Crazy Free Spirit Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just got my CPAP machine today a Little nervous on using it for the first time tonight and excited too to finally get my Breathing under control and being able to sleep less at night eventually until my body adjusts to the machine and maybe after a week or two I wont be sleeping as long right now I sleep 12 to 15 hours would like to cut it down to 9 to 10 hours sleep or less instead of waking up at 11 or 12 noon I would like to wake up at 9 am every Morning and be rested and not feeling hung over or doped up my meds will do that Abilify5mg I take at night makes me sleepy and I gained a lot of weight on it but I will work on my weight after I getting my Breathing fixed where I can breathe more freely first things first then I am moving on to my next goal and that's losing a lot of weight 50 pounds at most give or take maybe more but start out small weight loss then lose it gradually slow so I can keep it off forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 That's great news! I am happy for you. I just want you to be aware of one thing though ... for the first week or so, you might wake up feeling more tired than you usually do. That is normal. It happens as your body is reclaiming the sleep debt. Your body would like to sleep and sleep and sleep to pay off that sleep debt. But after a week or so, you will feel less tired in the morning and even energized. You won't feel as oxygen deprived when you wake up, and you might find that treating the apnea will make losing weight easier. Overall, you are going to be a lot more healthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Jim Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I got an APAP machine awhile back. It's a fancy CPAP that somehow adapts to your breathing patterns, or something. I'm a shitty sleeper, and the mask keeps me awake even though I was on Ambien and clonazepam. Pdoc put me on Belsomra instead of Ambien, and that's been better. I don't get 8 hours, though. 7 if I'm lucky. The current test is melatonin 5 mg gummies 2 hours before bedtime, then clonazepam .5 at bedtime, and Belsomra 20 the first time I wake up, which is usually midnight to 1. (Typical old guy bladder issues.) So far so good. Belsomra is expensive. It was only possible for me because Medicare covers it. The APAP has eliminated apnea and brought my blood oxygen back up where it belongs. If I can lick the insomnia I'll be a happy guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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