that..where you basically let your body fall asleep while your mind is awake. He briefly stated that this is a way to find out if you have sleep apnea.
So I tried the method he suggested and what I noticed is was when I was in this state..I would stop breathing (which is what he described sleep apnea to be) and not notice for around 5 seconds in which I would realize that I wasn’t breathing.
I wasn’t sure if I was just making stuff up in my mind so I looked further into sleep apnea. After reading the symptons it really started to get me thinking that i might suffer sleep apnea..
Im always tired in the day. Even if I go to bed at around 10 PM and wake up at 6AM (8 hrs rest..that seems good) i feel pretty tired..usualy throughout the whole day. Also I read that it occurs more to overweight people (I am some overweight, not obese though).
the website which i got the information from was http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/SleepApnea/SleepApnea_WhatIs.html
Do you think it is possible for me to have sleep apnea? alot of these symptoms sound similar to mine..yet i don’t think i snore too much (which seems to be a big one)
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It is possible to have sleep apnea at a young age. Many people do not know about it until they live with a partner that alerts them to it. The best way to find out if you do or not is to request a sleep study from your doctor. That is how my husband found out about his sleep apnea, I heard him stop breathing then gasping in his sleep. He now has a CPAP machine that assists his breathing and allows him to get quality sleep. You also may ask your family members if they have a problem, as it often is common in families. It is also more common with people with thicker necks.
well it could be, your doctor can book you a sleep apnea test, they put little heart rate monitors on your body while you sleep (and i think a face mask to supply oxygen) and they can record how many times a night you stop breathing.. they can work out if you have it, and any treatment from the results