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Claradoon
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10 Dec 2007, 7:20 pm

Is there any correlation between AS and sleep apnea?



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10 Dec 2007, 7:26 pm

I don't have it, never had. Neither does/has my daughter. My son had it, but it was because there were complications during pregnancy... all 3 of us are on the spectrum.


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10 Dec 2007, 7:51 pm

The only problem I have ever had with apnea was sleeping next to someone who had it.

I've never heard of a correlation between it and AS.


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11 Dec 2007, 11:31 am

Not as far as I know. My wife (who is NT) has apnea, and I will say that when it wasn't treated, she had some pretty bad sensory issues, especially to do with crowds. It's not autism in any way, but I can understand why someone might draw the connection, especially if an autist's sensory issues got worse with apnea.


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11 Dec 2007, 1:18 pm

I have both


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11 Dec 2007, 4:00 pm

i have severe apnea during the day and during sleep... the apnea is not associated with my PDD-NOS. it is associated to a neurodegenerative disease.


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11 Dec 2007, 4:43 pm

i have somewhat apnea, i don't think ive ever got a good night sleep, if i didn't have a nocturnal lizard to bother, i dont know where i would be today lol.


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