I thought perimenopause and middle age were making me exhausted. After years of searching for answers, I learned I had severe sleep apnea.

The author found out she has severe sleep apnea after a sleep study. Courtesy of Alesandra Dubin I've been exhausted almost constantly for years, even though I regularly get eight hours of sleep. I thought it was perimenopause, and tried various hormone treatments to solve the issue. I was shocked when my doctor told me I had severe sleep apnea after a sleep study. "You have severe sleep apnea," the doctor told me in his office while peering into his computer screen at my data. I definitely…