Can the hallucinations you have when you wake up in the middle of the night have to do with a blood sugar problem?

Answer 1

How much sleep does a person with severe sleep apnea actually get? I did the math based on the news article, which said the man had an apnea hypopnea index (AHI) of 90. This means that every 45 seconds, on average, he was having an apnea. We must estimate that he was getting at least 20 to 30 seconds of sleep during that 45 seconds (by definition the apnea has to last at least 10 seconds), and then he was awake for the remainder. In my experience, most people with an AHI of 90 will be asleep for 30 seconds and then awake for 15 seconds. Even if we give the benefit of the doubt, and say that he was asleep for one-half of the 45 seconds of the process, he would still be getting sleep for one-half of the night-no way could it add up to only 15 seconds. Probably, he was getting about 4 hours total, but spread out over the whole night. Not good.