My Life and Sleep Apnea

When we go to sleep each night our bodies are supposed to go through 5 stages of sleep . The most important stage is the Rapid Eye Movement stage or REM . At this stage there are a lot of things going on that are beneficial to the body and mind. It helps learning development and it also helps with your memory. Dreaming is also done at this stage of sleeping and of course sleep apnea disrupts this stage. Nightmares also occur during this stage . Everyone has had a nightmare at one time or the other while they were sleeping. While nightmares in general aren’t harmful they can certainly give you quite a scare. They aren’t to be confused with night terrors, where the dream that you are having is terrifying and you seem to have an inability of waking up. According to Wikipedi a, nightmares“are not common in children under 5, but they are more common in young children (25% experiencing a nightmare at least once per week), most common in adolescents, and less common in adults (dropping ...

It is common for most people to have nightmares, including those people who have sleep apnea. But what if the nightmare leaves you screaming and sweating in bed or maybe you begin to sleepwalk. You might have night terrors , a distressing event that leaves you scared and frightened to go to bed. If you have a sleep disorder, like sleep apnea, you may have increased your chances of have a night terror episode. Night terrors, also called parasomnia, are beyond the unpleasantness of a nightmare. The result of a night terror episode is usually waking up screaming and frightened out of your mind. You would probably be feeling disoriented and unable to wake completely. Children unfortunately have night terrors more than adults. Occurring shortly after falling asleep, children wake up screaming and unresponsive to a parent’s voice. With adults, they may actually get out of the bed and walk around before realizing that they had a night terror. Night terror can be connected to sleepwalking...