One problem sleep apnea gives you are headaches because you keep more C02 in your body with the pauses of breathing. When it got severe the sleep apnea I began drawing my dreams to try to cope with all the dreams and was hoping drawing would take the dreams away which was driving to the point of doubting myself because of lack of sleep. I didn't know at the time why I was always so tired.

I knew I was waking up panics. Heart racing. When It got worse I was gasping for air. I didn't know the whole scope of what I was going through until a doctor commented on my sketchbook told me I was talented and asked where to you get all the ideas from. I said from my dreams. I fact I have outlines of books of stories I have cataloged based on my dreams and tons of sketchbooks with images of dream. In fact the one picture listed in this discussion by my name is a picture during this time of a place I saw frequently in my dreams.

Do you snore? Do you wake up with headaches? Do always feel like your inbetween being asleep and awake when you sleep at night? Do you wake up with your heart racing? If yes you look like you can have sleep apnea.

The procedure to determine sleep apnea is simple. You spend a night a clinic or hospital all strapped up to cables. They monitor you while you sleep. Once diagnosed they pinpoint what is causing the sleep apnea. Mine is my throat and nose are to narrow combined with years of allergies my muscles collapse when asleep. I am sapposed to sleep with a machine that detects when I stop breathing. I haven't gotten the machine yet. Losing weight has helped me in addition to cutting out all things I am allergics to or foods that give me reactions such as swelling or creating phelgm.

Don't let the dreams get the best of you hang in there and fight it out. I did for awhile thought I was going to lose it . It was my art that helped me and talking about it to my family to help me analyze the dreams. My sleep depravation was so bad that once I drove off the side of the road wondering what was scrapping the side of my car. It was the metal railing that was placed on the edge of canal to prevent drivers from falling into the canal incase of an accident. It took awhile to gain concrete thinking and I drove home very slowly and went to bed.

Take care and hope you find some rest.

Dreamlyn :-)