Only Getting 5 hours of sleep, but it's good quality sleep

[BG50]

Hey everyone,

Looking for some help on this one

Background: been on my cpap (Resmed 11) for a year and a half now. Everything has been going great until a few weeks ago. I normally sleep between 6 and 7 hours and get great quality sleep. My AHI dropped from pre-therapy of 65 down to 1 and normally my mask seal is less than 5 every night.

I have been running into an issue this month where I wake up after 5 hours (5 great quality sleep hours) having to go to the bathroom. After going to the bathroom I am not able to go back to sleep. I try and try and it just doesn't happen. I have been trying to limit how many liquids (mostly water) I consume at night....but nothing is working right now

CPAP has been great to me and I fall asleep and do not snore and do not move or have to pee 5 times a night. I know that 5 hours of quality sleep is way better than how I was sleeping without a CPAP, but I wish I could get a little more.

Is there any way to try and get another hour or so of more sleep?

Thanks

[Julie]

You don't say if you're male or female, but if male, have you been checked for possible prostate issues?

[zonker]

Is there any way to try and get another hour or so of more sleep?

Thanks

try googling "sleep hygiene" which is a terrible name for it. it's a list of thing that you can try to see if it has any impact on your sleep.

it may or may not work, but i think it's worth a try.

good luck!

[BG50]

You don't say if you're male or female, but if male, have you been checked for possible prostate issues?

I'm a male

I have had it checked it before prior to my original sleep study

It's not a prostate issue......I literally drink that much water lol

[Dread]

Also check for thyroid. My doctor mentioned low thyroid or overactive can do weird ass things.