Posted by FoggyTired on December 11, 2006 at 09:10:53:

In Reply to: Re: CPAP Successful, But Still Tired posted by kettlebell on December 08, 2006 at 10:48:17:

Thanks for responding, Kettlebell.

Hmmm... So I wonder if my 7% Stage 3 and 0% Stage 4 is really as grim as it appears to be, or could it be, as you've said, "not that abnormal for a night in a lab"? No way to tell, I guess.

And regarding sleep debt, perhaps you're right: the accumulative sleep debt over many years of apnic sleep takes many years of CPAP sleep to recover. Sleep researcher Dement's book on sleep focuses a lot on sleep debt and "the mortgaged mind". Interestingly, though, my sleep doctor doesn't seem concerned at all with how much sleep I get -- either with or w/out CPAP. When he explains his viewpoints, he seems to always minimize the importance of quantity while emphasizing the quality of sleep. I would think both are important, but who knows to what degree. In other words, is 6 hours of CPAP sleep equivalent to 9 hours of apnic sleep?

This doctor does admit that there is much that sleep researchers don't yet know...

Thanks again,
Darren

Follow Ups:

• Re: CPAP Successful, But Still Tired kettlebell 06:05 12/12/06 (4)
  • Re: CPAP Successful, But Still Tired FoggyTired 08:42 12/12/06 (3)
    • Re: CPAP Successful, But Still Tired kettlebell 10:48 12/12/06 (2)
      • Re: CPAP Successful, But Still Tired Darth Vadar 02:14 12/13/06 (1)
        • Re: CPAP Successful, But Still Tired D.H. 06:19 12/14/06 (0)

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