How often do you think about your SA or equipment each day?

mountainlvr · Post by **mountainlvr** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:15 pm

I'm just curious. Ever since I was diagnosed with this it has kind of consumed my thoughts most days. Now, I'm a SAHM, so I might have a lot more time to dwell on it than others, but even still I find myself thinking either about all this equipment, the apnea itself, the insurance, the next steps, the "is it or isn't it working", all the confusing results and numbers, etc... many times every day. I visit this website more than any others, and the whole subject has changed my way of life.

So I'm curious how many others find themselves thinking about all this all the time now that they have been diagnosed and are on treatment.

You know what they say about men and how often they think about sex, well, I think for me (and I'm a woman) this tops even that obsession!!

ChipsXJ · Post by **ChipsXJ** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:19 pm

I have been thinking alot about it.............almost as much as you.

But since I am now going to stop 'worrying' about the little leaks.............I think I will 'think' about it alot less.

I like to hang out here on the boards all day when I have the time................not sure if that will change.

sleeplessinaz · Post by **sleeplessinaz** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:19 pm

Hello--SAHM --I think about it a couple of times a day. But then I work in an office 8 hours a day. Some of these people that I work with--i swear have sleep apnea but are in denial!! LOL!
Carrie

Catnap · Post by **Catnap** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:40 pm

Good question! I don't really think about it constantly, but it does come to mind several times throughout the day. For example, when I'm washing my face in the morning and "admiring" the bags under my eyes, I wonder how much the air pressure might be contributing to them. If my nose is irritated, I try to remember that I'll want to put some ointment on it before I go to bed and I ponder increasing the humidity on my machine. Mostly, it will come to mind when I'm in the middle of some chore or activity, and I think about how grateful I am to have regained the energy to do things!

mountainlvr · Post by **mountainlvr** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:41 pm

Some of these people that I work with--i swear have sleep apnea but are in denial!! LOL!

You know, I spend a lot of time thinking about how many times I have been misdiagnosed with all sorts of crazy things over the years (because of my complaining about the heavy duty fatigue), especially depression. And I see all these people I know being treated for stuff they feel like their doctors are guessing at, things I've had symptoms of in the past, and I feel like telling them all to go GET A SLEEP STUDY DONE!!! If I had been correctly diagnosed 20 years ago there's no telling how different my life would be today, or what I might have accomplished. Or all the money I would have saved and time, and pain with all the invasive tests and reactions to drugs I should have never been on.............

Ugh. Anyhow, just wanted say AMEN to that, sista!!!!!!

tattooyu · Post by **tattooyu** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:46 pm

Okay, take the amount digits after the decimal point in the number π...

ladyjay · Post by **ladyjay** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:12 pm

i think about it everyday! first thing in the morning taking off my mask, disconnecting tubes from my humidfier, and washing the nasal pillow. anytime i feel tired, which is three or four times a day (started cpap therapy last year). then again at night reconnecting my equipment. i don't think i dream about it though!

oh... and a lot more now that i've found this board.

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:21 pm

I would have to say that I don't think about it very often unless I am over tired because as long as I am sleeping its working for me. I admit that I am not an obsessive person (except with food). Once the new wore off for me I don't think about it all the time unless I have a mask problem etc.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:26 pm

For me it has become similar to brushing my teeth... I just do it and don't give much thought to it.

Pineapple · Post by **Pineapple** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:48 pm

JimW203 wrote:The irony of CPAP...spending so many waking hours thinking about sleeping.

Jim Wingo

Mountian,

I don't want to trivialize what your feeling, as a long time undiagnosed sufferer, I really understand what your saying. When they called me with the results of my first sleep study, the nurse told me as soon as they saw my "symptom" questionaire, they knew I had sleep apnea. It was so obvious to them, why didn't any one else figure this out?

I'm guessing your fairly new to this, let me tell you that the fixation will get better as your therapy takes hold and you feel better. Of course, then you have a bad night and you spend the better part of the day wondering where your therapy went wrong

N6CRV · Post by **N6CRV** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:42 pm

Hello, I think about my "equipment" every time I see a good looking lady. Now if it would only get used as much as it is thought about
Don

AmyE · Post by **AmyE** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:50 pm

I am thinking about it a lot, but then I've only had 2 nights on the machine! I went back today to get a small pillow for my mask because somehow I didn't make it home with a small. The XS was too small, the Medium was too big. (I feel like Goldilocks, lol!)

I'm hoping that as I work through all of the little details and problems, that I will think about it less throughout the day. It does seem to add more to my morning and nightly routines, however...
Amy

wasColette · Post by **wasColette** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:02 pm

I'm pretty new to all this (2 months) so I do think about it a lot. I come check out the forum off and on all day while at work. Matters really how busy I am. I think it's natural to think about it a lot when you are first diagnosed. It's a big deal. It's a big change in my life. But I'm sure as time goes on I won't think about it quite as often.

roster · Post by **roster** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:09 pm

Once I got my therapy optimized and started the healing process, the thoughts of CPAP running around in my brain fell way off.

Immediately after I was diagnosed, the days were either a thousand CPAPs running around in my brain or one CPAP on a motorbike.

What happens too often now is looking at and talking to others and thinking they have several symptoms of sleep apnea. There seems to be dozens just in my circle of contacts.

I have already encouraged 24 to see sleep doctors in the three years since I was diagnosed. 22 are now using CPAP and the other two are just putzing around letting their health decline.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:10 pm

mountainlvr wrote:I'm just curious. Ever since I was diagnosed with this it has kind of consumed my thoughts most days. Now, I'm a SAHM, so I might have a lot more time to dwell on it than others, but even still I find myself thinking either about all this equipment, the apnea itself, the insurance, the next steps, the "is it or isn't it working", all the confusing results and numbers, etc... many times every day. I visit this website more than any others, and the whole subject has changed my way of life.

So I'm curious how many others find themselves thinking about all this all the time now that they have been diagnosed and are on treatment.

You know what they say about men and how often they think about sex, well, I think for me (and I'm a woman) this tops even that obsession!!

Actually, many of us on the forum think about YOUR therapy all the time...... (sorry, couldn't resist)

Consequently, it's hard NOT to think about it in some manner. Sometimes it's articles in the news about somebody falling asleep at the wheel of a vehicle, maybe a co-worker commenting on how tired they are, other news stories linking other illnesses to sleep apnea, etc., etc., etc.

As far as my OWN therapy.......not so much anymore. I just try to get ENOUGH sleep because the "numbers" have been good for a long time, so I know it's working.

Den

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