Brain lesions, anxiety, and untreated sleep apnea

[Sam888]

I have read that right temporal lobe dysfunction can create problems like loss of concentration, memory loss, and other issues.

What about a link between anxiety and untreated sleep apnea? What if  a person hypo or hyperventilates while using xPAP for is somehow doing this because of the brain lesion?  Would it not stand to reason that the temporal lobe dysfunction may be somehow involved?

[Sam888]

Thanks Connie for replying....that's why I posted my question because it is complicated.  I am not getting any answers one way or another from physicians. The only link they have is depression and anxiety but they have not done studies on anxiety or untreated sleep apnea.

You may wish to search Complex Sleep Apnea or Central Apnea. These two occur in the brain but also can result from the CPAP pressure.  When CPAP pressure is not the reason for the central apnea then the brain tells the lungs to stop breathing.  With Complex Sleep Apnea people on CPAP do not get any better with treatment.  

[Connie 1]

those are pretty complicated questions, you should ask your doctor about it.  from what i know of CPAP it just keeps the airways open by putting pressure against them, and it doesn't do anything to your brain.  The fact that you breathe faster or slower while using CPAP doesn't imply that you have something in your brain, not to say that you don't have something wrong, but your symptoms aren't suggesting it...