ADD and CPAP

[snamvar]

Did you ever have Attention Deficit Disorder? How much did it improve with CPAP treatment?

I am a computer programmer and I seem to have lost the concentration and clarity for the past 20 years
I just wonder if others have been in a similar situation and found CPAP to be the answer.
Cheers
P.S. I am now on CPAP and at it everynight whit some good results. How better does it get?

[Jolene]

I read an artical that said that excercise helped to prevent attension deficit disorder. Maybe a daily walk followed by a good nights sleep with your CPAP is the answer. Jolene.

[Grashppr36]

I have Adult ADD and Sleep Apnea. The thing I find is that I get so distracted at bed time next thing I know it's 4 am! So I have to make a real effort to get some activity during the day (a walk, etc) and to try and train myself to get to bed at a regular time.

It's slowly getting better. I think a person's improvement level is individual. By better I mean that I am having longer periods of concentration.

I do have bouts of insomnia as well. My system is so out of whack that I have heard it can take a long time for the body to readjust.

Hang in there!

[Janelle]

Sleep Deprivation can cause ADD. And CPAP can improve or mostly cure it. Of course, if you've had ADD since you were a kid like I have, it probably won't make much difference in that case.