Life with sleep apnea can be challenging. You might drift off while behind the wheel, you could have trouble focusing at work, and your spouse will become increasingly irritated from listening to your loud snoring night after night. But as bothersome as these symptoms can be under normal circumstances, there are several risk factors that could make them even worse. Read on to learn about 6 behaviors and health issues that could be making your nights even more restless.

Between your constant exhaustion during the day, your loud snoring at night (as your irritated spouse can attest to), and your frequent insomnia, you’re starting to believe you might have sleep apnea. Your first thought might be to look for some medication to help you sleep more soundly – but that’s probably a bad idea. Sleeping pills have their uses, but as you’ll soon learn, there’s a very good chance that they’ll just make sleep apnea worse.

Has your partner been complaining about the noise you make at night? Snoring is a very common problem that affects about 90 million Americans, but don’t make the mistake of assuming it’s just an annoyance. While snoring is sometimes relatively harmless, in other cases it’s a sign of severe sleep disorder. How can you tell the difference, and what can you do about it?

For adults, it’s recommended that you get anywhere from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. However, most people receive less than this, clinically qualifying them as “sleep-deprived.” When you routinely aren’t getting enough sleep during the week, you probably think you can make up for it by sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately, it turns out that your lost hours of rest can’t actually be made up binge-sleeping-in on the weekends. Read on to learn how your rest deprivation could be a sign of a more serious condition like sleep apnea.

Summer is the season to get outside and get moving, whether it’s an exciting game of baseball, a refreshing swim in the pool, or just an invigorating jog around the block. After a big workout, though, it’s important that you give yourself a chance to recover so that you get the full benefits of the activity without hurting yourself. Fortunately, there’s a simple, straightforward way to do this: catch some z’s! Here’s why a good night’s rest – free of disorders like sleep apnea – can be the perfect follow-up to intensive exercise.

A busy month at work paired with your worsening sleep apnea symptoms has caused you to drink more coffee than usual to be able to get through your day. You feel like no matter what you do, you won’t be able to get the quality of sleep that you need to feel fully functioning again. Read on to learn how your diet may be affecting your quality of rest.

Welcome! At EZ Sleep Solutions, we’re so glad to share our first blog with the Mangum community. But be sure to check back in, as we’ll be writing new blogs each month to share important information about the impact of sleep apnea, signs and symptoms, and treatment. We know that getting adequate, high-quality sleep lowers the risk of many diseases and helps our patients live their best life, so we provide simple and effective treatment options for sleep apnea in Mangum. Keep reading to learn more about sleep apnea and the services we provide. We look forward to helping the people in our community sleep better for many years to come!