Sleep Apnea a married person ailment

[johncuse48]

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea in August 2008 after attending a sleep clinic. Originally I went because my wife told me she was concerned about my sleeping (stopped breathing for a few seconds)
habits. My point is if I was single I would have not been aware of my disease and being a male, it would have gone untreated.

[Gerryk]

Not being serious here but firehouse humor would be that your sleep apnea is not the problem being married is. If you weren't married you wouldn't have sleep apnea beacause no one would complain about it.

A friend at work got married after being single for 45 years, when asked what marriage was like for him he said it's great but similar to trying to hold your breath underwater for ten minutes.

I love this quote but can't remember who said it. "Marriage is a great institution for those inclined towards institutions?

Ok, those are just jokes trying to be funny.

You are lucky she said something otherwise you would never know.

[Bonnie]

johncuse48 wrote:

My point is if I was single I would have not been aware of my disease and being a male, it would have gone untreated

We won't go there

You would know.....without someone telling you
I'm single , live with dogs who never told me I stopped breathing at night and snored like mad. What I DID know was extreme exhaustion, falling asleep at work, many naps and realizing this was not normal. I was lucky, got dianosed, started treatment, now I'm normal. (my friends might disagree )

[Babette]

My former live-in BF complained very gently about my snoring, etc. but I ignored him. My mother, on the other hand, COMPLAINED LONG AND LOUD after having to share a motel room with me. In fact, she refused after the first night, and made me get my own room.

It was Mom that made me get a sleep study.

I know a guy right now on CPAP who is single, male, 67, obese, diabetic, still smoking, and still eating greasy food. I just know he's not gonna wake up some morning, and no one will find him for a long time... Well, actually, I've instructed a coworker of his that if he just doesn't show up one day, to GO TO HIS HOUSE IMMEDIATELY, because I know he'll be dead.

I do love that quote about holding your breath underwater for 10 minutes. Maybe I should tape that to my bathroom mirror to remind me WHY I don't want to move in with the Darling BF, despite my hormonal desire to do so.

LOL,
B.

[roster]

If a man snores and gasps in the woods, does he have sleep apnea?

[OutaSync]

I never woke up gasping for air, but I am always tired because I wake up so many times during the night. My own snoring woke me up and I could never get to sleep if there was any noise going on in the house. Doctors never considered sleep apnea because I was so thin and, in otherwise, good health. It wasn't until I shared a London hotel room with a friend and he mentioned that I stopped breathing while I slept, that I insisted on being tested for sleep apnea.

So, yes, if the sleeper snores and no one is there to hear her, she still has sleep apnea.

Bev

[dieselgal]

My husband never really complained about me snoring in fact I didn't realize that I did until the sleep study. I took myself to the Dr. because I was not getting any sleep. Kept waking up with a feeling of panic and didn't know why. My hubby sleeps through my discomfort (so much for the helpful spouse theory)

[Bearded_One]

My mom first noticed my sleep apnea symptoms when I was in my early teens (~40 years ago), the problem is that the doctors she took or sent me to didn't know about sleep apnea.

[roster]

I have carried a large life insurance policy for years. My wife never warned me about snoring or sleep apnea.

[Pineapple]

I've been married 20 + years and probably had sleep apena before I got married.

My husband went into shock when I was told I stopped breathing 24 times per hour. He didn't sleep a wink for the rest of the week while we where waiting for my CPAP, he keep waking up and checking if I was still breathing.

Now, if I take the mask off in the night, he rolls over and swats me - "the therapy can work if you don't have the mask on"

Now thats love

[Squeakywheels]

I have been a "freight train" snorer since I can remember. I have always had trouble with adenoids/tonsils then had them removed at age 5. I still snored though according to my parents, and continued to snore until my husband fell asleep at the wheel in 1999 and we went to numerous doctors until he had a sleep study in 2002 and was diagnosed with "very mild" sleep apnea, but more importantly, narcolepsy. With having to fill out all the questionaires, we both joked about how loud I snore and the doctor set me up with a sleep study the following week. I of course was diagnosed with moderate/severe sleep apnea and was placed on BiPap pressures 24/20. So it was my husband almost killing us in the van that saved my life.

[dilligat]

I was a champion snorer and somewhat proud of it as guests would comment on the VOLUME.
My wife complained about it and resorted to wearing earplugs but then my shaking the bed as I struggled to breath kept her awake and it was like listening to a ticking clock for her (Once noticed impossible to ignore).
I, on the other hand was always sleepy which I blamed on working shifts, had bags under my eyes which I assumed was due to rubbing my eyes whilst wearing contact lenses in dry, air conditioned rooms and cars and black panda eyes like Uncle Fester, which I blamed on the tiredness and waking up all the time during the night.
Eventually I offered to sleep in the spare room as my wife was now becoming sleep deprived and miserable. She said she didn't want me to sleep in the spare room, she wanted me to see the doctor and get better.
When I answered the sleepiness questions at the doctor's and scored 28 out of 30 the doc said "Blimey, I'm suprised you stayed awake long enough to answer the questions" and sent me to the sleep clinic.
Since being on CPAP the darkness under my eyes has gone as have the bags. I wake maybe once a night when the mask doesn't leak, I have loads of energy and don't need a nap on the sofa after and early shift and my wife is again the glowing lady I fell in love with.

BUT, YES, WITHOUT HER INSISTENCE I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO THE DOC

[Gerryk]

Darkness and bags under your eyes gone ha? I thought that was my allergies. The more I read and look into this the more it looks like I have had this since my teens. I think if the bags and dark spots under my eyes go away I will do a back flip. ok, I will try but I won't video tape it and post it on here someone will die laughing.