Funtioning Alcoholic.....

[freetimecreations]

You ask if CPAP therapy will help you with your vices, I believe it will because with proper CPAP therapy you will wake up rested and have a better day even if it is an alcohol induced sleep. With time you may find that you don't need to drink or vape as much because your day is going a lot better without the Sleep Apnea symptoms such as, headaches, irritability, sleepiness.

[TedVPAP]

Based on your spelling in the title, maybe you are not "funtioning" (sic) that well.

[Okie bipap]

I've been thinking about this too. in the usaf i had a boss that i worked with at 2 different bases. we were also neighbors and drinking buddies. off duty he was always drunk and always had a beer. one drink of my 151 rum put him out like a light. the thing is, he was always ok at work. i could never figure it out until a friend told me i had never seen him sober. i have a name for it now: functioning alcoholic. take the beer out of his hand and he appeared the same every hour of the day, intoxicated. when guys hit reverse tolerance like that a beer gets them as drunk as a whole case. after they dry out, one beer makes them as drunk as they ever were. Father dano, if you're not there yet, or if you are, please get help.

During the 60s and 70s, the military made a lot of alcoholics. Once you became eligible to join the club, you were encouraged to join and support the club system. Failure to do could, and often did, result in a lower rating on your annual evaluation. They finally began to realize that alcohol was creating too many problems and they finally quit encouraging so much drinking. When I retired from the Air Force in 1983, I was still a member of the club, but used it only for check cashing and occasional dining.

[chunkyfrog]

The bullfrog had quit smoking before joining the Air Force,
but the "smoke em if you got them" (or no break at all)
pushed him back on the cigarettes--for several years.
Thank you, USAF!

[greatunclebill]

During the 60s and 70s, the military made a lot of alcoholics. Once you became eligible to join the club, you were encouraged to join and support the club system. Failure to do could, and often did, result in a lower rating on your annual evaluation. They finally began to realize that alcohol was creating too many problems and they finally quit encouraging so much drinking. When I retired from the Air Force in 1983, I was still a member of the club, but used it only for check cashing and occasional dining.

I wasn't a club person. I only showed up for things that i absolutely had to go to. One time when i was an E-7 the hospital administrator got right up in my face about buying a ticket to the hospital christmas party, so i bought a ticket. but then i didn't go and as luck would have it, i won the big door prize, so everybody knew i wasn't there. Don't know what i missed out on, don't care. LOL..... I retired in '90.

[nawchem]

During my brief foray into terrible insomnia I tried having 1 shot and doing yoga before bed. It never helped but it make me dehydrated. The cpap kind of naturally dries out your mouth (causes cavities) you can use a moisturizing mouth rinse, or just drink more water.

[Goofproof]

During my brief foray into terrible insomnia I tried having 1 shot and doing yoga before bed. It never helped but it make me dehydrated. The cpap kind of naturally dries out your mouth (causes cavities) you can use a moisturizing mouth rinse, or just drink more water.

A couple of Hershey Kissed, get the juices flowing, lasts 3 hours if you don't mouthbreath. Ice water too.

[nawchem]

goofproof I'm a naive woman. Are you having me on? I googled hershey kissed nothing came up. Did you mean kisses? (I salivate at chocolate thoughts).

[Sheriff Buford]

goofproof I'm a naive woman. Are you having me on? I googled hershey kissed nothing came up. Did you mean kisses? (I salivate at chocolate thoughts).

Ma'am: you gotta watch out for Goof!.....

Sheriff

[ChicagoGranny]

goofproof I'm a naive woman. Are you having me on? I googled hershey kissed nothing came up. Did you mean kisses? (I salivate at chocolate thoughts).

Goofproof is a drive-by typo.

[fatherdano]

wow.....

thanks for all advice.

saw my ENT yesterday as a follow up to my deviated septum surgery last May. Explained to him my issues on waking up gasping with touches of anxiety causing me to stay awake the remainder of the night(worst when congested from cold, allergies etc). He prescribed prednisone and a nasal spray and a home sleep study.

Is the home sleep study as effective as the in-clinic?

Also curious if there are any runners here? I've run about a dozen 1/2 marathons and 3 full marathons over the past ten years(plantar fasciitis issues have hindered me for about a year and a half) hence the wait gain. and if so how has the cpap made a difference for you?

and nice catch on my spelling lol......

[greatunclebill]

goofproof I'm a naive woman. Are you having me on? I googled hershey kissed nothing came up. Did you mean kisses? (I salivate at chocolate thoughts).

Oh, no. The spelling police are in the building. What is, "are you having me on", anyways?

[Goofproof]

goofproof I'm a naive woman. Are you having me on? I googled hershey kissed nothing came up. Did you mean kisses? (I salivate at chocolate thoughts).

If you can't figure out what I mean, don't bother, you probably can't figure out how to get the foil off. Jim

[Arlene1963]

Also curious if there are any runners here? I've run about a dozen 1/2 marathons and 3 full marathons over the past ten years(plantar fasciitis issues have hindered me for about a year and a half) hence the wait gain. and if so how has the cpap made a difference for you?

I'm not a marathon runner, or even half marathon runner, but do run "recreationally" ... usually 5km a day, except this winter which has been brutal and the treadmill just doesn't compare with being out on the road.

Anyway, to answer your question, for me using CPAP made a big difference to my fitness level. Oddly enough I thought I was fit prior to using CPAP but had no idea the strain the apnea was putting on my cardiovascular system. Within a few weeks of using CPAP all night, every night, I noticed an improvement in my endurance levels (able to exercise for much longer and just not feel tired) and performance, running quite a bit faster than before CPAP.

My resting heart rate improved a lot and my pulse rate comes down much faster after vigorous exercise. My weight is fairly stable.

[ChicagoGranny]

Is the home sleep study as effective as the in-clinic?

Here is the deal with the home sleep study. If it says you have sleep apnea, then you have it. If it says you don't have sleep apnea, you might still have it and would need an in-lab study to diagnose it. In other words, false positives are uncommon, false negatives happen occasionally. But, my guess is your case is so obvious that it will show up clearly on a home test.

He prescribed prednisone and a nasal spray and a home sleep study.

Hmmm. What't the prednisone for? Are you aware that a common side effect of prednisone is gawd awful insomnia?

Also curious if there are any runners here? I've run about a dozen 1/2 marathons and 3 full marathons over the past ten years(plantar fasciitis issues have hindered me for about a year and a half) hence the wait gain. and if so how has the cpap made a difference for you?

I should put Gramps on here. It made all the difference in the world for him - endurance levels and speed. He wonders why he didn't drop dead from a heart attack before starting to use CPAP.