A Poll -- How compliant are you?

[RandyJ]

I never nap, intentionally. I have fallen asleep on the sofa a few times from 20 mins to 2 hours, without cpap. But I've never slept in my bed for even 5 minutes without it...

[Beckah54]

I voted 85% because there wasn't an option for 95%. I have missed a few nights due to power outages or not being able to go to sleep at all. I do wear it every night when I go to bed and keep it on all night.

[JoeP]

I am over 85, but not 100. I have missed a few nights when camping and I dont drag it out to the hammock for an afternoon siesta.

But, my CPAP usage is not life and death, at least not yet, I am on it for excessive snoring, fragmented sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness. While not an official diagnosis I think i am more UARS than OSA. I scored very few apnea-hypopnea events and had no O2 desaturation so I am a bit more inclined to skip a night here or there. I barely made the cutoff to be diagnosed for the CPAP to be covered by insurance.

[J-Mac]

I have been virtually 100% compliant for 13 years now. "Virtually" because I have fallen asleep in an easy chair without a machine - actually I do that a couple times a week. Also, I read somewhere that you can/should back off when you have a sinus infection. Unfortunately I have chronic sinusitis, so on two occasions I have purposely slept without my mask on for one week on one occasion, and almost two weeks the other time. To be honest, it didn't help at all and I feel lousy when I don’t use the machine, so I use it all the time now, sinuses be ****ed!

Jim

[Goofproof]

I never nap, intentionally. I have fallen asleep on the sofa a few times from 20 mins to 2 hours, without cpap. But I've never slept in my bed for even 5 minutes without it...

Likewise! Only miss while watching TV, and then slightly reclined in a recliner. Jim

The result of a big meal and heavy shot of insulin.

[Rogue]

I'd be between 65% & 75% compliant. Or maybe a little less.

I get to use my cpap most weekdays. But on weekends I tend not to get to use it since I end up sleeping in another room. Also, when I take a nap durnig lunch at work I dont have my cpap with me.

[Sgt_Pepper]

i was curious about this .. my perception was that I was like a good fastball - mid 90s. I don't take the moral high ground here .. I just sleep better with it. According to my machine - if I read it correctly, I just barely cracked 90%. (Personally I think my CPAP is in cahoots with my bathroom scale - they both lie.). I went for a re-titration a few weeks ago and my doc asked me about my compliance. I kicked a toe in the ground and stared down sheepishly and told him my machine said about 90%. He and his PA both thought that was wonderful compliance. i thought I was in for a lecture.

The only times I don't use it are when I have a bad cold .. and occasionally post intimacy I'll forget to put the mask on. So what do you high 90s and 100% peopel do when you have a cold or allergies? Do you have a full face mask? My insurance company allows me a new mask every 3 months and I thought about making a full face mask my next one for those times of serious congestion.

Oh .. and I don't wear it when I nap ... mostly because it's not in my car while I'm driving (jk).

[notyorz]

i was curious about this .. my perception was that I was like a good fastball - mid 90s. I don't take the moral high ground here .. I just sleep better with it. According to my machine - if I read it correctly, I just barely cracked 90%. (Personally I think my CPAP is in cahoots with my bathroom scale - they both lie.). I went for a re-titration a few weeks ago and my doc asked me about my compliance. I kicked a toe in the ground and stared down sheepishly and told him my machine said about 90%. He and his PA both thought that was wonderful compliance. i thought I was in for a lecture.

The only times I don't use it are when I have a bad cold .. and occasionally post intimacy I'll forget to put the mask on. So what do you high 90s and 100% peopel do when you have a cold or allergies? Do you have a full face mask? My insurance company allows me a new mask every 3 months and I thought about making a full face mask my next one for those times of serious congestion.

Oh .. and I don't wear it when I nap ... mostly because it's not in my car while I'm driving (jk).

...and here I was at work, thinking I was going to get through the whole day without having to clean my monitor - LOL! Oh well, at least I only sprayed a small bit of water. Bravo! The second one was funny as all get out...

I use a hybrid FFM as my main mask, so I don't necessarily have a separate mask for congestive days. I've got 2 backup FFM's in case I get a bad cold or the hybrid bugs my nose. (well, there's actually a few more reasons I have backup masks, but those are the top two reasons)

[BlackSpinner]

The only times I don't use it are when I have a bad cold .. and occasionally post intimacy I'll forget to put the mask on. So what do you high 90s and 100% peopel do when you have a cold or allergies? Do you have a full face mask?

I have a quatro for those days. It actually feels a lot better to use the cpap machine with the humidity cranked up when you have a cold, it works better then any OTC meds to clear up your nose. The only reason I use the quatro at that time is that I can't stand anything touching my nose when I have a cold.

[Tino2You]

I lied...was really 97%. Been on the machine 62 days, two days was less than 4 hours. The first time was day 2 (woke with the mask on my ear, took it off and went back to sleep). The other time was this past Friday when because of work, I was up working till 3 am and had to get back up at 6:30am. Funny thing, I was tired on Saturday, not exhausted or beat, just tired. Also I did not nap and stayed up till my normal bedtime. Finally, according to SleepyHead, my average nights sleep is 8.21 hours.

Another win for CPAP!
-tino

[Feline]

I've been on CPAP since early March, and have missed 2 nights. Regretted it both times. I will nap for a while without masking, but will usually wake up shortly, either because I am snoring or because my husband is waking me up because I am snoring . My doctor seems to be pleased with my "compliance", however, and since he's the one who signed the order for the insurance, that works for me.

[sol]

100% compliant and do nap with PAP on rare occasions otherwise early to bed, early to rise.......

[Sheriff Buford]

I'll still nap occasionally in the recliner without the mask, but now if I am up for a deep nap, I'll mask up.

Sheriff

[napstress]

How compliant are you?

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[napstress]

My numbers on Encore say around 95%, but it's probably closer to 90%. So I voted for 85%.

I use it every night, except for periods of a week—give or take a few days—for colds, camping, hurricanes, etc. Haven't gotten the battery thing figured out, and since I, too, don't have desats because I have UARS/RERA and not apnea, I figure a week won't kill me. I feel no difference in sleepiness being on or off the machine. The only thing is that I have to adapt to the machine/mask again after a break, which is always difficult. For this reason, I avoid skipping nights. I get really annoyed when I know I'm getting a cold or the power goes out.

Sometimes I just don't sleep 4 hours during the night. I see that not as lack of compliance but more as lack of ability. I do the best I can, and don't penalize myself for it.

But I do take off points for the occasional night when I think I'm going to be awake for a while in the middle of the night but then fall asleep again right away without my mask on. While I am grateful that the interruption in sleep was brief, I am annoyed that my statistics will be skewed.