Anyone here suffer from sleep apnea? What does it feel like?

[BWrose]

Do you wake up tired in the mornings? Or does the tiredness progress over the course of a day.

Sleep alpnea was recipe suggested to me. I'm not too sure though. I don't have a problem rising in the morning. I'm an early riser and I find I can get a lot done in the mornings. I get tired easily during the days. I feel it's more to do with other stresses in my life. There's family problems left, right and centre with no ease up. Work is ok but there's a lot expected of me there.

I'm being investigated for it and I wake up tired and go downhill from there.

I've had OSA since I was young (happily on treatment for the last 12 years), do you snore badly and stop breathing for short periods? Are you overweight and/or have a big neck? Do you never feel refreshed after a nights sleep? Try the Epworth sleepiness test - it gives you a good idea as to if you are suffering. I was able to function better than most with my level of apoeneas, but the never feeling rested and irritability were my key symptoms.

If you're not a snorer/have the other symptoms, then it may just be stress and it might be worth speaking to your GP about how you're feeling.

I couldn't stay awake at work, really struggled not to nod off at my desk. I once kept a tally of how many times I nodded off at my desk...46 times in one day 😴. I went to the GP not long after.

Thanks for the replies.

I always loved sleeping. Since I was a child. My parents never had a problem putting me to bed. I loved naps too and my love for naps as a child remained with me through life although there are many times when life gets in the way and I can't get a nap.

I'm in my current working job for about 10 years. In the early days, whenever I found myself with a break, I would eat lunch and dose off. 10 - 15/20 minutes would have been enough for me. I was going through a rough patch at the time with the fallout out from my sister. We lived together at the time and shared a room and what I experienced was awful. She used to keep me awake at night. It was sleep deprivation from her. I moved out and away from that but it felt as if I never really recovered from that exhaustion.

That was many years ago now.

I don't know what normal tiredness feels like. I will say every day is different for me. There is a lot of stresses and a lot of it is major, in my life for the past number of months. My work is ok but there's a lot of demands on me. Every day is different.

It's only in recent years I changed from being a night owl to a morning owl. A typical day for me would be rising about 7am and bedtime at 10pm. Sometimes I rise earlier (I find them days to be better for me. I get so much done) and sometimes I might go to bed later.

I do get tired during the days. I feel I need a nap and more often than not I fight it. Other times, if I'm free, I do nap.

It's so hard to know what to do. I am experiencing other issues with my health, hayfever and cough and that can be troublesome at night. I was at the doctor today and things went well. My current issues will be treated first.

I did download a sleep/snore app last night. Its records your sleep and snoring and gives a chart of the snoring.
What I saw on the chart was interesting, lines of relatively flat followed by spikes. The night time coughing I'm currently experiencing is like big, fat up and down blops on the chart. What I heard when I played it back shocked me. There were times when there were quite spells followed by what was like choking or gasping. So, just going by that alone, it's not looking great.

Going by your last statement please get yourself to a doctor ASAP so you can get a CPAP machine, it’s will change your life almost instantly, my husband woke up after the first day finally refreshed with no dozing and my sleep was way better too!

I do get tired but it's hard to know what's normal tiredness. I always put it down to a busy schedule. If I'm in bed at a reasonable hour that is by 10 or 10.30 - I can rise very easily in the mornings. It's just as the day goes on I do get tired. My work schedule can be intense and crazy and I would presume that would contribute to tiredness. There's also other problems in my life (family related that are huge and extremely stressful) and I would presume that would add to things too.

I was at the doctor today for hayfever/sinus/cough and I mentioned the tiredness and the snoring and the sleep apnea. The doctor explained what I'm experiencing now with the hayfever/sinus/cough - that can lead to tiredness etc. I have a lot more medicines now and my doctor is treating me for this first before going down the road of exploring sleep apnea.

I tried the test that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I scored a 12. It's - mild excessive daytime sleepiness.

I will be going back to the doctor for a review in a months time.

@BWrose old thread I know but did you get to bottom of it