SNORING - Is it apnea or something else?

[jl9987]

I sleep mouth taped, my o2 levels seem good from my oura ring but I'm snoring quite loud according to the annoyed mrs, I've noticed every 10-14 days I do wake up gasping for air.

I'm going to get a sleep apnea test done, but I've never really snored and I've seen a few things before talk about it could be a restriction in the neck or posture that's causing it rather than sleep apnea, maybe like my jaw needs to be more forward...

How do you decide which it is? I saw a functional activator mouth piece from posture pro which is meant to help, but realised it's something I need to get sorted. My only concern is if it's a restriction to do with the jaw, then it's not sleep apnea but the sleep apnea test would probably say it is?

Thanks

 

[Sectør]

I'd probably wake up gasping for air too if I taped my mouth shut. The f?

 

[TomJ]

Add a pillow under your shoulders so that you're not just laying on a pillow tilting your head forward, helps keep a more neutral spine posture and keep airways open, especially if you have a thicker neck.

Doing that saved me from needing to get a CPAP just yet and kept me from being stabbed in my sleep by my wife.

 

[cage99]

My wife used to wear earplugs to stay sleeping next to me. She’d complain, but what can ya do right. Ended up getting a surgical procedure done and when they flipped me on my back I woke up the entire operating units. Apparently, EVERYONE came to see where this loud ass noise was emanating from.

Needless to say they told me I need to get a sleep study done. Got my GP to schedule it. Been on a APAP ever since. I feel great now during the day. All that time I just figured this is what it feels like when your getting older.

Also, bloodwork will show raised RBC and hemoglobin. If those are trending upwards then you’ll likely need a CPAP.

Cage

 

[A50#]

Snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea but doesn't necessarily mean that you have sleep apnea. Go get a sleep study.

 

[specter]

i was snooring like an absolute monster, at times i would wake myself up snoring, my bloodpressure was high, hematocrit etc got myself a cpap, snoring was reduced insanely, bloodpressure went down, hematocrit went down.. but i would deff recommend getting a sleep study.

 

[Dens228]

Another vote for the sleep study. Apnea is a bad, bad, thing. The study will show for sure rather than just a guessing game.
My CPAP was life changing. I didn't realize how bad the apnea was affecting my life until it didn't.

 

[Pizza15]

It's curious how those women hear us snoring.... but when they snore, we don't even care..... bah... women.

I experience the same thing and mainly when i am more tired, i think that i solved my snoring by adding another pillow, so i sleep on 2 big pillows, this way shoulders and face stay in a better place.

In any case, atm my cat doesn't annoy me because i snore

 

[Fleezy]

All that time I just figured this is what it feels like when your getting older

I thought the same thing lol

But I was only 27 at the time I got diagnosed

I was like… getting older can’t be THIS bad

 

[jl9987]

Yeah, ive ordered a test. Was just trying to recall what it was about it could be my neck or something pinching a nerve causing it to happen to