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In my case, I was diagnosed after mentally blacking out (but appearing physically awake and functional) while driving my son and family to a college visit 18 months ago now. I mentally "blacked out" for some 20 minutes while driving, yet carried on a conversation with my then wife at the time and appeared awake.

My sleep apnea caused a condition called "pseudo-RBD". I was having at least 35 breathing events per hour and my blood/oxygen level was at 81%. With the pseudo-RBD, the body gets so starved for oxygen that it "unparalyzes" itself while you are dreaming, allowing you to act out your dreams.

My wife was told to never sleep in the same bed as me if I'm not wearing my CPAP.

We also just saw a local news story that said that opiates (painkillers) in apnea sufferers can cause the blood/oxygen level to drop even further during sleep becoming potentially deadly. There was a period of time when I was on Percocet for a back injury before my apnea diagnosis and things got notably worse.

Sleep apnea is a lot nastier than many think.