Sleep Apnea--comments?

[learnteach]

Sleep apnea--last night, the third person in recent times asked me if I had gone and checked for sleep apnea.  Sigh.  Time to stop being a martyr and go fight the system to see a doctor.  Of course, the fact that I'm waking up several times a night to urinate (when I don't need to urinate as much during the day), the spells of sleepyness and irritability (which I attribute to school based depression) and the excess weight I have and lack of exercise, combined with the fact that one of my brothers has a CPAP for his apnea...hmm.

Any help/notes any of my friends can give me?

Comments

[ladybrid.livejournal.com]

many dittos babe! get it checked!
sleep deprivation is a bad thing, and makes the weight concerns and all worse as well.
check for diabetes.
check for thyroid issues as well. my lil'bro turned out to have sleep complicating thyroid issues that doctors kept blowing off as him not managing his diabetes, until he INSISTED they run the tests.
now with thyroid medication (fairly simple and non-invasive), he's got energy, regular sleep, better mood, better blood sugar control- across the board better health.