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Snoring examined to treat anxiety, depression

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posted Thursday, 30 November 2006
CPAP machine in use
Photo: RESMED

Many people suffer from symptoms of depression and anxiety. Now doctors are treating those symptoms by examining a person's snoring.

In the case of Ashley Keenan, her snoring tipped off a sleep expert that she was having a hard time breathing while she was asleep, NBC 4 reported.

Experts call it obstructive sleep apnea. It occurs when a person stops breathing several times a night and, as a result, they never fall into a deep sleep, NBC 4 reported.

"The quality of (Ashley's) sleep was compromised because she wasn't breathing a good part of the time," said sleep expert Dr. Judith Owens.

So instead of the antidepressants and stimulants a psychologist had prescribed for her, sleep experts came up with something else: a CPAP [Continuous Positive Airway Pressure] machine.



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1. Bob Cuddy left...
Friday, 1 December 2006 3:29 pm

I suffer with bipolar depression. My snoring was a problem for the spouse. My wife would often wake me to stop snoring. We found an unexpected solution that has stopped my snoring: The SquidFace and ComfyRest pillows. The snoring relief was an unexpected benefit of an invention I patented for being able to lie facedown comfortably and breathe without turning my head to the side. Snoring relief and many additional pain relief benefits are on my website. www.SquidFace.com