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| Sleep Apnea Quiz | Adjustment and emotional issues
• Are you having serious relationship problems at home, with friends and relatives, or at work?
• Are you afraid that you may be out of touch with the real world, unable to think clearly, losing your memory, or emotionally ill?
• Do your friends tell you that you're not acting like yourself?
• Do you feel like you are depressed? Are you aware of overwhelmed by your life? And do you lack interest in your activities?
• Are you irritable and angry, especially first thing in the morning?
Medical, physical condition, and lifestyle
• Are you overweight?
• Do you have high blood pressure? Is it so hard to control?
• Do you have heart disease? Do you really have difficulty controlling the symptoms with medication?
• Do you have pains in your bones and joints?
• Do you have trouble breathing through your nose?
• Do you often have a drink of alcohol before going to bed?
• Do you have a small chin and receding jaw?
• If you are a man, is your collar size 17 inches (42 centimeters) or larger?
• Have you been diagnosed with severe esophageal reflux?
• Do you have family members or relatives who have sleep apnea?
What your answers may mean
A "yes" answer to any of these questions may be a clue that an underlying sleep disorder exists. It may be sleep apnea, another sleep disorder, or even a problem not related to sleep. Each of these questions points to a symptom.
The symptoms are the clues, sometimes subtle and perceived only by the patient (such as memory loss), and sometimes overt and observable by friend or family (such as snoring), which indicate that the mind or body is diseased.
Consult with the doctor, trained to see symptoms as the manifestation of disease, can help you interpret and understand the basis of your condition.
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