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Dude, this is exactly me. Same age. 4.5 hours. Read for a while. 1-2 hours more. Just this morning, I think I finally diagnosed my central sleep apnea. I

by e40 6y ago

Dude, this is exactly me. Same age. 4.5 hours. Read for a while. 1-2 hours more. Just this morning, I think I finally diagnosed my central sleep apnea. I was laying there and just as I fell asleep I started awake because I wasn't breathing. My diary has notes about this happening all the way back to last March. This happened to me after my first sleep. To add to that, I've become hyper-sensitive to caffeine. It causes palpitations (started in late 2019). I don't snore, but I have been using Breathe Right strips to make sure I have adequate air flow, and so I'm really sure I don't snore. Curiously, I haven't used them for a couple of weeks (long story). EDIT: if you want to contact me, my info is in my profile

markc 6y ago
>just as I fell asleep I started awake because I wasn't breathing. Uncanny. Me too. Also tried every airflow device I could find (breathe right, nose baffles, chin strap, and many more) to no avail. CPAP was a total fail because if the pressure is turned up high enough to defeat my resistance, it just fills my stomach with air (called aerophagia, a common CPAP problem). I'm starting to think the only solution is one of those implanted breathing pacemakers but that freaks me out. Btw, I also had palpitations! I'd wake up with them really bad, probably from not breathing. Going off caffeine doesn't help though. A beta-blocker (6 years now) works wonders. HOWEVER! I just saw a study yesterday that people can have insomnia from beta blockers, and that 2.5mg melatonin helps counteract it. Round and round!