Can you request a sleep study from your doctor?

You should get a sleep study done. I gasped for air before I had the study and I didd have sleep apnea. I had c-pap, am now on a bi-pap, I cannot sleep without it. It completely changed my sleep patterns from awake 20 times a night to only 1-2 awakes and that is to change positions, right back to sleep. Wearing a mask is weird but I play I am an alien from some far away planet here to take over the earth. I am just the scout. All is well.

I agree, you need to inform your doctor what you're experiencing and request a sleep study. Sleep apnea can put quite a strain on your heart and worsen PH symptoms. The new machines are actually pretty quiet. My husband has sleep apnea. He says he cannot sleep without his machine.

I would recommend a sleep study! I have OSA and I do gasp for air at times! Good luck!

Quite a while ago, I was plagued with both gasping and sitting BOLT upright while sleeping, and remaining asleep. The kids say it was spooky! So we put me into a sleep study and I have the very worst sleep apnea my technician has ever seen. I went right into getting my c-pap machine that week. What a strange thing, forgetting to breath while you are sound asleep is possible! It did take a while to get used to it, but now my sleep hasn't been better. I was having zero REM sleep, my disturbance rate was so bad, it was exactly like not having any sleep at all! Also so tired, too! We figure I had been like that since my C-section in 1990, but I was aware of the snoring. But that was not obviously bad for many years.. Have a sleep study, and at least it can rule out apnea unless it confirms it. All you do is sleep hooked up to sensors for a night, very simple. When my hubby get around to getting tested they even had a home version you could take home and go to bed with it. He had it too, but testing was even easier for him.