I had one last weekend and I thought it sucked. I could barely sleep with the wires and the room was FREEZING. I told them 3 times that I was cold and they wouldn’t do anything about it. Then I had to stay all day and take naps.. I couldn’t sleep because I was frozen and the wires were irritating me. I have no clue if there’s even anything wrong with me. Did I just have a bad experience?

My dad, he’s in his early 50s, and i would say that he probably isn’t the healthiest one in the world. He has these following symtoms:

sour stomach and sour taste on his tongue, which the doctor says it’s acid reflux. They gave him acid reflux med.

Headaches that sometimes makes him throw up, but nothing really comes out, he says he just feels better when he lets the air out. ???
The doctor says it’s migrains.

tired during the day a lot, takes naps. i think it might be sleep apnea but he doesn’t believe me.

And now the doctor says he’s depressed and says his migranes are psychological because he’s to worried about things and he doesn’t have much of a social life.

If you have any idea what this might be, please let me know or if you might know someone who has this symptoms. We have been to so many doctors and they just don’t take us seriously.
He also is pretty lightheaded from all the med. that the doctor prescribes him but the doc says it’s psycological again.

i love to sleep. i always sleep but i used to LOVE it lol. as sad as it may sound. but anyway…for as far back as i remember i would nap during the day. i didn’t HAVE to nap but i would. a 15-30 min nap would do wonders for me. but recently i have been HAVING to sleep and get tired during the day. i have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and use a treatment for that which they have tested on me and they say it works.

lately in the past few months ive just been extreamly exhausted. i need to take naps during the day or else i can’t function. i often get very sleepy while driving or sitting for more than 20 min. when i get home from work and school i have to take a nap which now lasts about 2 hours. its annoying that im always so tired because i have things to do and im just to exhausted to do them! i sleep about 6 hours a night and often when i sleep more the symptoms worsen. what can i do? do u think its diabetes??? im worried! :(
i was involved in a sleep study where i was able to get benefit from nose strip kind of things. they hooked me up and they work just like the CPAP maching,where they helped my breathing while asleep.

I have mentioned to my doctor that lately I have been feeling extremely fatigued during the day. I go to bed about 8 PM and usually go right to sleep and wake up about 2 AM. I 90% of the time I wake up on my right side of face down with my head to the right. However, I get the impression that I wake up for brief, but frequent episodes during the night. On weekends and holidays I usually sleep 12 to 14 hours a night and sometimes even take naps during the day. I never feel as if I get enough sleep. All routine medical tests for what could possible cause fatigue such as potassium, hemoglobin and thyroid function, have all been within normal parameters. The only other thing I though of that might be causing it is a sleep disorder. When I mentioned this to my doctor, she just phoo-phooed that idea. I live alone, so there’s no one to tell me if I snore or have episodes of apnea. How could I tell otherwise?

I need some serious help dealing with my mom and her sleep apnea. I’ve searched for information online but so far I can’t find what I’m looking for. My mom is a hard-headed patient. She falls asleep all the time without her CPAP on. Sometimes I have to wake her up 5-10 times a nite to get her to put it on. She has congestive heart failure. I’m afraid I’m going to go in her room and find her dead. I was wondering if anyone knows if there are CPAP machines available with alarms? Also, I was wondering if it is okay for people with sleep apnea to take naps in chairs? I don’t think she should do it but she does all the time. I think if I had proof, she would stop doing it.
Does anyone know where I can get better information on Sleep Apnea and CPAP’s? I’m desperate to help my mom.

CPAP machines are used to treat Sleep Apnea. They are ugly machines, but Dressup by Brenda make them look pretty cool with many patterns to chose from. Someone could have Sleep Apnea and not know it. It should be diagnosed as it can lead to many life-threatening, long-term illnesses. This is not an advertisment, but a plea for all those who are tired all the time, fall asleep at their desk or just drag through the day and don’t know why. Sleep Apnea gets worse if untreated. I started falling asleep while driving before I realized something was very wrong. Don’t take chances if you think you may have Sleep Apnea. Talk to your doctor. It just could save your life.
More Sleep Apnea Info.
Sleep apnea is a serious medical condition characterized by snoring and daytime sleepiness. People who have sleep apnea complain of being sleepy and tired, they normally snore, they tend to have snorting and stop breathing in their sleep. Frequently, the spouse wakes up because of the snoring and also the stopping of breathing that happens in sleep apnea.

Complaints by Spouses
• Stops breathing at night
• Always tired
• Takes naps daily
• Snoring wakes me up
• I have to get up to shake him/her because he/she stops breathing
• Never wants to do anything because he/she is always tired
• Falls asleep watching TV
• Grinds his/her teeth

Symptoms Related with Sleep Apnea
People with sleep apnea tend to have a lower level of functioning.
Associated findings are:

Increased Weight Gain
Inability to lose weight no matter what they do. This is because your mind is sleepy, so the body never really gets to take active awake state.
Obesity There is direct correlation proven beyond doubt between obesity and sleep apnea. There is a formula related to collar size and sleep apnea. People with sleep apnea and snoring tend to progressively gain weight and cannot lose the weight even with diet and exercise. This is like a vicious cycle because the more weight you gain, the worse is the sleep apnea
Sex & Sleep Apnea People with sleep apnea tend to have fewer relations not only because of excessive sleepiness and being tired by the time intimate time begins, but also because of spouses anxiety of having to fall asleep again next to this person who snores and snorts and drools all night long. Also the spouse sleeps lightly in case the partner stops breathing.

Snoring Snoring is not a benign condition and is normally a sign of underlying sleep apnea. This diagnosis is normally made by doing a sleep study which is described elsewhere and is performed overnight at a sleep lab.

Risk Factors Related to Snoring

• Heart attack
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Heart failure
• Increased tiredness
• Sleep apnea

All the cardiovascular risk associated with sleep apnea is present with snoring.
www.dressupsbybrenda.net has more Sleep Apnea info.

I think i might have sleep apnea, my mother thinks so too.
I can’t go to the doctor because we dont have the money..so?
Well here are some what you could call problems/symptoms.
1. I have headaches everyday..Moderate to severe pain.
2. I get dizzy when I bend over or get up.
3. Im really i mean REALLY tired. I sleep about 10-12 hours a night. It gets bad sometimes..i fall asleep in class and everything. I even take naps when i get home.
4. Shortness of breath? idk ….
5. Im very cranky or moody

So please and thanks for the answers :]… :l

I am a freshmen in college and share a dorm room and I think my roommate might have sleep apnea. First of all he snores loud. Secondly, he falls asleep very quickly, I think I read somewhere that this was a symptom but I’m not sure. He also has very strange sleeping habits. Sometimes he will go to bed at 9:00 at night and other times he will not go to sleep until 3:00 in the morning. The same goes with waking up. Some days he will wake up at 4:30 in the morning and some days he wont wake up until after lunchtime. He also seems to take lots of naps.

When he is snoring, sometimes he makes odd noises like he is chocking on something. He is also Hispanic and overweight but I’m not sure if this has anything to do with sleep apnea.

I can’t really hear his breathing exactly because I sleep with earplugs in to drown out the snoring so I can’t tell if he stops breathing in the middle of the night but Im pretty sure the choking noises (occurring 1-2 times per night) is a symptom. Do you think he has sleep apnea?

I get about 6 hours of sleep with my machine. The first couple of weeks, it felt like I had a lot more energy, but lately I find myself wanting to take naps again and have a hard time staying awake.

I think I have either one of these, possibly even both. I don’t know if i snore at night or the other things that can lead to Sleep Apnea. I know i wake up pretty much everyday with a soar throat and that is a symptom of sleep apnea. Also, the fact that no matter how much or how little sleep I get, I take numerous naps during the day. I mean like naps that can be 2, 3, or 4 hours of sleep. I feel tired all the time. It’s ruining me and upsets me because how is it possible for me to be this tired all the time?

Do you think I have sleep apnea? Hypersomnia? Both?

And as for making a doctors appointment, what do I say to them? I would feel dumb calling in and saying, "I want to make an appointment because I think I have Sleep apnea or Hypersomnia."

I know that’s a silly question, but thanks in advance for any input!

i am going to be getting a sleep and nap study in mid january to test for narcalepsy and sleep apnea. the narcalepsy symptoms i have are REM Disorders (vivid dreams in 10 minute naps) since i can remember, always tired and lethargic since elementary school, always wanting to take naps and sleep late (ask my teachers and work) and started having sleep paralysis and hypnogogic hallucinations 3 years ago. i am 28 years old by the way.

i know that sleep apnea can cause excessive daytime sleepiness. i’m not sure i have sleep apnea but i snore tremendously and my husband notices i stop breathing sometimes, but not for very long. My question is, can lack of sleep cause narcalepsy and sleep paralysis to worsen or appear? i know it’s neurological but If one has sleep apnea for years and years, can this lead to sleep paralysis and narcalepsy symptoms? I can’t find anything to answer this question and would like to be as informed as possible before seeing my sleep doctor again. Thank you
to rosie
u didn’t answer my question
i’m pretty sure i have sleep apnea
but if i have it, can it lead to slight symptoms of narcalepsy and full blown sleep paralysis like i have been experiencing my whole life??

Does taking naps make you sleep apnea worse or better> ??
My husband has sleep apnea, mild to high condition. 28 years old, smoker, 20 lbs over weight, no significant excersize daily.
What are some ways to help ruduce his tiredness, and also improve his condition??

He works days, 6am- 4 pm. Has sleep apnea. I work nights, 4.30pm- 11 pm. I am insomniac. How do we get over these fights??
I get upset cause i dont want him takeing so many naps, not only cause i am coinvinced that it makes his condition worse, but clearly we hardly ever see each other. I wish that instead of wanting to take a nap in ever free second he has that we could atleast do something together. Also i bitch cause i wish he would stay up later on weekends,….he wants to go to sleep at 10.30 pm like a usual work night, but then sleeps till 12.30 pm in the afternoon.
He gets mad cause i come home from work, stay up till 2-3am and then eventually with time fall asleep. I never take naps, get up around 10.30 am usually with the kids etc….
HOw can we both be happy and get over this butting heads conditions of ours?? It really does start alot of fights. I wish we could find a solution! Any help, or ppl in the same position?
O.k. you guys make me sound like a completely clueless wife. Like i dont know what sleep apnea is, geeze, i am married to the guy. I am not retarded. He does have a Cpap machine, but he doesnt use it. Plus he smokes like a chimney. So before you think its all me and i should lay off,….realize thats not the case. So to make it more obvious to everyone else:
Yes i know what sleep apnea is, i am the one who told him about it!
Yes i know nagging doesnt help, but i also read that 7 hours or so of sleep on the machine minus daily naps will be better for him in the long run….Anyways just thought i would clear that up. I am not stupid i know what the condidtion is….better then he does actually. Like i said, i had to coinvince him for two years to go to the Dr.