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by corvidlover
Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:49 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Nightmares
Replies: 15
Views: 2692

Re: Nightmares

Hi, Jenny - just want to let you know you're not alone with nightmares. I've had them most of my life thanks to childhood trauma. Therapy and antidepressant medication have helped immensely, and I still dream vividly but I rarely wake up screaming any longer. I think since I started cpap last fall, ...
by corvidlover
Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:22 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?
Replies: 8
Views: 654

Re: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?

Thanks for the input, Pugsy. I didn't make any changes last night, and looking at the Oscar data (which I've been reading about and trying to learn to interpret) the only difference I see is that my pressure actually decreased toward morning - that graph looks very different from the days before. I ...
by corvidlover
Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?
Replies: 8
Views: 654

Re: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?

Wow - I've been on an SSRI of some sort for 25 years due to generalized anxiety disorder and multiple severe depressive episodes, and not one dr has ever mentioned that it could affect sleep. :roll: Called my sleep dr's office and got an appointment for next week, will discuss this with her then. In...
by corvidlover
Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?
Replies: 8
Views: 654

Re: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?

Hi, Pugsy - I have not tried the regular auto mode, I will give that a try tonight. Will hold off on changing anything else so I can figure out if something works. As far as meds, I take levothyroxine, which I take for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an SSRI, metoprolol for a tachycardia condition I develo...
by corvidlover
Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?
Replies: 8
Views: 654

CorvidLover's Therapy Thread, or, why can't I go to sleep and stay asleep?

Hey, all - I've been reading here a long time, and have finally decided to come out of the shadows and ask for help. Sorry this is so long! I started cpap therapy initially in January 2018 after a home sleep study. After just a couple of weeks, I suffered a neck injury that required surgery and a ve...