Outstanding advice. I snored and had no knowledge whatsoever that I actually suffered from sleep apnea. With sleep apnea, I was stopping breathing over 600 times per night (unknowingly) and my oxygen level would drop to 60% (90+% is normal) and my pulse would race to 120 beats per minute all unknown to me. My body would jerk, once again unknown to me, as the organs starved from oxygen. Untreated, sleep apnea can lead directly to strokes and heart attacks in your sleep. I now sleep with a CPAP machine that adjusts automatically to keep my airway from being blocked by my tongue (obstructive sleep apnea) and I sleep quietly and soundly and receive the proper amount of oxygen and my heart rate remains normal. I cannot stress strongly enough that you should ask your doctor to have a sleep test (very simple) to make sure you don't suffer from sleep apnea. It can save your life. Common suffers are people that are overweight and those that it may be genetic (my case). My father, his father and his four brothers all had strokes. No one in my family understood why until I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I am not overweight. I'm 5'11" and weigh 172 pounds. I urge you to be checked out. You won't be sorry.