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You might be suffering from sleep apnea. It could be obstructive or central sleepapnea. When the airway is blocked, or when the lungs do not inhale as they are to do involuntarily, carbon dioxide builds up in the blood and a trigger goes off in the brain to awaken the body so it will breathe to get the needed oxygen. This might explain trying to wake up, not being able to move, and it is hard to breathe. This can be a very serious health issue.
Waking up this way is very hard on the heart. Reports link sleep apnea to stroke and heart attacks. The disruption to the quality of your sleep and the lack of oxygen to the body and mind can affect concentration, cause memory loss, visual impairment, fatigue, depression, muscle breakdown, etc. People who are tired from sleep apnea are more likely to be in automobile accidents.
A sign of sleep apnea is snoring. Obstructive sleep apnea is caused by the tissue in the throat relaxing and blocking the airway. Having a small airway and being over weight can contribute to the severity. Central sleep apnea is basically the lungs forget to breathe. For example, this may occur during the REM stage of sleep when the body is very relaxed and the mind is dreaming.
See your GP or a neurologist and schedule a sleep study. See if the cost of studies are covered by health insurance. A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine can address obstructive sleep apnea and to an extent central sleep apnea. There are varying machines available to address the problem.
When I was younger, I used to experience what you described and thought it was just night terrors. The severe health complications that occurred in my thirties eventually lead to the cause being sleep apnea.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoI woke up at 2am on monday and couldent breath. But the first 3sec of it after i woke up, i was saying or singing something...idk....and i almost fainted because i lost so much air...then before i fainted of no air, i paniced and i just starting burping. And like the 4or5th burp i was able to breath but then had REALLLLLLLY BAAAAAAAD indigestion. What could this be because i am afraid to go back to sleep.
Cynthia Davison
What does it mean when you wake up out of a sleep and can breathe
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