Need More Sleep After Getting CPAP

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RandySF50

Need More Sleep After Getting CPAP

Post by RandySF50 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:01 pm

I used to tell everyone that I felt worse after 8 hours than if I stayed up late and got only 4. Now that I have the CPAP the opposite is happening, and I find myself needing that full night of sleep. Has anyone else experienced this? What's up with that?
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Re: Need More Sleep After Getting CPAP

Post by tye » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:12 pm

I think it's your body getting adjusted to cpap and getting quality of sleep we were all deprived of. Catching up on lost time

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Re: Need More Sleep After Getting CPAP

Post by quietmorning » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:19 pm

I think before when you got 8 hours of sleep you got less oxygen for a longer amount of time than if you went for four hours - so you felt worse.

Now you're going for a full night with more oxygen and your body is liking it and getting the rest it needs . . . so it's BETTER to stay in bed all night than just to go for a four hour shut down.
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Re: Need More Sleep After Getting CPAP

Post by DreamStalker » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:24 pm

I agree with tye and quietmorning.

Your body will adapt to the new homeostasis and gradually your sleep requirements will adjust to about five 90-minute REM cycles per night.
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