Identify sleep apnea syndrome
Answering the questions below will help you to understand whether sleep apnea is disturbing your sleep and disrupting your life.
This list of questions is especially important. A "yes" answer strongly suggests that sleep apnea is the problem.
Note: To answer some questions, you will need the help of your roommate, bedmate, or a family member, or you may use a tape recorder or video recorder to identify snoring and pauses in breathing.
Very important questions (short quiz)
• Do you snore loudly each night?
• Do you have frequent pauses in breathing while you sleep (you stop breathing for ten seconds or longer)?
• Do you have headaches in the morning?
• Are you very tired or sleepy during the day?
• Do you fall asleep easily during the day?
During sleep and in the bedroom
• Do you snore loudly each night?
• Do you have frequent pauses in breathing while you sleep (you stop breathing for ten seconds or longer)?
• Do you experience heartburn during sleep at least twice a week?
• Are you restless during sleep, tossing and turning from one side to another?
• Do you wake feeling that you are choking or suffocating?
• Do you have some repetitive movement such as a jerk, or leg movements?
• Does your posture during sleep seems unusual--do you sleep sitting up or propped up by pillows?
• Do you have insomnia - waking up frequently and without an apparent reason?
• Do you have to get up to urinate several times during the night?
• Have you wet your bed?
• Have you fallen from bed?
While awake
• Do you wake up in the morning tired and foggy, not ready to face the day?
• Do you have headaches in the morning?
• Are you very tired or sleepy during the day?
• Do you fall asleep easily during the day?
• Do you nod off readily or fight to stay awake while driving?
• Do you have difficulty concentrating, being productive, and completing tasks at work?
• Do you carry out routine tasks in a daze?
• Have you ever arrived home in your car but couldn't remember the trip from work?
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