Does anyone else have Sleep Apnea to go along with their ADD?

Does anyone else have Sleep Apnea to go along with their ADD?I have known other people that do, and would not be surprised to find that they occur together a lot of the time.

The bear of it is that there is no great remedy, especially if you are older (when the muscles in the back of the mouth start to slacken). But those positive pressure breathing devices do seem to stop it for those who use them.

Have you found anything effective yourself?

Yes, I have OSA and ADHD.


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Does anyone else have Sleep Apnea to go along with their ADD?

Me too.

OSA *and* RLS (PLMs).

Many ADD/ADHDers have Sleep Disorders. Some of us have a few.

Most ADD/ADHDers, ofcourse, will never have Sleep Testing, to learn about any Sleep Disorders they might have....

If I have to Bet, I'd bet more ADD/ADHDers have Sleep Disorders (than not)....

my daughter doesn't have ADD but had OSD as a child..she would wake up gagging for air..is that what you mean? She had to have her super huge tonsils removed..

I have known other people that do, and would not be surprised to find that they occur together a lot of the time.

The bear of it is that there is no great remedy, especially if you are older (when the muscles in the back of the mouth start to slacken). But those positive pressure breathing devices do seem to stop it for those who use them.

Have you found anything effective yourself?
I was diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea just over a year ago and ADD about five months ago. The interesting thing is they share MANY symptoms, so when I got the OSA diagnosis I expected that to fix everything.

I haven't done that well with treating my OSA because the only effective way is to use a CPAP (consistent positive air pressure) machine. It has a mask that goes over your face and blows air at a certain pressure up your nose to keep the airways open as they should be. As you can imagine, sleeping with this on is NOT very easy, often taking up to three months or more to get completely comfortable with it and sleep thru the night. I tried night after night for a few months and never got past five hours before waking up and ripping it off.

Then in 7/05 I woke up one morning with my right arm paralyzed and numb all the way up my neck to my skull. Long story short, I had not one but TWO bad disks in my cervical spine. The long course of pain killers and pain in general made it impossible to try to use the machine during that time. I finally had surgery in 11/05.

I just started trying to use the machine again and I'm making it about four hours a night with it so far. I am starting to feel a bit better. The great thing is the ADD medication really helps with the OSA symptoms of fatigue and mental fogginess. I can only imagine how great I'll feel once I get everything under control. I'm sure I will feel like a new person.

i wish you all the best all fired up.........with the ocs dorm xx

Is sleep Apnea when you stop breathing for a few seconds to a mintue while asleep? I don't know if I ahve that but I"ve noticed that my throat closes for an instant as I try to sleep and I make a strange noise. It's not a snore, more of a moan. It's strange. I jolt away, not from the noise but from the fact that when I breath in nothing happens. I am very drowsy during the day and I wonder if the sudden lack of breath is keeping me from getting enough sleep. Does anyone have any information?

Is sleep Apnea when you stop breathing for a few seconds to a mintue while asleep? I don't know if I ahve that but I"ve noticed that my throat closes for an instant as I try to sleep and I make a strange noise. It's not a snore, more of a moan. It's strange. I jolt away, not from the noise but from the fact that when I breath in nothing happens. I am very drowsy during the day and I wonder if the sudden lack of breath is keeping me from getting enough sleep. Does anyone have any information?I did a lot of research on OSA several years back when my mom was diagnosed.

From my understanding, the airways collapse for a period of time and the body forces itself awake enough to breathe again. Each of these instances is called a hypopnea. For my mom, it was something like 140 in a six hour period.

The constant waking prohibits any deep sleep which means the person is cat-napping all night at best. Fatigue, depression and anxiety are all classic symptoms.

My mom had surgery to remove part of the tissue in her throat/airway. That was back in '94, so they may have much better procedures now. Anyway, she suffered horribly for months with little relief.