Post Polio Syndrome

[Rodc]

I have PPS and I find it very helpful to use my BiPap machine during day naps. This rests my breathing muscles and gives me a little more energy to finish my day
Rodc

[ozij]

That's very good, Rod.
Actually, everyone should use their CPAP (APAP, BIPAP) when they take a nap, even if their breathing muscles are intact.

O.

[araminta]

by "nap" do you mean when actually asleep in the aft.
or do you think we should use cpap when just lying down and resting with eyes closed for a while?
if the latter, why's that?

[ozij]

by "nap" do you mean when actually asleep in the aft.
or do you think we should use cpap when just lying down and resting with eyes closed for a while?
if the latter, why's that?

The latter too.
* Because you may fall asleep.
* My airway starts closing when I lie down and relax, and I get jolted out of any rest I may gain.
O.

[Rodc]

by "nap" do you mean when actually asleep in the aft.
or do you think we should use cpap when just lying down and resting with eyes closed for a while?
if the latter, why's that?

The latter too.
* Because you may fall asleep.
* My airway starts closing when I lie down and relax, and I get jolted out of any rest I may gain.
O.

When I say nap I mean laying down and resting if I fall asleep I usually try not to sleep for more than twenty minutes,anything longer than twenty minutes makes me groggy. I learned this from an adaptive therapy class.
Frist time I trued this I really didn't rest because I was too busy watching the clock But now I can sleep for around twenty minutes.
rodc