I think my husband has sleep apnea...he stops breathing in his sleeep (if thats what ya call it) for sometimes up to two minutes...nods off all day even when doing something..last week he rolled his work truck..says he was ran off the road..he doesnt "sleep" in normal positions some times sits up on bed ..toliet..chair...floor half on half off bed.....It keeps me from resting..he talks loudly in his sleep ...cant remember things when i bump him a wake during the day because i see him nodding off he gets mad and claims he is not falling asleep. last night i had to sleep on the couch because he kept wakeing me up and i need my sleep....we have no health insurance....and due to him flippong his work vehicle ...he may soon have no job....where can he go to get help with this? he is resisting right now...has been putting this off for 6 months now and all i get when i press his is ill take care of it next week this week is too buisy. I am scared...mad...furious...upset....too many emotins to mention them all.....ya got a clue as to what i can do ?...he 32 over wieght..smoker..truck driver...Ive tried a diet...he eats on the road....Ive had no smokeing policy in the new home because he falls asleep with a cigartte in his hand and had burned the lioleum in the last home...but i have caught his smokeing under the vent a hood in the kitchen ass4es all over the place and charring in the floor in front of the oven...its almost like he is on auto pilot or something and hes in denile....Can you guys help me? before it runs our marriage or burns our home down or he kills someone on the road? or himslef?  email me at scrumptiously_wicked_one@yahoo.com

Have your husband take the snore score test (link to the left of forum titles), then see a doctor who is a diplomate of the ABSM (see my doctor certifications under "Interesting Links")

Vicki


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That which does not kill you makes you stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich must of had apnea.

its very hard to help someone who refuses to be helped, you could tape record or videotape him when asleep and not breathing to show your GP doc in the hope he can think of someway to get thru to husband

You've talked to him. You've been inconvenienced and abused by his behavior. He demonstrates that he cares more for his delusions than for your emotional of physical health.

Sometimes you just have to decide what's important.

Don Miguel Ruiz once wrote that we only accept the abuse from others that we are willing to give to ourselves.

HE is responsible for HIS health. YOU are responsible for YOURS.

Draw boundaries around what is acceptable and appropriate behavior. Obviously, being able to get a good night's sleep in a bed is just as important for you as it is for him. Why isn't HE sleeping on the couch?

Safety is important, yet he STILL smokes in the house after you've asked him not to due to his irresponsible behavior.

You don't need a doctor... you need a lawyer.

Just my humble opinion,
Donna