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Originally Posted by ronster
I've had two sleep studies done and didn't know I was waking up in either although the last one showed I was getting less than a half hour of solid sleep a night. With apnea you don't really "wake up" like you normally do in the morning and if you are at the point where you stop breathing, until CO2 builds up to the point your brain is starved and orders you to wake and breath, you are causing damage to your body and could at some point just not wake up. When the periods of not breathing occur is when you will start the loud gasping sounds that really drives a bed partner up a wall. One of the issues with apnea is how it affects your partner as well because they are also not getting quality sleep and begin to suffer from the experience as much as you do. I've had two relationships end over it. It is easier for someone you've been with for years to get used to a mask and CPAP then breaking in a new partner to the fact you look like Hannibal Lector at night.
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What he said...same here...