Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by : Am I the only one this happens to? Waking up @ night feeling like I can’t breath or that I’m dying in my sleep?
I was wondering if I’m the only one who has had this problem. Basically, soon after I fall asleep… anywhere from right after I doze off up until 1-2 hours I will wake up in a daze feeling as if my lungs are tight and I can’t move any air until after I wake up fully. It doesn’t happen past an hour or 2 of being asleep.

This will happen almost every night for a while, and then it will go away completely and won’t happen at all for months at a time, only to start up again happening almost every night after many months have gone by.

I had a sleep test done in the hospital and nothing happened that night but I was told that my test was normal and I don’t even have sleep apnea.

Best answer:

Answer by willijjj
Did they check you for asthma? I have asthma and the same thing happens to me.

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Ok, I’m going to have a wisdom tooth cut out of my head, and I have sleep apnea.
Which means, every minute or so, my throat closes, and after a minute or so, my brain says “hey idiot, you’re suffocating” and I gasp and get a breath of air.
All this happens without me waking up. I have a CPAP machine, but I can’t use that while someone’s operating in my mouth.

So if I’m put under anesthesia, won’t that mean that my brain will be too out of it to wake me up? If this happens, my heart will stop, because I won’t be breathing. Do they put a tube down my windpipe to keep it open?
I’m serious, how does this work?
Is this possibly the explanation for people who die during routine surgeries for no apparent reason?
I’m very afraid here, and I keep hearing “oh, I’m sure it will be fine” from people, but nobody can tell me WHY it should be fine.
… No, I can’t have CPAP on during oral surgery, because for CPAP to work, you can’t have your mouth open.
It’s the pressure from the closed system that keeps your throat open. Having my mouth open, would be like deflating a balloon, which is how CPAP works.

I’m just curious, for I am most afraid of dying while I’m sleeping. I know that most people prefer this type of death for, as they say, it is painless and “the best way to die.”
Although, I wouldn’t really consider it as a “phobia” because I can still sleep perfectly; My fear hasn’t affected my sleeping habits whatsoever.
I just need the name of that fear, some background information or some other facts you can share.
Please and thanks. :]

My father said he was watching the show “1001 Ways to Die” on Spike TV and there is actual medical research that proves if you die in your dream or actually have impact when falling out of a window – you will die! I told him there was no way you could prove that, because if someone dies, they won’t live to tell you about the dream. But he said it’s been proven and there is a way for doctors to do an autopsy on the brain to tell if you had this type of dream.
He said it’s an actual “sleep disorder” that is fatal. I tried to research it with no luck, because I’m not a believer! Anyone know what the name of the disorder is??
*** PLEASE no stories about your “death” dreams and how you’re still alive… or interpretations of death/dying dreams! I am informed in those 2 areas! ****
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