Posted by Cairo on October 18, 2005, at 21:16:55
In reply to Re: Please help - Nocturnal Panic/increase in anxiety, posted by spriggy on October 17, 2005, at 22:42:48
Sleep apnea has been known to be associated with nocturnal panic attacks:
""http://www.aafp.org/afp/991115ap/2279.html""
Unfortunately, using a CPAP has not helped my panic attacks. Must be due to some other issue.
Cairo
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> I've only had a handful of full blown panic attacks but two of them were ones that woke me up in the night.
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> I've had a doctor suggest I could have sleep apnea ( I sometimes wake up gasping for air). I wonder if sleep apnea could cause panic attacks??
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> Any thoughts?
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> For the record, I don't snore- never have but do have family history of sleep apnea.
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> I've just always wondered if there was any relation between the two.
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