My brother had it pretty bad. When we lived together a few years ago, it sounded like a fucking bear growling in the middle of the night. It was the most painful sound to listen to. The best way to know is to have someone tell you that it looks like you're dying while trying to sleep. I remember watching him once, and he was thrashing around and gasping like he was in severe distress. It was funny and disturbing at the same time.
My brother wears some kind of platypuss mask now, and his apnea is better, but the best thing he did was to lose 30 pounds. I noticed that when I was about 20 pounds overweight, I started to have the same problems, and they went away once I got back into fighting shape.
You should definitely get it looked at by a doc, because it takes a toll on your body when you can't enough oxygen while sleeping.
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