What changed over the last year??

I'm putting this out there to see if anyone has had a similar experience. I had what seemed to be a very sudden onslaught of sleep apnea that began pretty much right after I moved to a new home.

Last Aug 2008, I moved into a modern home in a new community, and gradually my alertness during the day started to worsen... I noticed bags under my eyes etc. Suddenly in June and July, coincidently right after I got married, I became a walking zombie. It was such a severe change that I can practically pinpoint the week it happened: July 10th.

Since then I've been on CPAP therapy (acquired on the 16th), with mixed results.

I'm wondering, is this normal? Is it normal to "suddenly" get it? Could there be environmental factors? There's a lot of construction around with a lot of dust everywhere around my community. I'm not sure if this could be to blame or not. But when I traveled (for long periods of time - 3 weeks) my apnea condition stayed with me suggesting that it didn't matter what environmental conditions where around me.

I haven't gained any significant weight for the past 2 years, nor has my diet changed in any significant way. Anyone have any similar experiences?

Jeremy

jeremytang wrote: I'm wondering, is this normal? Is it normal to "suddenly" get it? ...Jeremy

My guess would be you didn't suddenly get sleep apnea...but that the stress of moving...the stress of a new environment finally pushed your body to the point where you couldn't cope with the sleep apnea anymore. You may not have noticed it so much up until that point...

Just an opinion, however...

Jeremy,

It's hard to say. Moving into a new house can expose you to all kinds of chemicals, from the dye in the carpet to out-gassing from paint and dry wall.

In 2005, I had the pleasure of dealing with all the mold and chemical crap which was the result of coming back to a half-drowned city: New Orleans, post-Hurricane Katrina.

I've been dealing with assorted issues since then. Leaving the city for several weeks at a time doesn't help.

What could have happened is that the new on-slaught stressed your body to where it could no longer cope.

You might also want to do some research on Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, such as this article:

http://www.ei-resource.org/news/multipl ... -exposure/