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- Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any tips for insomnia?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1096
Re: Any tips for insomnia?
I also had mild sleep apnea- AHI 7, but RDI 33 consistent with UARS. Since my symptoms started as just sleep-onset insomnia, I had been through CBT-I twice, failed each time, before I realized I had a sleep disorder. Once I got on a PAP that worked for me but struggled to fall asleep with it on, I d...
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any tips for insomnia?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1096
Re: Any tips for insomnia?
I had horrible insomnia by the time I first started PAP therapy, especially with sleep-onset. Even with medication at first I was not able to adjust. I ended up doing a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) program with a therapist at a sleep clinic and it worked wonders. It still was a ...
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Waking up too early
- Replies: 4
- Views: 591
Re: Waking up too early
Miss Emerita, Thanks so much for your response! Regarding OSCAR I tried with my SD card last night and it didn't seem to upload properly, but I am a bit of technophobe so I'm going to see if one of my more computer-savvy friends can help me out. Regarding sleep habits and such, I keep a strict 8 hou...
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:59 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Waking up too early
- Replies: 4
- Views: 591
Waking up too early
Hello all. I'm a long time lurker and first time poster hoping someone can help me with this annoying and tiring issue. I'll try to make my history as short as can be: - sleep issues began with severe sleep-onset insomnia about five years ago. Assumed stress related, medications helped somewhat, fai...