An important part of relaxation and feeling good everyday is making sure that you’re getting enough sleep. However, when you’re stressed and anxious about certain things, it can make it difficult to fall asleep. This starts a cycle of not getting enough sleep and then being stressed that you haven’t gotten enough sleep and so on. Stress can impact your sleep and cause you to experience sleep apnea, making you feel fatigued and exhausted throughout the day. Dr. Jeremy McConnell at Florida Sleep Specialists in Bradenton and Sarasota, FL, can explain how stress can cause sleep apnea and affect your ability to feel fully rested throughout the day.
How Stress Affects Your Sleep
There are always things to worry about and you may be feeling stressed out by something in your personal life or something going on in the environment around you. When you’re feeling stressed, it can be difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep. Your doctor in Bradenton and Sarasota, FL, can help you deal with sleep apnea and other sleep issues caused by stress.
If you have difficulties falling asleep because your mind is constantly racing and then once you do fall asleep, you wake up feeling exhausted and groggy, that may be a sign that your stress is affecting your sleep and causing something more serious. Sleep apnea is when your breath is interrupted during your sleep, which causes your body to have a lack of oxygen throughout the night. You might be snoring as well, which is a sign of sleep apnea.
It’s important to manage your stress with healthy coping mechanisms, such as meditation or therapy. You should also talk to your sleep doctor about treating your sleep apnea. You may need a mouth guard to help adjust your jaw and help you sleep peacefully throughout the night.
Contact Your Sleep Doctor Today!
Don’t let stress ruin your sleep! Contact Dr. Jeremy McConnell at Florida Sleep Specialists in Bradenton and Sarasota, FL, to treat your sleep apnea and find out how your stress is affecting your sleep. Call for more information today at (941) 792-8383 for the office in Bradenton, FL, and (941) 827-0701 for the office in Sarasota, FL.
