How many hours a night do you sleep poll

[brazospearl]

Pre-cpap I could easily sleep 12 hours at a stretch, given the opportunity, with opportunity being defined as any weekend. After sleeping 12 hours I could still nap for an hour or two in the afternoon, and I was still tired all the time. When I first started therapy, I apparently had a pretty huge sleep debt, and continued sleeping 12 hours a night on weekends for about 6 weeks. Since then, I've tapered off to 7 hours on weeknights and 8 to 9 on weekends, with no naps.

[Jaylee]

I am the 10+. Surprised I'm the only one so far....but not really, because I look around in my life and don't know anyone else that sleeps as much as me. Even after 10-13 hours, I get out of bed very reluctantly (still sleepy).

Anyone here USED to sleep 10+ hours every night, before CPAP, and it got better? Still hasn't gotten better for me yet, so we're not sure exactly what the cause is. It is extremely frustrating.

Yes, me. I used to sleep up to 12 hours a night before BiPap. Even after starting it I still slept a lot more than I do now. I had a lot of sleep debt. Now I can't sleep longer than 7.5 hours, even if I want to. It took several months to get to that point, though.

[sleepyb]

I use to wake constantly through the night so 10 hours was easy. Now (after APAP) I sleep around 8 hours but I still often need a nap. Not like before though where I couldn't stay awake through a 30 minute meeting at work.

[pdean44]

I picked 6 because I work rotating shift work 2 ea 12 hour days then 2 ea 12 hour nights. After the work rotation i get 4 days off on those days i average 7 hours plus. I nap on my lunch hour at work on the days off i dont need one normally.

[neverbetter]

If I get 7 hours, I feel fantastic....I get 6 mostly to get up early for work and feel like i could use a little nappy after lunch.

[jbn3boys]

I goofed and voted before reading the post, so I voted for both 8 and 9 hours. I have been using apap for about 3 weeks now, and am sleeping through the night much better than before. However, I'm still exhausted, and hate getting up in the morning. I often wonder just how long I would sleep if I had the opportunity to sleep in. It feels like I could sleep for days.

[snuginarug]

I am in my second month of cpap. I am not adjusting well. I usually get between 3 and 6 hours of sleep, all broken up and unsettled. It's driving me crazy. I think I have turned the corner though. Tonight's sleep will tell me if I have indeed gotten past the hurdle. *fingers crossed*

[echo]

I am the 10+. Surprised I'm the only one so far....but not really, because I look around in my life and don't know anyone else that sleeps as much as me. Even after 10-13 hours, I get out of bed very reluctantly (still sleepy).

Anyone here USED to sleep 10+ hours every night, before CPAP, and it got better? Still hasn't gotten better for me yet, so we're not sure exactly what the cause is. It is extremely frustrating.

Yes, me. I used to sleep up to 12 hours a night before BiPap. Even after starting it I still slept a lot more than I do now. I had a lot of sleep debt. Now I can't sleep longer than 7.5 hours, even if I want to. It took several months to get to that point, though.

And me too. 12 hours was not uncommon but unfortunately I would only get 5 or 6 hours due to the need to get up for work (and the DSPS). Now I'm at about 9 hours. The CPAP and the hypothyroid meds helped me equally. Not eating 4+ hours before bedtime improves my quality of sleep and reduces the amount of sleep I need. I would like to be able to sleep only 7 hours!

[NotMuffy]

6 hours (4 sleep cycles FB natural wake)(probably at astronomical dawn). PAP neither utilized nor warranted.

[Mytigodess]

Since starting CPAP about 2 hours actual sleep when using the machine (but I often wear it 4-7 hours while trying to get to sleep) and about 3 hours after I take it off when I can't stand it anymore. Before CPAP, around 6-8 hours.

As for naps, I try and stay awake no matter how sleepy I am as part of the hygenie retraining program my sleep doc told me to do. Right now I am so tired I can barely function and don't dare to get behind a wheel of a car even for short distances.

[Captain_Midnight]

6 hours is an average (actually closer to 6.25).

I need about an hour/night less sleep since beginning xpap 6 years ago, so I reclaimed at least an hour per day.<P>

No naps (well, okay, very very rarely).

I'm interested in how many folks hereabouts also need significantly less sleep since beginning xpap therapy.

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[Pugsy]

I still feel best with near 8 hours of sleep. If left alone (no dogs, cats or hungry birds) I will get nearly 8 hours but I am rarely left alone. At least now when I do get less hours of sleep I don't feel like the bus ran over me twice.
Got 6 hours last night. Ill before going to bed and ill today...so both lack of hours of sleep and feeling the vertigo stuff contributed to feeling less than stellar today.

I did notice that when I started bilevel machine that my time asleep (if left alone) did increase on average by 45 minutes when compared to long term prior data. That 45 minutes makes a huge difference to me. 7 hours and I am okay but near 8 hours and I am hugely better.

[portiemom]

I get about 6 hours a night, but do a lot of tossing and turning due to back pain, so while I feel way better and not falling down from exhaustion, I am still not feeling well rested. I am trying to zero in on my various problems and I am thankful for my treatment and help here on the site!!!

[Outaspace]

I usually sleep 8.5 to 9 hours a night but am often awakened by leaking mask which makes most embarrassing noises

[emeraude]

On APAP I get on average of 5-6 hours per night, but am trying to get 6-7 hours. On some nights when we get earth tremors, then it's much less...