> waking up 50+ times/night (this would be considered "mild", btw)
50+ a night is mild? I thought I had it bad at 2 or 3. 50 times a night is every couple of minutes, do people who have it even worse than this actually manage to sleep at all?
50+ a night is mild? I thought I had it bad at 2 or 3. 50 times a night is every couple of minutes, do people who have it even worse than this actually manage to sleep at all?
Note, you don't actually regain consciousness that often (but if you wake up every 90-120 minutes to pee, and/or snore a lot, your body is telling you something) but it does keep you from getting a deeper sleep. I hadn't dreamed in years because I'd never drop into REM state.
I used to sleep 4-6 hours a night (but rarely felt tired) now I sleep 5.5 - 7 and am much better rested.
It's sleep as in their eyes are closed and they are somehow unconscious but they are drifting on and off between falling asleep and being knocked out. There are no recollections of the events so it seems like sleep but very bad sleep (think: more tired when waking up than when going to bed).
I had an AHI of ~90 at diagnosis, and I couldn't figure out why I was so damn tired all the time. My sleep was very badly disrupted, but since an apnea doesn't typically bring you all the way awake it can be hard to notice.