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Originally Posted by Healthgirl
I also have this thing when I'm sleeping that all of a sudden I wake up from the sound of myself making a gasping sound. I guess its happening in my sleep. This I did tell my neurologist and he just said it sounds like my whole nervous system is "irritated" and to try Lyrica to calm it down. The Lyrica made me feel terrible so I don't take it.
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Central apnea, does commonly happen when asleep...or just falling to sleep. I don't think what you have going is anxiety at all. If you have other autonomic dysfunction, then you may have some central apnea as well. The pulmonologist can do a sleep study to see if you stop breathing at all...this would confirm it.
It's your other symptoms that didn't sound like apnea...but clearly there is some sort of abnormality. I feel confident the pulmonologist will be able to tell you exactly what is going on and offer ways to help relieve your symptoms.