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Question : a question about snoring, acid reflux and sleep apnea?
so i have a medication for my acid reflux that im not taking since it’s summer and my schedule is all messed up. the directions clearly state to take one pill with my morning meal and one with my evening meal. i don’t wake up in the morning, i sleep in ’til the afternoon =P so i’m waiting til i start school again august 11th and when i get back into the swing of things to start taking it again. anyhow almost every night im waking up several times to a very dry mouth (i keep a glass of water with me for when this happens) and sometimes i wake up gasping for air and i feel my acid reflux burning my throat and i get that awful taste in my mouth, mixed with a strange sweet taste. when this happens i usually take a pepcid and go back to sleep and that does the trick. sometimes the gasping and sputtering gets so bad i puke a little in my mouth =/ gross, i know. and according to my mom i snore loudly. but i think i breathe/snore through my mouth since i wake up with the dry mouth. i sleep on my side/stomach so i think that contributes to why my mouth happens to open during the night, especially when i sometimes wake up with my face buried in my pillow or blankets, thus smashing my nose/nostrils closed. so i think i could fix all this if i just slept on my back but i find it so uncomfortable and out of habit i tend to get on my side or stomach during the night when i’m fast asleep without my knowing. so my question is could my snoring be further aggravating my acid reflux, thus causing the waking up gasping? or could my waking up gasping be something more serious like sleep apnea? and now that it’s summer where i live and more dry could that have anything to do with my dry mouth? because none of this ever happened in any other seasons. or could it have to do with the fact that my mattress is kind of close to the air vent where the AC blows out? or could my fan blowing on me all night be a contributing factor? also a year ago i was diagnosed with valley fever and an ex ray saw that i had a “sac” on my lung. the doctor’s figured it was non-cancerous and i was told to go see a pulmonologist but i never did. silly me. time escaped me =/ so could this have anything to do with any of this? sorry this is really long and scattered-like but if you have got to this point thanks for reading. serious answers only. please and thanks.
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Answer by Lonestar_d
I suffered from sleep apnea for about 10 years, until I came to my senses and had the sleep apnea test done. I can tell you without a doubt that I had all of the symptoms that you have written about for many years and they were all tearing me down. The snoring, acid reflux, dry mouth, etc. The sleep disorder study took care of all of that for me. It has changed my life. It will change yours. Not to mention that if you are still in school, you are going to have new found energy that I know for a fact will enhance your studies. Not to mention improve your health. Get a consultation, and then do the sleep study. What is the worst that can happen? Once you go to the sleep study, they tell you that you do not have sleep apnea, then it is a win situation for you and they might even know the source of your problems. But I am guessing with your symptoms, that you do suffer from sleep apnea. Do not discard this, it can be serious.