I noticed that DH was tired a lot but put it down to the fact that both of us had been run off our feet in the past year. He would sit down to watch a little TV and be out like a light. He put it down to years of Army training where you got what rest you could when you could.
I normally went to sleep before he did which is why it took me a bit to notice that he would routinely stop breathing in his sleep for a few seconds. After a couple of nights of listening closely I asked him if he had ever been checked for Sleep Apnea. He said no. I told him what I was seeing while he slept and that I thought that maybe he should bring it up to his doctor. He did and his doctor ordered a sleep test. Turned out that he would stop breathing on an average of 30 times an hour.
It was caught before it did serious damage and with the help of a breathing machine he is doing fine. In fact now that he is getting a good nights sleep he is doing better then fine.
:does happy dance:
His doctor says that this condition can be present if you are fat or thin. In good physical shape or not. The main indicator is if you snore although there are even some that don't even have that symptom. The up shot is that if you do snore or if you are continently tired or for sure if someone tells you that you stop breathing in your sleep, get tested. Sleep Apnea can do great physical and mental harm.
:Gets down off soap box.:
My daughter runs a sleep lab, and Apnea is nothing to dismiss.
I’m glad you caught it! He will rest much better once the treatment has started.
I have Sleep Apnea....been using a CPAP for 2 years now. It took several months to get used to it, but now I actually get a GOOD night’s sleep. Sometimes I stop breathing even with the machine on, and it detects this and sounds an alarm. Well worth the trouble it took to get it.
BTW, I think my sleep problems are also a partial result of my military service.
Fascinating! I’m glad your husband is doing better, and I’ll remember to be alert for this.
My husband sleeps like a rock, in spite of ten years in the military. I don’t know how he made it through training; he can get up when the alarm goes off, sit down in a chair, and fall asleep!
It is wonderful that you discovered this so early!
Perhaps many people have this syndrome, but no one catches it.
Your first anniversary must be coming up soon, non?
:-) Congratulations!