Is sleep apnea a condition your born with or can u develop it?

by Robbie Kennedy (Expresbro)

Question by Glornak 7: Is sleep apnea a condition your born with or can u develop it? I used to sleep through the night without waking up most of the time. Now I wake up maybe 3 or 4 times a night. I never get restful sleep. I also experience a lot of sleep paralysis. Could this be linked to sleep apnea?

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Answer by Lynnie
Sometimes sleep apnea is caused by obesity so yes you can develop it. Also it is more common in older men and hardly ever in young boys so that is a yes to developing it also. What you are describing sounds more like a type of insomnia. Middle insomnia if you are waking up in the middle of the night. Is there something that is making your mind busy or agitated at night instead of being calm? The sleep paralysis sounds to me like your brain woke up and got alert while your body is still asleep. The last thing that shuts down before you sleep is the switchover to autonomous physical activity - meaning the conscious physical ability is turned off last - bottomline you are aware but not fully awake physically. Yoga and relaxation techniques may help you. Sleep apnea is quite different - the person stops breathing continually maybe every minute or so and is jerking themself awake when they want to get breathing again. Layman's description - hope it worked.

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