I have always had sleeping problems which include: not being comfortable in any position, taking a long time to fall asleep, waking up multiple times during the night, and sometimes waking up and not being able to fall back asleep. But recently they have gotten worse. I am only 18, and I live with my bf at his house. He told me one day that he noticed when I sleep I breath differently. I stop breathing for 10 to 15 seconds at a time and take short breaths. After a few minutes of breathing like this I move around, like a get startled and uncomfortable then switch sleeping postions and continue sleeping.. Sometimes ill wake up altogether but not notice why. Last night I asked him to point it out while I was falling asleep.. In a matter of 10 minutes he pointed out to me 3 times I had stopped brething.. After a few monites of trying to fall alseep I also got really hot and got a head ache. My bf mother gave me a sleeping pill the other night and it really made a difference on how rested I felt the next day. When I experience a bad night sleep which is almost every night of not every other night I take naps around 12 o clock in school and 5 o clock. I cant help falling asleep in school. I know I need helpo and I want to go to a doctor but I was hoping for an opnion before I visit the doctor. Thank you