I've snored since I was a teenager, but didn't think much about it. I met my wife about 11 years ago, and she said that I would do a kind of disturbing "stop b

I've snored since I was a teenager, but didn't think much about it. I met my wife about 11 years ago, and she said that I would do a kind of disturbing "stop breathing" thing when I slept pretty shortly after we met, and I didn't think much about it then either. About a year ago, I decided to see a doctor and it turns out that I have sleep apnea; after a bit of finagling I managed to get a specialized oral appliance, I sleep much better. I don't snore anymore, my blood-oxygen levels stay in the green level, and my wife says my breathing during the night is pretty normal. Now I'm mad at myself for waiting so long to do anything about it. Pretty much everything in my life got about 10-20% easier after I started getting proper sleep. I think a bit clearer, I process conversations a bit better, I'm able to focus on tasks a little easier. It didn't magically "solve" all my problems, but it did make them a lot easier to work around.