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Summary of Symptoms

“If you think the pursuit of good health is expensive and time consuming,  you should try illness.”  – Lee Swanson The last few months have been tiring. There's hardly a day I'm not so exhausted that I don't *have* or need to take a nap. It was around February or March that my daughter came into my room in the middle of the night while I was sleeping and I didn't wake up. She sat there and noticed that I would stop breathing. Interestingly enough, it was two years ago that I suspected I had sleep apnea but my home study didn't detect it so the Doctor said no.  In late April I went to a sleep study lab and it was finally detected that I DO have sleep apnea. This past year I was noticing heavy, vivid dreams that I felt "stuck" or that I'm passing out or suffocating. Usually, I am kidnapped and held against my will while arguing and pleading to be set free. I've come to realize these are apnea and my dreams are a reflection of my body recognizing I am