Sleep Apnia??

Question

I am forty, and up until recently never snored. About six months ago, I started snoring so bad I would wake myself up at times. Other times my wife would wake me up and tell me to roll over. Within the last month, I have started snoring even while laying on my side. Is this a sign of sleep apnia, or something worse?

Answer 1

It sound like sleep apnea to me....You need to get to the Dr. and get checked out!!

Answer 2

Yes it certainly can. Reasons being that when you have sleep apnea you tend to shift sleep stages contantly due to abnormal breathing. This causes you to become sleep deprived which in turn increases the occurance of sleep terrors. I have much experience with this professionally and personally. My other half had horrible sleep terrors and sleep walking. He would actually get up, turn all the lights in the house on and even bathroom sinks and return to bed having no idea the next day that he had done it. That along with sleep talking conversations and outrageous statements he would make! Its very strange. But he also had sleep apnea and low o2 sats at night. I finally got him to do a study and put him on cpap and he hasn't had a terror or sleep walking event since. On top of the fact that he no longer naps during the day and feels much better. Had him and I never been in a relationship, he would have never known what was wrong with him. So good for you for being informed! Get a study done and get it treated. Its definately worth the benefits.

Answer 3

It could very well be...sufferers of sleep apnea wake up many times throughout the night to catch their breath, although most of the time they do not wake up and simply go back to sleep. There is a characteristic snoring associated with sleep apnea, however - if you google it, I bet you could find some sound clips of it.

I would schedule an appointment with a doctor just to be safe. You will probably have to stay overnight in a sleep clinic to be tested.

Answer 4

Ask your wife if you stop breathing when you're sleeping on your back. If so, that's sleep apnea.

My husband has sleep apnea. Read up on it, it's interesting information. He sleeps with a mask on, thank the good Lord. Otherwise we'd be divorced :)

Before he was diagnosed with sleep apnea I would wake him up to tell him to turn over and he's snoring loud. He'd get mad that I woke him up. Now.. he sleeps like a baby and the machine he wears has a small purr sound. We both sleep well now.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Sleep apnea is bad enough. And yes it probably is a sign of sleep apnea.... or a deviated septum.
Sleep apnea can be a cause of CAD. It can hurt your blood pressure, and well... you don't oxygenate your blood very well during sleep. Your insurance should cover you undergoing a sleep study investigation to see if you do have this, and what you can do to help yourself out.
If it is a deviated septum in your nose, you could see an ENT, have it fixed = no more snoring.

Answer 7

Snoring may cause sleep apnea eventually, but it's not apnea itself. If you want to get rid of your snoring there are many ways:

1. lose weight
2. try to sleep on your side or belly
3. buy one of those nose strips which you stick on your nose and it expands your nostrils

Keep also in mind that smoking and 2nd hand smoke exacerbates sleep apnea.

Answer 8

Sounds like sleep apnea if you having some other symptoms:
You're having trouble staying awake during the day
You fall asleep as soon as you sit down
You hold your breath at night
Your snoring is disturbing you and your family
You are overweight

Go to a sleep clinic and they can help you. If you don't go, you'll be depriving your brain of oxygen and certainly putting yourself and family in danger if you drive. There is nothing to it. you wll also be endangering your health and your heart. Get help soon.

Answer 9

Snoring can be a sign of apnea but the apnea disorder is periods of shallow breathing or not breathing at all. Some people will snore and not have apnea but most people with apnea do snore. You may be snoring from nasal problems, tonsil or adenoid enlargement, allergies. A visit to an ENT or pulmonary doctor should let you know what the problem is.

Answer 10

Could be sleep apnea. This is usually related to neck circumference, with an inflection point on the curve at 42 cm. (below that, much less likely.) Common presentations are spousal complaints of respiratory arrests, snoring and patient experience of day-time sleepiness. Nasal CPAP can work wonders.

Answer 11

could be. I took my daughter to an ENT for this. Her tonsils were enlarged. He put her on 6 weeks of anitbiotics and Nasal spray. They did shrink some and she is not snoring so much, but he continued it and our next apt is in about 1 month.

Ask your wife to watch you sleep, when you are in a deep sleep, and she if she notices you gasp.

Either way you may want to see an ENT