Hi. Did your SLEEP APNEA start with menopause? Had a scary
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night last night, woke up bolt upright in bed, gasping for air, even hubby woke up with a start cause normally its not that bad!
DID SLEEP APENEA OR WAKING UP SHORT OF BREATH START WITH PERI OR MENOPUSE FOR ANY OF YOU LADIES PLEASE?
I NEED to know now, if hormones are involved cause im afraid this is a burden on my heart...
Im not overweight, i dont "think" i snore, my heart/blood pressure etc has always been normal, i dont think my SIBO plays into it at all.
The ONLY thing might be sinus's - i get VERY blocked at night.. and/or are fluctuating hormones doing this? Either way im over it, it doesnt happen often but when it does im TRUELY afraid i might not wake up from one of these episodes soon....
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CCinCal ellacraig
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I get really blocked at night too. Makes cpap hard to use.
I remember before cpap waking up and needing to breath deeply like I didn't get air while sleeping.
You can do a sleep study to see if it really is apnea and severity.
ellacraig CCinCal
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But i do hope you've reached your 10 year mark, might mean things are going to normalise for you soon
CCinCal ellacraig
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I use Afrin when I'm all stuffed up when I go to sleep. It's s nasal spray. Are you in the UK? I don't know if they have it there.
Before getting cpap I had septum straightening and turbinate shrinking surgery to clear the passageway. It helped because I was a mouth breather before that.
ellacraig CCinCal
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pinkcatfairy ellacraig
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I cant remember when i started getting this but I have woke up before in the night and it is almost like i have forgotten how to breath and it takes a few seconds to breath, it almost feels more like a panic attack on waking! I would say they are few and far between but were getting them running up to menopause.
ellacraig pinkcatfairy
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That is how i feel exactly.
But thanks for previous comments too and the suggestion for sleeping on my side so im doing that now and trying to keep my nasal passages clear.
But yes back to having no contributing risk factors for Sleep A i just had to wonder if it was hormones
Im still considering buying a cpap or other snoring device (not that i snore.. at least i think i dont)