May
09
2010
Can these symptoms be from sleep apnea or just constant snoring?
Posted by: Alan in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, tags: Apnea., constant, From, Just, Sleep, Snoring., Symptoms, These
Lately i have noticed how cloudy and foggy headed i feel. I occasionally get lightheaded and dizzy. Plus my family says i snore much louder than usual. I also never feel satisfied from a good good nights sleep. Please help. Oh yes…..i am somewhat overweight.
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May 9th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Yes, you most definitely could have sleep apnea. Talk to your doc about getting a sleep study which will determine whether or not you have sleep apnea.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Diane is right, you’d have to do a sleep study. Sleep apnea is often associated with a neck circumference of over 16″ in women. But feeling sluggish, snoring are both signs of it. I think a weight loss of around just 10% of your body weight can help or even cure sleep apnea. But it’s dangerous to go untreated, hypertension, heart disease, and death during sleep are all risk factors.
Good luck!
May 9th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
there is a difference between simple snoring and sleep apnea snoring. If you just snore, the only problem would be when you disturb your bed partner. However, in sleep apnea snoring, the snore is very loud and irregularly. Not only disturbs your best partner but it will affect your health.
The main symptoms of sleep apnea appear in sleep, and you don’t know what happens to you. Sometimes you stop breathing in sleep for a couple of seconds — over 30 seconds in severe cases. And if you stop breathing 100 times per night it’s obvious why you are so drowsy in daytime.