Does anyone feel oxygen depleted in the mornings?

I wake and it feels as if there is no oxygen in my body at all - after an hour of breathing deeply I feel more oxygenated - does this make sense? Thanks.

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I've had some breathing problems of late though its more like when you swallow the wrong way and gasp for breath...this has been happening during sleep and I am having a sleep study in the next couple of weeks...not sure if its the same as you though it does take me a while to recover when it happens.

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Hi mumof5 I'll be interested to know how your sleep study goes. Good luck with this.

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I can understand what you're saying Reflections, it always takes me about one hour to function. I can't even communicate without a cuppa and a sit down, I feel like I am running out of steam and my day hasn't even started. Slowly I start to come to, then I feel reasonable and ready for breakfast and then my shower etc. I usually wake up with a headache so this hour clears my head too.

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My swallowing is more of a problem than my breathing, after two cups of tea I can usually swallow normally again. When I first get up every day my throat feels too tight to swallow, it's a real effort. It seems to "loosen" up with a couple of cuppas thank goodness!

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Hi LibertyZ, thanks for your reply, sounds just like me - takes a 3 to 4 hours block after a cup of coffee to get dressed, have breakfast etc., all in slow motion, after the hour or so worth of deeper breathing - when I wake up with a headache this can go on for days. I don't have a problem with my swallowing thank goodness.