sleep aponea

[moanin'minnie]

Hello everybody, I have just been diagnosed with sleep aponea and I wondered if anyone out there has any advice etc. about this condition as I find it all very scary. Aparrently I stop breathing up to 60 times an hour during the night, I dont waken up every time but waken maybe half a dozen times during the night and find it hard to go back to sleep as I also take panic attacks when I waken up I am maybe choking or gasping then I panic as I feel that I cant breathe, it seems like a vicious circle. I am off work as I am so tired with not getting enough sleep and am trying not to doze during the day so I will sleep at night ( it does'nt really work) Now I am waiting for an appointment to have a sleep mask fitted and to spend the night in the sleep clinic, So if any of you nice people out there have any words of wisdom I would be glad to hear them, Thanks

[Glad]

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