Another good question, do you wake up to urinate in the night? That was one of my indicators of my sleep disorder, as I sleep through the night now.

I was diagnosed with sleep hypopnea, which is not as severe as sleep apnea. The difference between the two is how low your pulse ox falls while you have stopped breathing. I think my diagnosis was an artifact of the sleep study however because they didn't really let me sleep very much during the study.

I am using a CPAP and my health has greatly improved. Lower blood pressure, feeling like I got real rest during the night, improved cognitive function. Still dealing with some metabolic issues, which I am trying to resolve with diet, eating habits and exercise.

PS I knew I snored. I never imagined I had sleep apnea until I got married and my wife observed that I would stop breathing in the middle of the night.

How do you measure your metabolism?

You're kind of freaking me out here. My dad tosses and turns, doesn't get much sleep, has to pee at night, wakes up in fear in the past often as I'd wake him up after I'd come running to his room at night because I heard crazy sounds of him gasping for air. He generally doesn't get super-tired during the day though, but he's not super active anymore and drinks his coffee still.

Anyway he's seen a doctor many times, mostly for heart/cancer stuff, but also specifically for his sleeping problems. But there was never this response that his life was in danger and that he needed studies done because it might kill him, while the healthcare system is quite advanced here...

I was an apnea baby, and died on my parents a number of times as a child due to it. Thankfully these days it's a million times better: the only time I have issues is when I sleep on my back.