Yay sleep apnea

Does anyone else ever wake up coughing and gasping for air? It’s incredibly scary, painful and hard on my body. When I was living in Kentucky I was monitored for sleep apnea via a sleep study but the doctor said that I ‘didn’t have enough incidents at night to be considered to have sleep apnea’ or something. I’ve had two or three upsets at night lately where I wake up suddenly like this. It’s so scary. I don’t usually have them so close together chronologically, it’s typically once in a blue moon.