Brain Drain

Flower51 · Post by **Flower51** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:37 am

After just 2 nights of effective cpap use (I won't count two others where I struggled w/the wrong size interface and just had a tough time), I noticed a subtle but definite change....I'm able to focus more during the day. I don't find myself second guessing myself on simple things....my brain is back! My memory had become so poor that I was worried about altzheimers. It is definitely improving already after just a couple of days of sleeping through the night w/out oxgyen deprivation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This makes me more confident about job searching in the not too distant future. Anybody else out there have a similar exp? Terry

MartiniLover · Post by **MartiniLover** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:23 am

We are for you.

ahujudybear · Post by **ahujudybear** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:26 am

Oh Yes Flower. Very subtle at first. Very gradual. But just a bit more clarity ("what's that stool doing over there?" sort of thing), just a bit more energy....

Like a very slow-mo climb out of a deep well!

Enjoy!!
-JB

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:21 am

After just 2 nights of effective cpap use (I won't count two others where I struggled w/the wrong size interface and just had a tough time), I noticed a subtle but definite change....I'm able to focus more during the day.

That's great, Flower!

Something you said made me think of this... a lot of people talk about having used CPAP for 3 months or a year and still not feeling better.

Then it turns out they've been taking their mask off as morning approaches - trying to get in a few hours of "more comfortable sleep". Or they've had mouth air leaks all the time - or a bad leaky mask. Or a pressure that wasn't high enough in the first place to really take care of their events.

In other words, many things can interfere with getting effective cpap use, no matter how long a person has been using it. Every piece of the equipment puzzle has to be in place before a person can really start counting how long they've been using real CPAP treatment, as opposed to just turning a machine on and struggling futilely all night. Most of the time, the struggle isn't their fault. They are really trying, but have not received the type of equipment and help they should have had when their DME set them up at the beginning.

I think you really hit the target with that concept when you wrote, "I won't count two others where I struggled w/the wrong size interface and just had a tough time."

Glad you've been able to get things on track so quickly.

Apt description of how it goes for some, Judy... the "slo-mo climb out of a deep well"!