Sleep Apnoea Causes

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Comment by Steven Lloyd on December 13, 2012 at 10:48

Hi everyone.
I have been putting stuff on the Facebook group pages and thought I'd like to write on here too.
Until quite recently,when speaking to a guy in the pup (West Riding at Dewsbury railway station) I had never heard of sleep apnoea. After then speaking to my wife,Marilyn,it was suggested that I'd had the problem for at least all our married life since 1976 !
Perhaps I've had it all my life !My mum says I was always a good sleeper as a youngster.
I remember a snoring problem as a teenager.My next youngest brother once put a wet facecloth over my face and I woke up thinking I was drowning ! My youngest brother once threw his sports bag across the bedroom in my direction.As the bag was in mid-air he realised that his football boots were still in it ! A painful awakening this one.
Mandy's the time my wife has moved out of bed and slept downstairs.Otherwise,I might have stayed downstairs rather than disturb her sleep.
If I was not in the same bed though she could not count how many seconds I might stop breathing for.
After reporting sleep apnoea to my GP I was treated fairly quickly.
The sleep test originally showed that I stopped breathing up to 35 times in 1 hour so how could I ever have had anywhere near enough quality night time sleep in all those years ?
I was always tired in the daytime and would blame this on many things apart from the lack of sleep ;
A good night boozing
My body clock changing to cope with shift work
Being in a warm place
The boredom of bus travel

I could sleep anywhere !

Cpap treatment has made such a difference ! I have more energy,I do not feel tired in the daytime,I feel less irritable !(I think so anyway).
I am sure earlier treatment may have prevented a heart attack at 42 years old (I'm 58 now),and might have prevented many arguments at work.I might have even progressed further in my job.
As it is I have recently taken an early retirement package from Fox's Biscuits after nearly 34 years with them and am looking for a little job to eke out my pension.
Enough for now...don't want to bore you any more !
'Bye for now and I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas !