Central Sleep Apnea Explained!

Central sleep apnea is less common than obstructive sleep apnea, but it's not rare. It's important to understand the different types of sleep apnea, including mixed sleep apnea. Be aware that if you have obstructive sleep apnea and you use CPAP therapy as part of your treatment, then you are at a higher level of risk to develop central sleep apnea.

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[Sjj]

I don’t breathe when I sleep and I got a sleep study done and they said everything was fine and normal despite me gasping for air in the middle of the night during my sleep study. I think those sleep studies are so inaccurate. UPDATE: it’s now been 14 months since I wrote this. And I now know what was causing me not to breathe while sleeping. It was a severe Vitamin B1 deficiency. Vitamin B1 supports the neurons that regulate respiration. A deficiency can impair respiratory function. I told my doctor I wanted to see a neurologist because I knew my breathing problems was a brain problem. He found that I was severely deficient. I was an alcoholic and alcoholics suffer most from B1 deficiency. Also, diabetics and people who just overdo it on sugar and carbs. Alcohol and sugar deplete B1. I say, if you have Central sleep apnea (not obstructive sleep apnea) then I suggest checking your B1 levels or just take B1 everyday and see if it helps. But you need to take it with magnesium or else it won’t work. Those two work together and need to be taken together. My doctor didn’t tell me that part. I found it out online. I no longer have sleep apnea. The B1 worked like a charm.

[lee]

I have recently been diagnosed with both obstructive and central sleep apnea, my readings are regularly between 30-70 times an hour every night, i get severe chest pain when i laugh and have a heart murmur too. My respiratory specialist has never seen a case like mine and said that as a result of my case, he's now going to explain it to the rest of the respiratory department. Its incredibly difficult for me to breath through my nose while im awake.

[jamiedecker]

I was recently diagnosed with central sleep apnea from dysautonomia. Also have sinus tachycardia and recently chf. Sucks bc I'm only 47. I've already lost a lot of my vision from chronic optic neuropathy for whatever reason. I was active and healthy 2.5 years ago and now I'm in horrible health. I don't get it and I hate it.

[JannePaalijarvi]

Finally someone explains this to me. Thanks.

[earlabalena]

I experience this kind of situation 2 months ago for one week that when I'm trying to fall asleep or when I'm about to fall asleep suddenly I experience breath pause then it wakes me up its like your body stop breathing automaticaly I know that our body is capable of breathing on it's own but in my experience I feel breath pause when about to sleep or when I'm about to fall asleep most of the time when I’m seconds away from falling asleep I lose my breath and stop breathing also I experience brain zaps suddenly it wakes me up It's like hypnic jerk in my brain I experience this 2 kinds of problems when I'm trying to go to sleep 2 months ago for 1 week and now I experience it again I don't have any problem when I'm already sleeping my problem is when I'm about to fall asleep or when I'm trying to fall asleep I experience this kind of problem. One day I did try to drink beers and it make me drunked so bad that I fall asleep without experiencing it and maybe it's from caffeine because every morning I drink coffee and now I stop taking coffee and yesterday I sleep without experiencing it but I just need to make sure that this does go away. I only experience this when I'm about to fall asleep not when I'm already asleep. The reason why doc that I ask this question because there is to many of us and we don't know what is happening I hope you find my comment and give us some advice on what is happening to us

[Omar_Zazzle]

I have obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea too as well as nocturnal hypoxia and I feel like a zombie all the time.

[Tantemify]

u mentioned that using the cpap machine puts one at risk of developing central sleep apnea. what is the point of using cpap then ? wouldnt that be worse ?

[magnusenamd]

I am diagnosed with complex apnea and use ASV. But does not work satisfactorily at all. But sleep reg has shown that I have over 8 min of breathing pause. My life has been and is a nightmare of extreme proportions. over 30 years had it like this and only had ASV 4 years.

[tammybamba]

My AHi is good since elevating my head but my clear airways are always a lot higher and some Cheyne-Stokes. I have HCM (thickening of the heart's left ventricle) My resting heart rate is usually 57-61.

[aaronrocks]

So, I was diagnosed with CSA at the age of 38 and been on an ASV ever since. Never took opioids or antidepressants that could have caused this. I also know I had the part of CSA that caused me to stop breathing completely and basically "turned off" in my sleep (I had it during the test and they caught it). I'm wondering what would you recommend I do to test and see if there is anything wrong with my nervous system?

[Idontneedyouropinion-]

I’m not diagnosed with anything but I’m honestly scared to fall asleep. Every so often I will stay up all night because every time I drift off I wake up gasping for air. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem but last night really scared me. I was having these episodes of forgetting to breath for some reason, yet I could tell they were for less than 30 seconds. But there was this one that seemed like it lasted longer than a minute before my entire body jolted awake because something fell off my shelf. I know my body would have woken me up because I wasn’t breathing, but what if it didn’t and I just laid there not breathing? I’m only 14 years old and I know I probably have nothing to worry about but I’m honestly so scared to fall asleep now

[tammybamba]

I have this. How can I help myself? Do you have a video for a remedy?

[iowa_don]

AND it affects people that live at higher altitudes. The longer they are at high altitude, the more likely they are to have CSA.

[dbfuture]

Hello sir im 26 and when i start nodding off my brain also forgets to tell my lungs to breath its not always maybe but could it be anxiety or sleep apnea when it happens its scary

[mykhalable]

I have always had a lower heart rate, the lowest I had it medically recorded at was 36bpm after I just had a large coffee. My heart rate was normally 45-55bpm as a child (I was not athletic but skinny). As long as I can remember, I have had moments in the daytime where I audibly gasp for air which is completely out of my control. I never knew this not normal until this morning. I am 38 years old...

[Ksl]

Got diagnosed with csa, zoloft is helping me a lot. Should i opt for PAP machine?

[koyenabasu]

Does central sleep apnea initially cause events where, just as you are falling asleep you realize you're not breathing, more like you've 'forgotten' to breathe, then you striggle to get up to breathe, and this can continue throughout the night and you get no sleep at all? I had this around 4.5 yrs back, after getting covid, and even though this stopped after getting covid again, I've never had proper sleep since, which is saying a lot as I've always been a deep sleeper before, now I don't remember what it is like to wake up not tired and with my brain working. I also have epilepsy, had my first episode since 2009 but was only diagnosed this year after a more serious event, all previous events were dismissed as stress, anxiety etc. Post the event this year i had week long high fever (104) and this apneaic event returned, but different. Woke up in the middle of night not breathing, unable to do so despite being aware, in accompaniment with a sleep paralysis event. I started my epilepsy medication after this, but the issue still persists, only im too drowsy to notice anything more than my breathing slowing down as i fall asleep, it awakens me but only a few times before i drift off. But i always feel fatigue during daytime and can't use my brain as i want to, which is frustrating as i always wanted to be a researcher, and now after completing my masters feel I don't have it in me anymore. Can't focus or concentrate... I don't understand whether it's the epilepsy medication or csa, as I've been taking the medication at a lower dose than recommended just so i could work and not feel drowsy all day, and by now i should have become accustomed to it, but instead i just get more tired day by day

[Gravesfam]

I had a sleep study done.. got put on a cpap resmed air sense 11… I have almost zero obstruction episodes.. all of mine are central apnea related. Should I be on another machine? Or is the air sense 11 okay?

[BrandonPotter-rb]

I have orthostatic intolerance and Chianti 0 . I have a complex sleep apnea.I’m using a resmed 11 cpap machine it helps only so much . I’m going back to my sleep medicine Dr next month or in February

[maverickbna]

I was recently diagnosed as well with central sleep apnea, probably due to taking opioids for chronic pain. There is an implant called Remede that I'm gonna get this year. It stimulates the phrenic nerve in the chest to trigger breathing. Apparently, I'm one of the few, and only one specialist works on this in Washington state. Check it out!