Posted by Noa on September 23, 1999, at 20:52:57
In reply to Re: Racing Heart...& apnea?, posted by Bob on September 23, 1999, at 16:30:20
Bob, are you sure you aren't me?
I also figured out it was apnea from the drowning dreams. I guess that is my only referent experience for suffocation. before the drowning dreams, I had intermittent suspicions of apnea. Have snored my whole life. In recent years, with age and weight gain, the snoring seemed to be getting louder. sometimes I would dream a wild animal was roaring or growling and I would wake up (it wasn't actually the noise that woke me, it was the fact that I wasn't breathing). I had a sleep study and now use a cpap. Dj, other signs are excessive sleepiness, which I had previously just attributed to my depression, but once the apnea was treated that symptom disappeared, particularly because of the activating effects of the ADs. Also, headache in the morning, difficulty waking in the morning (also an overlap symptom with depression). Another possible symptom is nightime gastric reflux (due to the push and pull of straining to breathe--some say negative pressure in chest).
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