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andyBeaker said:
Take a look here….https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-apnoea/

The most common form of apnoea is obstruction of the airways while sleeping. The knock on effect of poor sleep that results COULD be falling asleep during the day.

The real concern (other than poor sleep,quality) around apnoea is that it can lead to low blood oxygen levels and that can lead to all sorts of horrible things like strokes, heart issues and , it is now believed, senility.
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As I'm sure you know, the Nazis used sleep deprivation as torture in WWII. A pretty scary point that the sleep consultant made me aware of is that the damage caused by sleep deprivation, whether by apnoea, torture, whatever, is irreversible. In other words, whatever damage has been done to my tiny brain by being a chronic insomniac for goodness knows how long and sleep apnoea is done. No amount of CPAP use can or will make it better.
 
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Pow-Lo said:
It's not breathing properly when sleeping, caused by the neck muscles relaxing a bit too much.

I snored pretty badly. Mrs P recorded me one night as she insisted that I didn't believe her (I didn't disbelieve her, I just asked how I was supposed to know if I snored when I was too busy sleeping). I went to the doc, referred to local hospital, did 'at home' sleep test and hospital said there was nothing wrong with me, apart from chronic insomnia.

Mrs P recorded me again a few months later as I was snoring dreadfully, and she noticed that I periodically stopped breathing when asleep. I listened to the recording and I stopped breathing for 21 seconds; let that sink in for a minute and keep in mind I stopped breathing after exhalation. Not good. I lost my sense of humour and went private for another sleep test over two nights. Turned out I would stop breathing (on average) every one minute and 40 seconds when sleeping on my back. That resulted in me waking up just enough to start breathing again. The consultant said that these waking periods are not remembered, but out explains why I was permanently knackered. Also, my oxygen sats were low 70%. My friend is in her 41st year as front line NHS and she nearly had a stroke when she saw my sats.

The consultant was also very surprised that