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Re: Can't get through the night...

Posted by SleepyTimeGal on December 20, 2002 at 09:20:54:

In Reply to: Can't get through the night... posted by SlimSleepy on December 20, 2002 at 06:38:27:

SlimSleepy, the only answer I have is to hang in there. For me, it seemed that as I started getting more quality sleep with the CPAP, I went through many sleep/wake patterns. I've been on CPAP for 14 months and have just now reached the point where I'm settling into a regular routine of waking each morning just before the alarm and feeling sleepy and able to go to sleep at approximately the same time every night, which is 8 or 8.5 hours before my wake-up alarm is set.

Until now, despite going to bed at the same time every night and being tired, sometimes I would fall asleep quickly, sometimes not. Sometimes I would sleep pretty well all night; many times I would not and would experience being wide-awake for a couple of hours.

I did need a pressure increase as my initial pressure was set too low. I do think that for some of us, the drastic change resulting from CPAP use is difficult for our bodies, as if our brains and bodies had been oxygen-starved and sleep-deprived for so long, we have to relearn "normal" patterns and circadian rhythms.

Just my decidedly subjective opinion.

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