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Old 01-27-2008, 01:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sleep Apnea

I had been having a problem, waking up in the middle of the night choking, suffocating. I would collapse while standing up and if I did fall asleep while the TV was on I would remember the shows during the night. I thought that I was dying. In 2006 it was diagnosed as being Sleep Apnea, my blood oxygen levels dropped to around 50%, the technician said that my case was the worst he had seen.

I was provided with a CPAP machine, once I was used to it, it was cool, sleep - out like a light, no more surrealistic sleep episodes...

Ran across the following article the other day, Brain Connections Strongest During Waking Hours, figured that I would share my experiences and the article.
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