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Can snoring make you tired the next day?

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GarnishedOwl · 18/12/2021 22:27

In the past few weeks/ month, I've annoyingly started snoring. It's so irritating and I'm not entirely sure why. I suspect it's weight related (I'm 2 stone overweight so not massively so) and diet related ... I've been eating a lot of rubbish recently which has given me heartburn to boot. So changes are afoot

Anyway, I've been really tired recently. Blood tests show nothing amiss but Im lying in in the morning and having a little nap in the afternoon

It suddenly occurred to me that I bet it's the bloody snoring disturbing me at night. It wakes me sometimes but not always but I wondered if it could cause poor quality sleep?

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Classica · 18/12/2021 22:29

Definitely.

Your snoring could be waking multiple times in the night without you having any memory of it. Thus ensuring you don't get a deep sleep.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 18/12/2021 22:32

Snoring can cause you to lose your driving licence it's no joke. I went to see my GP about my snoring and failed the test I was told I'd would not be able to drive until I was on a cpap machine which is a disaster, I have to drive for my NHS job.
I have one now and wear it everynight but I have to be tested again every year and produce evidence (microchip in the machine I use) that I'm using it ir I'll lose my license.
Yes I felt tired and as it got worse I started having micro sleeps at the wheel of the car.
I was horrified.

DismantledKing · 18/12/2021 22:33

Snoring is sometimes associated with Sleep Apnoea; that would certainly affect your quality of sleep and cause effects on the next day.

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Shehasadiamondinthesky · 18/12/2021 22:33

Microsleeps: periods where you don't remember driving the last few miles or your journey to work because you keep going under. You are not aware you are doing it.

thelegohooverer · 18/12/2021 22:35

@DismantledKing

Snoring is sometimes associated with Sleep Apnoea; that would certainly affect your quality of sleep and cause effects on the next day.
I was going to suggest this too.
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GarnishedOwl · 18/12/2021 22:35

I'm pretty certain I don't have sleep apnea - have consulted dr google for that one! It's come on recently and it coincided with me stacking on half a stone and literally having a cheese sandwich and crisps as a snack at 11pm. That sort of thing which is just greedy and a current bad habit

So I think it's weight and diet related.

I'm not falling asleep in the day like I imagine someone with narcolepsy would do and I can stay awake. I'm certainly not tired when driving

But I'm having a nap a day and feeling more tired than usual and have joined the dots up

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Classica · 18/12/2021 22:36

If it's only happened since putting on 2 stone it should be relatively easy to fix.

DismantledKing · 18/12/2021 22:37

Sleep Apnoea is something that tends to be noticed by other people though, not the sufferer themselves. I never knew I was doing it until my partner told me.

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GarnishedOwl · 18/12/2021 22:37

Feel sorry for my husband too but I've done the decent thing and decamped to the spare room - we are lucky to have one.

It makes me a bit snappy with him though as I'm bloody embarrassed about it! And I know it's happening as I sometimes wake myself up with it when I'm napping or falling asleep at night

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GarnishedOwl · 18/12/2021 22:38

@DismantledKing I'm aware of it - especially as it happened this afternoon as I dropped off on the sofa Blush

I come to wondering what that noise was.

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GarnishedOwl · 18/12/2021 22:39

@Shehasadiamondinthesky eek. I'm definitely not like that! There's no micro sleeping!

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GarnishedOwl · 18/12/2021 22:40

@Shehasadiamondinthesky but that sounds awful for you. What was the cause do you know?

@Classica yes you're right. This snoring has happened before. A few years back. Caused by me putting on a bit of weight then

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Fleemeister · 18/12/2021 23:01

The main symptom of sleep apnoea can be "just" awful tiredness so it's definitely one to get checked for. Sleep apnoea can also contribute to weight gain and raised BP.

Of course you can snore and not have sleep apnoea too. But it's worth getting checked out.

thelegohooverer · 19/12/2021 12:31

The thing about micro sleeping is that you don’t notice it. Your eyes don’t close - it happens in your brain.

I read about a study where they examined the effects of sleep deprivation by having people press a key on the computer each time a certain colour light appeared (eg a computerised version of tapping on the brake pedal each time you see a red traffic light or brake lights ahead), and the sleep deprived people were missing some of the lights without any awareness of it.

Sleep deprivation behind the wheel is more lethal than drunk driving.

It’s good that you’re aware of it, and getting extra naps. You sound very considerate too, sleeping in the spare room.

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