Maybe a crazy question but tired eyes

[Finnc]

I have been on cpap for about three weeks. The first week was a joke, I woke up every morning with it off. Second week was better. This week has been much better and while I feel rested mentally and physically my eyes are heavy all the time and hurt. I honestly don't remember this feeling from before but I felt horrible everywhere so I don't know that I would have noticed this. I have pretty thick skin so feel free to tell me if I am crazy and it's not related. I just can't think of anything else that would make my eyes so heavy and tired feeling.

[BlackSpinner]

Is there air blowing in your eyes? Yes even from nasal pillows you can get air in your eyes, plus it can come from inside - your nose has a passage for tears to flow from the eyes to the nasal passages, it is not supposed to be a two way street but it is for some. You would need to see an ophthalmologist to have it dealt with.

Secondly - for some people after your mind adjusts to this therapy and accepts it, you will sleep deeper and want/crave more sleep as you body repairs years of damage.

[Finnc]

I have thought air was blowing in my eyes but while awake I don't feel it. I do love the sleep I am getting now though so I may just be craving it more of it as well.

[kaiasgram]

I'm one of the "two-way street" people. PAP therapy causes some pressure behind my eyes which I feel when I'm using the machine, and my eyes feel a little more sore during the day than before I started on the machine. I also look more puffy around the eyes when I first get up in the morning than I did before PAP. Others have mentioned the puffy eyes on the forum.

So no, you're not crazy.

[Goofproof]

While not a requirement, "Thick Skin" can be useful even here, sometimes so is body armor too. Welcome, you might try a sleep mask, I know, another thing to get moved around, as a test. Jim

[chunkyfrog]

Maybe it's your sinuses, --more likely unrelated to cpap, but still possible.
Check with your doctor on a possible sinus infection.
It is a common source of" heavy eyes".

[BlackSpinner]

I have thought air was blowing in my eyes but while awake I don't feel it. I do love the sleep I am getting now though so I may just be craving it more of it as well.

I didn't either until one day when I had a migraine and a wet cloth on my eyes. When I lifted it I could feel a distinct coldness happening on certain areas of the wet.