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by lark
Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Re: Uncommon Issue

An update on my uncommon issue(s): It's been now more than two weeks that I"ve stopped meds. I am sleeping much better, getting 4 or 5 hours of deep sleep every night (yoo hoo). I don't feel anxious anymore after i put the mask on and before going to sleep. Hard to believe that those meds were affec...
by lark
Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:51 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Re: Uncommon Issue

I have thought about not taking the ADD meds for a while and see what type of impact it will have on my sleep. I don't drink and/or take any other caffeinated beverages or foods. Normally, just a cup of coffee in the morning and another after lunch, that's it, i don't drink soft drinks of any kind e...
by lark
Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Re: Uncommon Issue

Hello everyone, I take adderal early in the morning before going to work, usually at 6 AM. Normally i go to bed at 10 or 11 PM. I don't drink any type of caffeinated beverages at all after 2 PM. When I go to bed, I put the mask on and turn the machine on. I feel relaxed laying down on the bed but no...
by lark
Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Re: Uncommon Issue

Pugsy, I have ADD and was prescribed adderoll. i started it a long time ago, long before getting on cpap. and at first when i had just started on cpap, i was fine falling asleep and i was tkaing adderol back then also. lately, i don't fall asleep at all even after staying in my bed with the mask on ...
by lark
Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Re: Uncommon Issue

grayghost4, i put it on every night and try to go sleep with it for as long as I can. usually as i mentioned i get frustrated because as soon as i start to fall sleep i get woken while still on the mask, usually this takes about 30 to 45 minutes. then i just take the mask off and then go sleep, i ha...
by lark
Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:57 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Re: Uncommon Issue

Pugsy, right now, I can't fall asleep with the mask on no matter how long I try to do so. The pressure was fixed at 8.8 however, I turned the ERP back on but still no difference. I don't get it that why is it that I was fine for some long time (months) and then gradually, it started to slip away. I ...
by lark
Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Uncommon Issue
Replies: 28
Views: 11391

Uncommon Issue

Fellow board members, I have been using a CPAP machine for about 10 months or so. At first, it was good and I was getting somewhere around 4 to 6 hours of sleep every night according. Gradually, the number of hours decreased over time. First, I noticed that I am waking up in the middle of night and ...