{"id":36425,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/undiagnosed-for-years-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","slug":"undiagnosed-for-years-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/undiagnosed-for-years-2\/","title":{"rendered":"undiagnosed for years&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Hi Marie\u2014 <\/p>\n<p>Your tale, unfortunately, is awfully familiar. Sleep apnea <em>usually<\/em> is undiagnosed; it also very often is mis-diagnosed as depression or heart disease. Sleep apnea robs your energy, steals your motivation, and drains your sex life. It also causes heart complications\u2014as you know\u2014and is a leading contributor to high blood pressure. <\/p>\n<p>For those readers who don\u2019t know yet about this deadly \u201cphantom of the night\u201d\u2014which affects 4% of men and 2% of women\u2014it\u2019s time to learn. Because someone you know \u2014a friend, neighbor or relative\u2014needs your help! Learn to identify the <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/signs-of-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"1424\" option=\"com_content\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">signs of sleep apnea<\/span><\/a>. The life you save may be your own! <br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Congratulations on taking the bull by the horns once you were properly <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">diagnosed, Marie. That CPAP machine makes a world of difference, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">doesn\u2019t it? Hats off, also, to that smart intern who spotted your dif<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">ficulty breathing during sleep. <\/p>\n<p>(Loud snoring is the tell-tale sign!) <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamdoctor.com\/sleep-apnea-diagnosis\/undiagnosed-for-years-q.html?phpMyAdmin=29c2328cc73b8ed64ba7f78bbbec0416\">original question<\/a><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/snoring-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"81\" option=\"com_content\">Snoring &amp; Sleep Apnea page<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3226,3235],"class_list":["post-36425","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-answer","category-sleep-apnea-diagnosis-better-sleep-answer"],"acf":{"article_id":"1448"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}