A lot of researches have been made to know something about the relationship between sleep apnoe and mood disorders, cognitions or physical health. But whats about aggression or dysphoric mood?
There are case reports of sleep apnea causing agitation.Acute Delirium as a Manifestation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
XAVIER MUÑOZ, SERGI MARTÍ, JORDI SUMALLA, JOSEP BOSCH, and GABRIEL SAMPOL
Read More: http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm.158.4.9801005#.U2rmI17yRAw
Dear Imran
Thank you for your contribution. It seems to be interesting. Becuase till now reviews demonstrate a number of consequences of OSAS: disruption of the sleep cycle, fragmentation of the sleep cycle, sleepiness, fatigue, headaches, cognitive impairments, irritability and mood disturbance, the higher risk of accidents at work and car accidents, the decrease of the quality of life andthe higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, but not a higer outlives score of interpersonal aggression.
Gałecki P, Florkowski A, Zboralski K, Pietras T, Szemraj J, Talarowska M.
[Psychiatric and psychological complications in obstructive sleep apnea
syndrome]. Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 2011;79(1):26-31. Review. Polish. PubMed PMID:
21190150.
greetings Egon
I suffered with a severe case of sleep apnea for a few years. I found I was extremely tired and never felt rested but was never hostile or angry. There are several causes for sleep apnea such as an elongated flap in the throat which men tend to develop as they age.The cause of my sleep apnea was acid reflux disease, After working with a nutritionist I changed my diet and was cured of my sleep apnea in a very short time. Sleep apnea can cause heart attack, stroke and other adverse health disorders. I do not believe sleep apnea alone is the cause for hostile actions and mood disorders. I have discussed this issue with other sleep apnea sufferers and not one person with sleep apnea had demonstrated hostile actions or depression or aggression. The only problem was lack of sleep and feeling somewhat hazy at times. This is with people with untreated sleep apnea.
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