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Originally Posted by marion06095
I have had your exact symptom of waking up gasping for air, and the rest of my body is freaking out, too.
I was diagnosed with MS-related central sleep apnea. The more common sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, is when you stop breathing because of an obstruction in your airway. Central sleep apnea is the result of having your brain fail to signal your body to breathe, and in MS it is because of damage to the portion of your brain that controls that sort of thing.
As a result I am now on O2 at night. It hasn't happened to me since I started the O2.
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Thank you so much for this post.. It's definitely something I am going to write down to ask my new doctor (when I find one).
When these happen and I try to explain it to my boyfriend when I come out of these spells, that's much like what I tell him.. 'it's like my body is forgetting to breathe and am on the verge of falling out my brain wakes me up like "HEY YOU"RE GONNA DIE_WAKE UP!" and then all heck breaks loose'
This all makes sense..
And also backs my theory on me knowing my body better than most doctors
Thanks again!
