Sleep Lab's

[xphiledan]

Sounds like you have apnea. Darth Vader Mask > suffocating in your sleep

[DaveNorCal]

They have better machines these days. They are like the oxygen things they use at the hospital. It seems that usually people with sleep apnea are at least a bit overweight but not necessarily. Sleep apnea causes people to be chronically sleep deprived due to waking up suffocating many (hundreds?) of times each night.

[VANOS714]

Try to loose a couple of pounds and that should solve your problem.

[tonerrrr]

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sleepapnea/

[Vtec?lol]

6'1 235 is slightly overweight unless you are swole.

[Mr. Burns]

Are you overweight?

Big contributor to sleep apnea. If you need a breathing machine do it, people with sleep apnea have dramatically increased risks of heart attack/stroke, etc etc

I'm 6'1 235.
my bmi is 22.
I train regularly

by definition I'm on the cusp, but I compete in BB/Strength competitions...the sleep issue runs in my family aparently.

I don't want one of those machines as it greatly impacts my self esteem...but if need be it's better than dying:yawn:

[z31maniac]

Are you overweight?

Big contributor to sleep apnea. If you need a breathing machine do it, people with sleep apnea have dramatically increased risks of heart attack/stroke, etc etc

[InuFaye]

Nocturnal Emissions.

[Mr. Burns]

Anyone ever have to do one?

Long story short, but all my life I've had my gf's tell me I sleep oddly...but the thing is I actually stop breathing when I sleep.
I'll wake up 4-5 times a night with my heart racing and it feels like I just sprinted up a flight of stairs.

So I got this refereal to attend a sleep lab in which they videotape me and watch me sleep...I searched it on the innanetz a litte bit and they aparently hook you up full of wires....I'll looks like a eagle talon engine bay.

I DO NOT WANT one of those Dath Vader machines.
I don't snore whatsoever.

has anyone else had to do one of these things?

f'ken spending a friday night @ the hospital. fuck i'm old.