........ Another thing you might want to log is your SpO2. I did some research a while ago and decided that CMS-50e was ......... Are you able to sleep with that model securely on your fingertip? http://www.clinicalguard.com/images/UserFiles/products/CMS_50E/cms50e_01.jpg Yes, no problem. I just se...

peajay: First, yeah, get to see doctors and do their sleep tests, because they've got experience and expensive equipment. However, that said, having experienced similar symptoms to yours I sure wouldn't put something as important as this exclusively in the hands of others. I too got data on my breat...

I suspect my body was trying to avoid or at least postpone sleeping because it was uncomfortable, even though I could not remember it. Falling asleep before midnight was impossible. Once I fell asleep I could sleep for a long time though. Like being drunk, what a great description of it! Yeah, it d...

I do however have some hope for those things you put in your mouth to keep your jaw and/or tongue in place. If my problem is simply that my jaw or tongue falls back, that should fix it. Or, if the blockage is in my nose, nasal irrigation and maybe some medicine might fix it. I do have a stuffed nos...

Thanks, and yeah, I'm not worried. But I am curious about what the problem is and I want to understand it better so I can handle it in a good way, and hopefully find an alternative to the CPAP . We can all hope for an alternative that is not surgically invasive with a proven track record of taking ...

I haven't started with the cpap yet, going for my titration study next week but I know what you mean about not being sleepy in the daytime. That is why I fought the idea of having apnea so long. I don't feel tired. I don't fall asleep while driving or at work. But I also don't sleep at night. It ta...

Well, I wonder if you've tried to nap during the day since beginning Cpap? You say you do feel sleepy now (and who wouldn't on 5 hrs sleep!) so why not take advantage of whatever time you might have - even half an hour - and do it, instead of forcing yourself to stay awake? The only thing is, you m...

My current theory is that without CPAP I don't get enough REM sleep, and that lack of REM sleep makes me tired, lack of non-REM sleep makes me sleepy. Without CPAP I sleep for a long time to try to get enough REM sleep, but it's still not enough. With CPAP I catch up on REM sleep quickly, but since...

rosiefrosie wrote:I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea.

OK, thanks! That helps.

I have had some of the symptoms you are talking about. I could never fall asleep during the day and had problems sleeping during the night. I never slept very long before cpap and this has not changed for me, but the quality of sleep is better. I can not imagine falling asleep while driving as this...

...Apnea sufferers seem to say that they would often remember their dreams before they started using CPAP, but that they stop remembering them when they are on CPAP... Not the ones I know! Just the opposite...brain is just too wired keeping ya alive every night to allow entry into REM sleep, reason...

Hi, I'm a new user, both to cpaptalk and to CPAP in general. I have been reading others experiences the normal symptoms, and my symptoms are quite different. I'm hoping someone can explain why. First of all, CPAP works for me. Really well, Really really well. From the first night. I'm sure some peop...