Still waking up early?

mrstevegross · Post by **mrstevegross** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:18 pm

Well, I'm making some progress with my CPAP. I'm sleeping from about midnight to 5:30am. This is still too little sleep altogether, but better than the pre-CPAP days of midnight to 2:30am! The mental trick--these days anyway--seems to be finding ways to get back to sleep between the 5:30am-8:30am timeslot. I'm not that great at it, unfortunately.

Any suggestions? Anybody else finding they sleep a bit better, but still awaken too early?

Thanks,
--Steve

unadog · Post by **unadog** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:26 pm

KatieW · Post by **KatieW** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:37 pm

Do you have software to see if an event or a leak woke you up? Or did you roll onto your back, which resulted in apneas?

Other suggestions: black-out curtains or sleep mask, ear plugs, some gentle stretches with mask and machine on, or just focus on inhaling and exhaling and relaxing with each exhale. Changing to a different mask, if the one you had was uncomfortable in any way. Fluffing up pillow, adding or subtracting blankets.

jdm2857 · Post by **jdm2857** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:38 pm

You might want to take a look at this recent thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53462&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=5%3A30

mrstevegross · Post by **mrstevegross** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:40 pm

unadog wrote:Relaxation tapes (actually mp3's.)

Progressive relaxation, visualization, meditation. Takes my mind off of all the aches and pains, noises, mask discomfort, etc. Along with ear plugs. Really helps a lot, also for going to bed at night!

I don't have any good ones handy. But there are free ones online in a few places. One Buddhist site, etc. Maybe others can provide links?

Good luck!
Michael

Yeah, that's what I've been trying. It's moderately successful on occasion. Tapes wouldn't work, though: too distracting. The mask is perfectly comfy though, and I'm not physically in pain.

I think part of it is that it's really difficult to convince my body to go *back* to sleep when it knows that dawn is around the corner. I'm fine at getting to sleep initially, but crummy at it later on. I need some way to trick myself into sinking back into the land of sleep

mrstevegross · Post by **mrstevegross** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:42 pm

KatieW wrote:Do you have software to see if an event or a leak woke you up? Or did you roll onto your back, which resulted in apneas?

Other suggestions: black-out curtains or sleep mask, ear plugs, some gentle stretches with mask and machine on, or just focus on inhaling and exhaling and relaxing with each exhale. Changing to a different mask, if the one you had was uncomfortable in any way. Fluffing up pillow, adding or subtracting blankets.

I haven't downloaded the software yet, but I intend to next week. When I last checked my CPAP data, my leak rate was somewhere around 0.1%, so I don't think that's it. And for the most part I'm a pretty stable side sleeper, so I don't think it's a position-induced awakening.

I've got black-out curtains, but honestly they're not so great. I should get better ones. The mask itself is comfy, and I'm pretty good at meditating and controlling my breathing.

mrstevegross · Post by **mrstevegross** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:48 pm

jdm2857 wrote:You might want to take a look at this recent thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53462&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=5%3A30

Thanks for the link!

--Steve

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