How much sleep do you get?

Mr.NoSleep · Post by **Mr.NoSleep** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:58 pm

I know this varies from person to person but using a CPAP machine how much sleep (on average) do you get in at night? I get about 6 during the week and 7 1/2 on weekends.

snoregirl · Post by **snoregirl** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:05 pm

I tend to wake up after 7 - 8 hours if I don't have an alarm set. My biggest problem is during the week I rarely can get that much due to teenagers in the house and very early high school schedule.

Recently on weekends I seem to sleep 5 hours, then am concious that I woke up (although no longer make that trip to the bathroom) and I go out for another hours.

tooly125 · Post by **tooly125** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:28 pm

Weekdays I get 5 to 6 hours a night.
The only time I can seem to stay asleep past 6 hours is if I go out and have a few(hic).
Otherwise I find it hard to sleep more than 6 hours a night.
Pre-cpap I used to be able to sleep all day!

rvguy · Post by **rvguy** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:49 pm

6 hours a night, like clockwork thanks to my adorable 2 and 4 year old little girls!

Paul

yardbird · Post by **yardbird** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:06 pm

My dog is 12 years old and probably not long for this world. I stay up late to get her outside one more time and then I get up with her in the morning about 5:30 or 6. So I maybe get 6 to 6 and half a night. Weekends included.

Bookbear · Post by **Bookbear** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:09 pm

I average between 8.5 and 8.75 most nights.... Monday's I get 7.5 (long story)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:17 pm

7-8 Hours a night. Sometimes 6.5 but I feel it when less than 7!

jrfoster · Post by **jrfoster** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:58 pm

I am enjoying 8 to 9 hours of CPAP sleep a night with the exception of 1 or 2 bathroom trips!

Jeff

IBTeri · Post by **IBTeri** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:21 pm

4 to 5 hours if I'm lucky. I figure average around 3. This is with out drugs of any kind. With drugs closer to the 5 hour mark.

ColoradoDreamer · Post by **ColoradoDreamer** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:09 pm

6.5 hrs during the week and 7.5+ on weekends. I get to sleep much quicker and am sleeping longer with CPAP. I am finding that I am not dwelling on the events of the day with the mask on my face at bed time. Just contemplating on air leaks, air pressure and the rhythm of the machine.

lvwildcat · Post by **lvwildcat** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:16 pm

I average 6-6.5 hours a night. I'm with Tooly on this one;preCPAP I could and would sleep 16 hours/day(when off from work) and was still exhausted all of the time

OwlCreekObserver · Post by **OwlCreekObserver** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:45 am

I average six hours or so, with the occasional four hour night, like this one. I tried my old ComfortFull 2 again and spent most of the night trying to stop the leaks. Finally gave up about 0245. No point in my wife having to suffer through all of that, so decided the humane thing would be to get up and let her get some sleep.

Even so, with the likely exception of today, I'm not nearly as sleepy during the day as I was pre-CPAP.

OCO

bdp522 · Post by **bdp522** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:05 am

6 hours when I have to work, 7-8 when I don't. Just had a night when I slept 9.5 hours with out waking even once for anything!

Brenda

cpapjack · Post by **cpapjack** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:13 am

I average about 7 hrs. during the week and between 7-9 on the weekends.

Offerocker · Post by **Offerocker** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:13 am

lvwildcat wrote:I average 6-6.5 hours a night. I'm with Tooly on this one;preCPAP I could and would sleep 16 hours/day(when off from work) and was still exhausted all of the time

That also was my experience.

I get 6 hours sleep during week, and more on weekends.
Although I wake up refreshed, there are times I feel like taking a nap, but will only do that on the weekends, if schedule permits.

I also have a bad habit of staying up all night once in awhile. Could be the ADD, don't know - just don't want to 'give up the night', especially when I'm busy, and 'on a roll', so to speak. Sometimes the next day goes well until around 2-3 p.m., then if not keeping busy, may take a nap for 3-4 hours. I usually say I'm not going to do that again (stay up), but still do! I seem to get more accomplished 'during the night'...no interruptions, etc. Yes, it does play havoc with my recording on smart card - need to 'block out' those nights in order to get better results on paper.

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