*most* people with sleep apnea don't wake up gasping for air.... they don't rouse enough to wake up, the only times I'd *remember* wakeing up when I was having *severe* sleep apnea, was when I'd have to get up to pee multiple times a night.js12278 wrote: I have never woke up from my sleep ever gasping for air. I know what it is and what it looks like, I've seen it in someone else, NOT ME. If I did I would use cpap therapy, trust me. .
I told myself "well, I'm getting rest, I guess my kidneys are catching up!" and think I was doing well...
the truth of the matter is that when you're choking in your sleep, your brain starts to get starved for oxygen, it sends panic hormones to your heart, which causes your pulse to spike up, raising your blood pressure, then your kidneys get the message 'BP too high! get rid of excess fluid' and they kick into overdrive, and you get a full bladder.
since starting cpap, the many trips to the bathroom have stopped, because I'm no longer choking *in my sleep*