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So, a couple days ago I slept 13 hours straight without waking up when my alarm didn't go off. I was finally woken up by a phone call from my boss seeing if I was okay. I'd gone to bed at midnight, and slept until 1:29pm. Even factoring in a half hour to fall asleep, that is a long time. I've always been someone who needs an alarm to wake up on time, but this felt more like a wake up call. Both my parents have sleep apnea and it's been proven to run in families. I'm only 27 but according my research that doesn't really matter. I'm overweight, but I don't smoke or sleep on my back. I sleep alone so I don't know if I snore. I didn't used to, but who knows? I've been tired since middle school. I've never been a morning person. If I could take a nap every day I would. I always assumed this was depression and anxiety related, but what it's the other way around? So, I'm tentatively diagnosing myself with sleep apnea. I have a doctor's appointment next week. It's an annual pap smear but I'm definitely going to be asking about this as well. I'd like to get a sleep study but I don't know if my insurance will cover it (I have the cheapest healthcare.gov plan). Does anyone else have experience with sleep apnea? Tips and tricks?

Hi, I’m Sysydo Evergreen, Lady of the brook, master underpants collector specialized in hesitation ;-), Scout recruit. So... before I convince myself again that I’m not ready to come out of the Nerd closet, here goes my introduction: Very long story short, for the past 10 years I have struggled with many health problems : chronic fatigue, muscular soreness, neck pain, depression, etc. Incapacitating symptoms vage enough that we couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was wrong. All this made it difficult to exercice, eat well and generally be in shape. I also gained weight. After seeing all kinds of specialists, having lots of tests, we found that a big part of what is wrong is sleep apnea. Now I have a Mandibular Advancement appliance (site just as an example) since the begining of March and I’m already feeling so much better! Now I know I can start taking action to level up my life and have a better chance of success. Now I know it’s not just that I’m lazy. I have an actual problem and I am treating it. I stumbled on Nerd Fitness in April and since then I have been reading a lot, and I have also started taking action. A few body weight sessions here, trying to run there (this is so hard for me, but I know I’ll like it... eventually). At the moment I am preparing for the challenge begining in June. Trying to quantify my goals. It will go something like this : 3-4x per week run (Hills, fartlek and long run) - I want to eventualy run 5K without stopping 2x per week bodyweight (probably basic workout) - To help with my runnning Eating - more “real food Pace myself - Don’t try to do too much too soon Online classes (coursera) - Life improvement I’m looking forward to getting to know you all. I'll hang out in the Scouts' forum