Hello, @mileshenry - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'd imagine that having your breathing essentially stop as you try and fall asleep every 6-7 years would be startling and you'd be looking for some answers. Since anxiety was determined to be the culprit, with lung infection contributing as well, I especially wanted you to meet @merpreb. Hoping she and others like @christinelouise @grandmar @smilie @trellg132 who have posted about anxiety and/or depression can let you know if this may have happened to them, and if so, if anything works for them to stop this effect.

Have the medications you have taken thus far, mileshenry, helped at all with this breathing effect?