When is sleep debt paid off ?

[babon87]

Hi Everyone
I have been on CPAP machine for 9 months now , thanks for all the support I had from this website ,I dont think I would have made it on my own.
I learnt in this forum that I can survive through this process of using a machine to sleep and make it , I have used the S9 machine every night , all the time , 100% of my sleep time . Currently I find that I am sleeping more and more and more (my AHI has been below .5 every night), I think I can sleep for 12 hours straight now , Is that normal ? or I am paying off sleep debt ; or some time in future I can expect to get back to a normal sleep pattern ?
Thnx for your respone

[LSAT]

Maybe you are just tired.....your profile says..."Triathlon, Swimming, Running & BicylingGroups: "

[LinkC]

Well, it isn't ABNORMAL. If you feel better on those days you sleep that long, then it is doing you some good. I will occasionally have a day where I sleep abnormally long. But I always feel noticeably more rested.

If it took you a while to get your leaks and numbers under control, then 9 months is not unreasonable. And everyone is different. As long as your symptoms are subsiding, who cares how long it takes... congrats!!

[Sheriff Buford]

I started cpap therapy 9 months ago also. I will never forget the feeling I awoke about the third day of starting cpap. I was still struggling with getting used to the equipment and trying to sleep, but I awoke, sat up in bed and said wow!!! This is how it feels to SLEEP. I was sooo refreshed! I'll never forget that feeling! I've never felt that good (that high...) since, but I feel so much better now. I think it may take a lot longer to pay back my body. I tell young folks that do crazy things... little sleep, running around... just being young.... "your body will forgive, but not forget". I feel my body has not forgot the years of lack of good sleep. I feel every morning getting up that I have done some good and paid back that debt, but I have a way to go. It will take awhile and people are different. I look at not repaying my body for the lack of sleep, but repairing my body for the DAMAGE the lack of sleep caused. Who knows? I may never fully repair the damage, but I feel in the long run, I have probably added 2-3 years to my life span.

Sheriff