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Originally Posted by cosmo20002
I'm not dismissing the dangers of sleep apnea and know it can be a serious condition.
But it seems like it is one of those things now that pretty much EVERYONE seems to have. Anyone who snores, or wakes up in the middle of the night, or is tired during the day, is told they might have it. And I don't know anyone who has done a sleep study who has been told they don't have it. Makes me wonder if it is being overhyped a little.
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In the case of FireMeBoy, he had a sleep study which is basically a monitored EEG (i.e. monitoring brain waves while sleeping). It is both objective and diagnostic.
People are just more aware of it and treating it, but it is generally correlated (but not always) with obesity which is also more prevalent in society. Many (if not most) patients can cure their sleep apnea with weight loss.