Restlessness during the day and endless snoring maybe signs that you are overweight or have sleep apnea, both of which need to be treated urgently I sleep alone so I don’t know if I snore. That’s not strictly true. Occasionally I wake myself with a snort/grunt sound that is more farmyard than I’m comfortable with. The snorking and what it means embarrasses me, even though I’m on my own.But in the end, it was not the animal sound that gave me away, revealing the reason for my constant exhaustion, my inability to hold onto a thought for longer than a minute. My double chin — which rests sadly on my chest — and my raccoon eyes were what betrayed me.The reason I’m ready for bed by mid afternoon, the reason I have dark rings under my eyes is because (I now know) I’m waking up between 80 and 90 times an hour. I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea. The doctor and Google explain it like this: When the airflow stops during an episode, the oxygen level in my blood drops and my clever brain w...
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