As humans/homo we went through tens, even hundreds, of thousands of years where we won’t have had “full night’s sleep”. We managed to evolve just fine. I’m not sure it’s the length of sleep we have that’s the issue, it’s the quality of the sleep we get in the bursts we manage to get that matters. If we manage to get a deep sleep even if only for four hours that is probably better than being in bed for ten hours but not sleeping well.
To be honest him waking up three times a night is only recently. For two years it was more like 8+ times and sometimes as many as 20. We’ve had two kids who have suffered terribly with gas, constipation, bloating, teething etc. Our quality of sleep for five years has been a joke but it is getting better.
I have sleep apnoea which is where you stop breathing when asleep and a secondary mechanism in you body kick starts your breathing again when oxygen levels start to run low. If that secondary mechanism fails...................Sleep is the cousin of death.
You win a goldfish?I have sleep apnoea which is where you stop breathing when asleep and a secondary mechanism in you body kick starts your breathing again when oxygen levels start to run low. If that secondary mechanism fails...................
maybe. Its never happened yet so that would be a lovely suprise.You win a goldfish?
My dog has that, jesus i thought it was just a thing, never knew it was sleep apnoea. I bet your missus is a wreck because i know i wake when he stops breathing, no idea how i know i just wake up. As soon as i wake i know to nudge him so he breathes and i won't do a thing for about 20min until i know he is fine again. Do people do that with you at all or do they just leave you to die like the horrible people they are hehe :-D ?I have sleep apnoea which is where you stop breathing when asleep and a secondary mechanism in you body kick starts your breathing again when oxygen levels start to run low. If that secondary mechanism fails...................
I have sleep apnoea too. One fishing holiday on the Ebro, we'd been on the piss and that's when I get it worst. My mate I roomed with said I sounded like a chieftain tank with a fucked gearbox.I have sleep apnoea which is where you stop breathing when asleep and a secondary mechanism in you body kick starts your breathing again when oxygen levels start to run low. If that secondary mechanism fails...................
Its a pretty common condition in people, an estimated 9% of population have it to varying degrees. Its commonly associated to bad snoring and happens when your soft pallet collapses and blocks your airways. More common with people with thick bull necks. Yes it drives my Mrs totally nuts but she has the good grace to give me a prod after 30 seconds or so. For anyone that has ever woken suddenly, fighting for breath and feeling like you have been drowning, thats the result of sleep apnoea. Its got gradually worse over the last year so its a health kick for me come monday and lose some weight which should help. If it doesnt then there are treatments/mouth guards that are said to help. In a small number of cases it can be fatal causing cardiac arrest.My dog has that, jesus i thought it was just a thing, never knew it was sleep apnoea. I bet your missus is a wreck because i know i wake when he stops breathing, no idea how i know i just wake up. As soon as i wake i know to nudge him so he breathes and i won't do a thing for about 20min until i know he is fine again. Do people do that with you at all or do they just leave you to die like the horrible people they are hehe :-D ?
yeah, drink defo makes it worse. Does it make you tired through the day? I could sleep standing up (which actually helps with the sleep apnoea!).I have sleep apnoea too. One fishing holiday on the Ebro, we'd been on the piss and that's when I get it worst. My mate I roomed with said I sounded like a chieftain tank with a fucked gearbox.
No, not really tired, and I don't have sleep apnoea every night.yeah, drink defo makes it worse. Does it make you tired through the day? I could sleep standing up (which actually helps with the sleep apnoea!).