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Warpy

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1. It sounds more like sleep apnea

Reply to skippercollector (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:19 PM

Apr 2013

and a sleep study, either in the hospital or at home with a recording respiratory/heart rate/O2 saturation meter, can turn it up pretty quickly.

You're going to want to get this checked out, in any case. Untreated sleep apnea can shorten your life and wreck what quality of life you do have.

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sleep paralysis and can't breathe, but no evil [View all] skippercollector Apr 2013 OP

It sounds more like sleep apnea Warpy Apr 2013 #1

I've had it. napoleon_in_rags Apr 2013 #2

You need to GET YOURSELF TO A DOCTOR! Suich Apr 2013 #3

You need a doctor. Deep13 Apr 2013 #4

I have sleep paralysis on occasion ... Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #5

familial sleep paralysis is actually quite common. nebenaube Apr 2013 #6

Mine is so infrequent that I don't even consider it a nuisance. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #10

It's a side-effect of sleep deprivation. nebenaube Apr 2013 #12

Sleep paralysis. StrayKat Apr 2013 #7

Sleep Paralysis = Out of Body Experience = Near Death Experience = An... nebenaube Apr 2013 #13

You might have sleep apnea EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #8

I have it every now and again.. TSBprm6 Apr 2013 #9

I used to have sleep apnea womanofthehills Apr 2013 #11

I have sleep paralysis JustAnotherGen Apr 2013 #14

Me too... Jes.M Oct 2013 #15

Hello ~ Jes.M In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #16

welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #17

I am sorry about your troubles sending good healing thoughts your way-Mike gopiscrap Oct 2013 #18

me too cfanger Jun 2014 #19

YUP! cfanger Jun 2014 #20

ihateit princejordan31 Aug 2014 #21

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