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Q: Do I Suffer From Sleep Apnea?

asked by: ninjacheese on August 10th, 2007

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I've had several times where I'm sleeping and then I dream that I'm swimming under water and then I start to drown, and then my actual body just stops breathing. It causes me to wake up and immediatly take a giant deep breath. Is that sleep apnea?

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Galaxy

replied on March 25th, 2008

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Sorry, I have just come across this and I wonder if you ever discovered what was causing your sleep starts. It could be apnea but only a sleep study could tell you for sure. You need to ask your doctor for a referral for that.

It could also be caused by stress.

I am curious to know if you did investigate it further as I have the same symptoms!

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