Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Isaac C: Do i have central sleep apnea?
last night for the first time as i was falling asleep i would awake not realizing i wasn’t breathing but feeling a burst adrenaline for about 2 seconds and feel really light headed. After this was happening repeatedly i realized my breathing slowed as i tried to sleep and i guess i would wake myself up because of the lack of oxygen to my head. the morning after i felt really foggy and couldn’tt really think at all.

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Answer by resplinds
You may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but not central. Central sleep apnea is your brain causing you to stop breathing. You would need a ventilator to sleep at night if you had this or you would die, so you don’t have this.

My guess is you are fine. I really don’t think you have either OSA or central sleep apnea. If you continue experiencing symptoms, then go see your doc to be referred to a sleep study. OSA makes you wake up gasping for air and being tired ALL day, so keep an eye on your symptoms and see a doc if it continues.

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Question by Great Brittan: Is this a common symptom of central sleep apnea?
Can anyone with central sleep apnea or experience with central sleep apnea tell me if a common symptom is being startled out of sleep? For instance if someone wakes you up, rather than you waking up on your own, if you wake up panicked and gasping for air? Any input would be GREATLY appreciated =)

Thanks!
-Brittan

P.S. I currently have massive pressure in my head, wake up very startled, am exhausted all day, never feel rested and have a brain tumor in the Pons of my brain.
Actually I haven’t been to a doctor for regular sleep apnea yet. I’m trying to set up an appointment with my oncologist to see if she can refer me.

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Answer by kadel
Panicked and gasping for air, falling asleep during the day, being tired all the time are symptoms of sleep apnea. Get yourself evaluated by a pulmonologist at a sleep center.

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Question by Phoenix: I may have central sleep apnea.?
Sometimes when I’m falling asleep I forget to breathe. I know this because some part of my body jerks and I wake up feeling light headed and as if I hadn’t breathed for too long a time. Usually I can just roll over and force myself to think of random stuff to get my mind off of it and the problem goes away. However, it occasionally does not go away and I have to occupy myself with something for a while until I try to sleep again. Is this central sleep apnea and could this be caused (at least in part) by some sort of anxiety disorder?

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Answer by don s
It is called obstructive sleep apnea. You are not forgetting to breathe. As you are falling asleep the tissues in the back of your throat relax and fall back blocking your airway. Your body realizes that you are not breathing and wakes you up long enough to breathe 4-5 times then you fall back asleep and the cycle repeats throughout the night. You need a sleep study before you have a stroke or heart attack due to lack of oxygen during the times you are not breathing and the increased stress put on your heart.

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Question by somebody123: anyone know more than the average joe about CENTRAL sleep apnea? (non snoring)?
I feel when I dream for a long time I wake up feeling heavy and weak with a weak pulse but not like I have to breath rapidly but feel abit winded and well I’m not overweight.. completely lack the double chin they say a normal sleep apnea person usually has(or any slack inside or ourside your neck) I’ve had the sleep test waited 7 months. they said nothing happened, but they hooked me up with so many probes that I couldn’t possibly sleep deeply enough and it took me many hours to even get close to sleeping. had no dreams and woke up feeling really refreshed oddly more than normal.like all those stupid discomfort causing things attached to me caused a light sleep so that my sleep problem never occurred. ironically during the test to find out if I had it or not ugh. so noow I either have to reinroll into a test that doesn’t have the p roper environment to cause it or I keep suffering(its not every night but when I enter dream sleep) or sleep for more than 2 hours in darkness.
—>anyone know about central or other types of sleep apnea that don’t involve obstruction? <--------
or if you have another idea what could be obstructing it(I sleep on my back most times) but on my side lately so I haven't been suffering from it as much. (ps I don't have asthma)

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Answer by pelican
Everyone has the same problem with the sleep test – they are bothered by the strange and different environment and so on. So the people doing the test know that and it is common. So in that sense, your situation is not that different from other people.

In central sleep apnea the brain does not send the correct signals to the muscles that control your breathing. Central sleep apnea is less common than obstructive sleep apnea, accounting for less than 5 percent of sleep apneas.

You don’t say how old you are, but many people who suffer from night terrors as children grow up to continue to have sleep problems as adults, so you might want to do a little investigating about your sleep history. Consider the possibility that you may be having night terrors or even sleep walking, both of which would mean disrupted sleep.

There are several different types of central sleep apnea. Check here.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/central-sleep-apnea/DS00995/DSECTION=causes
http://sleep.lovetoknow.com/Night_Terrors_in_Adults
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/sleepwalking/article_em.htm

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Question by Waqas: do i have central sleep apnea?
hi guys, im really confused. i gasp for air some nights while lying down BEFORE sleeping n have to get up until i get so exhausted and fall asleep. Thing is, i have no typical symptoms for central sleep apnea which are headaches, daytime sleepiness, exhaustion etc. My mom said she feels i breath just fine with no pauses/breaks while sleeping, and i never wake up from my sleep.

Does anyone know what this could be? I have GERD and maybe some anxiety..im NOT overweight either. Thanks!
i have a sleep study scheduled soon, just waiting for it.

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