How long for you to get to sleep?

Swordz · Post by **Swordz** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:59 pm

I finally got my Ultra Mirage FF, which is by far the best mask I have (out of Nasal Aire II, and 2 other nasal masks). The mask is quite a bit more comfortable, but its still taking me a while to get to sleep. I sleep with it for two hours last night (most in 2 wks), but then I take it off.

Do most people take a long time to get used to a mask? How long does it take you to get to sleep? If you got to sleep quickly before CPAP, did you still get to sleep quickly with CPAP?

Arg... I guess i'm frustrated because it takes me a while to get to sleep before and after CPAP use. To those of you that get to sleep quickly all the time, I ENVY YOU...

littlebaddow · Post by **littlebaddow** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:07 pm

Haven't voted cos the answer is it varies. Don't mean to be difficult, but I guess usually it's in the 15 to 30 minute range which isn't an option anyway

It took me several months to get used to the mask. For the first few weeks, I couldn't sleep with it, often lay awake for hours and sometimes took it off. Now, some 7 months on, I still have some nights when I just can't get comfortable and lay awake for a while, but most nights I put it on and go to sleep without too much trouble.

Stick with it, it's worth it, and many of us struggle at first.

Swordz · Post by **Swordz** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:15 pm

Yep, I apparently forgot that 15-30 min option. And it won't let me edit the poll. Oh well...

Nitro Dan · Post by **Nitro Dan** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:53 pm

5 to 15 minutes, yeah, that's pretty much it for me...

4Katie · Post by **4Katie** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:59 pm

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones - I can fall asleep anywhere, any time. I remember going to the 4th Star Wars movie with my son. It was SO LOUD I couldn't even hear myself think. I was wondering how I'd endure the loudness for two hours. And that's the last thing I remember. (Reminds me of Sally Rogers on the old Dick Van Dyke show - "You fell asleep during the Guns of Navarone?!?") That's me. I always fall asleep right away at night - always have.

Staying asleep with the mask is a different story, however.

SLEEPYCD · Post by **SLEEPYCD** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:05 pm

I started using CPAP in late May. I used to fall asleep within 15 minutes or so. Then I got my CPAP. Starting out it took a very long time to get to sleep, then I would wake up in the night several times, with my mask in my hand, or on the pillow, or on the floor. I still do this quite often, but when I keep the mask on all night, I feel really good. All your suggestions on this site have been great!!! Hopefully, it will get better for us as time goes by. I really liked the idea about using super glue and a hose tied around your neck to help keep your mask on, I laugh everytime I think about that one. HOSEHEADS ARE HILARIOUS!!!

so tired · Post by **so tired** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:38 pm

I used to take forever to fall asleep, sometimes due to RLS. I have been awake all night with that before! Now, I've been on CPAP only about a month, but I am falling asleep earlier and earlier. Part of it is due to the Mirapex I recently started for the RLS. I have not had it even ONE minute since I started the drug!! It is indeed a miracle! I still wake frequently for whatever reason, maybe the PLMD, but I do manage to keep the Breeze on all night. So.....I voted with my post CPAP info. I have a pattern of staying up very late, like even 3 am, b/c who wants to go to bed if you know you can't sleep?? This habit is so ingrained that I forget to go to bed earlier now!

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:03 am

This is a long rambling answer, but bear with me here. I do have a point... I think!

I always used to think it took me forever to fall asleep. It was not at all unusual for me to lay in bed for an hour or more before I fell asleep. That was before I had my sleep studies and mulitiple sleep latency test. Prior to these tests, I was unaware of Stage 1 sleep. Stage 1 sleep is very light, and if awakened from it, you may not realize you have been sleeping at all.

During my multiple sleep latency test, I had to lay down for a 20 minute "nap time" at four times throughout the day. I was hooked up to basically the same equipment (minus the CPAP) that I was for the sleep study. After each nap time, the sleep tech asked me if I had fallen asleep. Each time I said no, because I felt I had not. When I finally saw my test results a couple weeks ago, I was very surprised. I had a sleep onset of 1, 3, 2, and 5 minutes, respectively, for each nap period. Apparently, I had been reaching Stage 1 sleep rather quickly, but had not realized I had fallen asleep because my sleep had not progressed beyond Stage 1.

I wonder how many of us think we are having trouble falling asleep, but are just having trouble progressing out of Stage 1 sleep. It does seem like since I have started CPAP, I feel like I am falling asleep faster (deep sleep, not just Stage 1). Maybe CPAP helps make the transition from Stage 1 to the deeper stages of sleep a little easier.

Davidmcc · Post by **Davidmcc** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:38 am

I initially generally fall asleep within 15 mins of putting on the mask and on subsequent occasions (after waking for a toilet break) generally fall asleep withing 5 minutes of returning to bed.
May I suggest the next poll question should be how long we believe we sleep for without interruption. For my part I appear to sleep for two to three periods each night of 2 - 3 hours each max.

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:40 am

I'm like littlbaddow on this.
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Sleepyman · Post by **Sleepyman** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:56 pm

I have only been using cpap for 9 days, but I already notice I can not drop off the second I hit the pillow, but I can read a little each night again. which I love! I guess going from AHI of 115 to .4 makes one more rested,
Big thanks to Derek for his great software and all the post here that help me with compliance. You people are the GREATEST.

IWannaSleep · Post by **IWannaSleep** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:28 am

Before cpap I had many nights where I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep. After getting my equipment, sleep was worse than ever at first. But now that i've adjusted to the mask and have everything pretty well tweaked in, I fall asleep within minutes of putting the mask on and laying down. Even on nights when I want to watch a little television in bed, it usually doesn't happen as I'm out like a light.

The odd thing I've noticed now is that I do fall asleep qickly, which I never did in my life. And I go totally out for like 5 or 6 hours and then I wake up. I still feel tired and want to sleep more every night, but after 5 or 6 I can never get back to sleep again. If I lay there and try to sleep more, my breathing patterns must get all out of whack. I typically have very few events in that first 6 hours, but when I lay there and try to fall asleep again I notice in my data that I always register many many obstructive apneas. And of course that really screws up my AHI.

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apw5746 · Post by **apw5746** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:06 pm

How does a post thats 8 + years old get to be the #3 post on the forum. I'm the first person to comment on it since Jul 2005. Or it has the wrong date.

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:43 pm

apw5746 wrote:How does a post thats 8 + years old get to be the #3 post on the forum.

When someone votes in a poll, even if they don't comment in the thread, the thread is reactivated and goes to the top of the main page just like it would if someone makes a comment in a thread.

So someone dug up this old poll and voted. It seems that there are people who just like to vote.
It has to be a forum member doing it...can't vote unless logged in so we can't blame random fly by guests.

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