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I can only recommend anybody to get checked out for sleep apnoe. Maybe not if you're under 25, slim and super-healthy. But otherwise...

You don't really notice it but it can mess up a lot of your health and it's not obvious...

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I suffered from sleep apnea even as a swimmer on a division 1 college team. If you snore or find yourself constantly sleepy, regardless of your fitness levels, you should get it checked out.

You kinda do - it's one of the most common causes of sleepyness during the day. Obstruction of airways during sleep (apnea -> transient oxygen deprivation -> stress -> short interruptions of sleep and arousal). And it's common too: >40% has some kind of sleep apnea. 20% stress, 10% restless legs, and 10% because of obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS, obesity). I bet OSAS is a lot more common than that in the US.

My point is that it is hard to make the connection between snoring and sleepiness (and a few other things) and sleep apnoe. Unless you know there is one.

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