# Possible Sleep Apnea? **URL:** \ **Category:** Medical Q&A \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [December 28, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/possible-sleep-apnea/617 "2017-12-28T02:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paramveer753](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Paramveer753](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Paramveer753)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/possible-sleep-apnea/617/1 "2017-12-28T02:46:36Z")
For a while, I would wake up in the middle of the night with an asthma attack, 2-4 days out of the week. My doctor prescribed my Advair and I have not waken up since. My ability to progress in SSLP has been a bit shaky, bench and OHP doesn’t seem to budge. If I increase calories and eat like Alan Thrall, I still stall on those two lifts (my form is pretty good), I also feel terrible and have lot of brain fog, and some digestion issues. I am skinny fat, or as Dr.Feigenbaum says, under trained. There are some article that says the skinny fat individuals are insulin resistance, and sleep apnea has some relationship to insulin resistance. I breath through my mouth when I sleep because my nose is way to stuffed up (I have a HEPA filter and I keep my room clean, I vacuum once a week and dust every other month we change the central air filter as it gets dirty), most of the mornings I wake up and it’s hard to get out of bed, I feel like I can sleep more but I cant go back to sleep, I have dry mouth, stuffed up, and sometimes have a headache, I have a hypo-allergic bed and pillow that is 2 years old, I also tried sleeping on a bed wedge but that did not work it, I use bioteine to help with dry mouth. My doctor says I should take a sleep study if I still have asthma attacks while using Advair before going to bed but my sleep quality seems to be the same. I have lots of brain fog, irritability (enough anger to see a therapist), digestive issues (especially when eating high calories whole food that have minimum ingredients). All theses problems I have can be caused by sleep apnea (according to articles on google), but I don’t snore very loud, nor do I choke when I sleep, I have been told I make some weird noises and have sporadic breathing when I sleep. Should I take a sleep study? I don’t have insurance and I can pay for it full price with no problem, but I would hate to take it and realize I check out fine. I am 23, 6’4 Male 195lbs around 20 to 25% body fat. 215 x 1 Low Bar 225 x 1 Sumo (I know I know…) 110 x 3 x 3 OHP 160 x 3 x 3 Bench Been Powerlifting since July ish. 95 low bar 135 sumo 75 OHP 135 bench My nutrition is not a problem I dont think, I have talked to experienced people in person with an in dept explanation of my nutrition and they all say its good. Sorry for a long post, but you guys are just oozing with awesomeness. ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/possible-sleep-apnea/617/2 "2017-12-28T02:54:31Z")
Have you ever been treated for allergic rhinitis? And a sleep study does sound like a reasonable idea, given your symptoms.