HOW MANY OF THESE DO YALL HAVE? I HAVE ALL OF THEM...

Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea


1. Having to push yourself to remain alert

2. Decreased ability to concentrate

3. Having to fight to stay awake

4. Decreased ability to remember things

5. Having to force yourself to go to work or school, etc.

6. A tendency to give what energy you have to accomplish only work-related activities.

7. Difficulty getting home maintenance or chores done around the house

8. A decrease in your ability to do exercise and leisure-type activities

9. Being told that your snoring disturbs your spouse’s or partner’s sleep

10. Less interest in socializing

11. Wanting to be left alone

12. A decrease in sexual intimacy

13. A tendency to look for excuses for being tired

14. An increase in the number of conflicts/arguments

15. Frustration

16. Irritability

17. Depressed or feeling down

18. Impatience

19. A decreased ability to cope with everyday issues

20. Decreased energy

21. Excessive fatigue

22. Difficulty in staying awake while reading

23. Ordinary activities require an extra effort to perform or complete

24. Falling asleep if not stimulated or active

25. Waking up often during the night

26. Restless sleep apnea concerns about the times you stop breathing at night

27. Waking up at night feeling like you are choking

28. Having an extremely large neck; i.e., 17" or larger

29. Sudden weight gain - especially a large amount

My interest in socializing has always been low it is now an interest in staying away from people

Wanting to be left alone

irritability

impatience

all quite pronounced. I'm convinced that I've had a sleep disorder now for my entire life. My wife told me I stopped breathing the other night even with the cpap machine on. Now I think I may have complex sleep apnea.

Oggie posted:

"I feel spacy, out-of-it, tired, not able to think clearly (which is where I assume the term "fog" comes from).

All I want to do is sleep.

Hope this helps a bit.

Oggie"

Boy, this is how I feel until night comes, and I'm still not right then. It just ruins everything, and I need to find a solution.

im so tired of being tired I wll be getting my Trach done on Tuesday morning. I am sooo looking forward to a good nights sleep.
Will keep you posted on how it goes.....Im 51 yrs of age, 6'1" 335lbs........

BigJohn

I'd add that it's really hard to focus, and feels like you could just space out completely/feel faint or doze off. I don't like being alone for that reason.

And it's so hard getting people to understand the daze that I walk in. They just think you are goofy, but it's real.

I try to tune it out and not stress over it, because stress makes the fog worse. But it's getting harder to ignore.

You need to get some help as soon as you can. Before things get worse. They will get worse, trust me...

http://www.apneasupport.org/viewtopic.php?p=82489&highlight=fatigue#82489

Here is a thread I started awhile ago on my fatigue....I do the dangest things!

krazy gurl, LOL

The fog has lifted I have just a few hours of clear thought before I turn into a pumpkin again. Think I'll try to get something done.

Yikes - it can get worse? How? What helps for brain fog? I already can't go to stores for long because my mind gets so irritated by activity. I think any worse and I might as well sleep all day.

B 12 Helped me a little.  I had injections...then I fired my GP...well his office so that meant he had to go too.....so i started taking the B12 sublingualy.  Have hope dear Matthew...Have hope!

yeah this stuff sucks i hate feeling constantly "foggy"
 symptoms i have..
1.cant think clearly 9 out of 10 times
2.cant think of the correct words to use in conversation (half of the time)
3.wake up many times through the night
4.cant solve math problems as well as i once could
5.memory loss
6.IQ has dropped (possibley due to the feeling drozzy constantly)
7.unable to concentrate
8.have a hell of a time waking up in mornings
9.this is an akward one wake up at night unable to move bearly able to breath it's as if my brains awake but my body is like still asleep gradually able to move 20-40 seconds later though.

anyways those are things i am personaly experienceing so lately i've been googleing this trying to figure out that in word is going on with me and i've came across this "sleep apnea" im just wondering does this sound a case of sleep apnea? i would appreciate if someone would answer this  -thanks-  and goodluck guys with what ever this cp thing is :| hope it works :)

That guy...the symptoms sound like it.  Unfortunately the only way to tell is to have a sleep study.  To have one you need to make an appointment with a sleep specialists...many of them are also Pulmonary or neurologists.

I hope you take the time to understand what sleep apnea is and know that it is life threatening...it is more than tiredness.  It does sound as if you have the typical symptoms that are often found in the advanced stages of it.  Hopefully if you do have it that it jas not affected your heart, caused a stroke, diabetes or high blood pressure...and hopefully you have not had the experience of falling asleep at the wheel.

The cp thing is a CPAP...Continuous Postive Air Pressure.  It is a machine that we hook a mask up to when we sleep.  It keeps the airway open so we do not keep suffocating ourselves 40 to 200 times a night.

Hope you get tested...it is still somewhat unknown and one will not know they have it until they develope some symptoms and care enough aobut their health to get tested for it...looks like you are looking for answers too....I think you may have found it.

mrs rip van winkle thanks for the reply it is very appreciated.