S3 E6 – What’s Central Sleep Apnea – This Segment Filmed During A Real Panic Attack

What’s “Central Sleep Apnea”? Its a disorder I was born with and requires a breathing [cpap] machine while I sleep. Basically when I sleep, my brain stops telling my lungs to breathe. I wake up choking, heart pounding and if it goes long enough, I’ll have a panic attack from my air cut off. One night this happened, so I decided to film during an episode. It’s treatable, but even with the proper machine, there a occasional episodes that occur. It’s that 1% that slips thru kinda thing…