Reply to Judy's Post: Thanks so much for your reply! What I mean is, I wake up from a sound sleep with a start because there is no air in my lungs--it takes me a few seconds to get a breath. Sometimes it lasts for 1 or 2 breaths, but other times it last for several minutes--I fall back to sleep, only for it to happen again and again until, for whatever reason, it stops. I used to think it was a weird form of an anxiety attack, but now I am wondering if it's something else. No one ever told me I snored or anything like that, but my mother has sleep apnea, for what it's worth.
Sometimes, these problems happen when I am excessively stressed/tired. Yes, I feel tired during the day, but I have a toddler and don't sleep right/work crazy hours.