I posted a few months back that I thought I had found a missing link between testosterone and sleep but it turns out to be a red herring and it didn't help. Will try and make this as quick and simple as possible, need some help bad!
- On Cpap for about one year, stuck to it 100%. I;m a light sleeper and my sleep has been bad ever since I started. At first, getting used to mask and noise and constant wake ups, then I slowly increased pressure to prescription over months, as I did I think pressure changes in the night wake me up. So in summary, waking up roughly every 3 hours for the last year. Pressure before my experiment see below was 10 min to 12 max. Prescription is 10
- Problem is I am now for the last few weeks getting terrible mid back pain when I have my usual wake up after 3-4 hours sleep then I can't get back to sleep. Like other posts I've been reading religiously I thought bed, position, deeper sleep on Cpap (I wish) etc. but last night I did an experiment and knocked the pressure back to 8.5 (which I haven't had it at in a few months) Result - Much reduced back pain and less gas this morning
So I am pretty sure after my experiment the mid back pain is referred pain from gas. Interestingly when I had aerophagia a few months back it was classic stomach pain, but now I don't seem to get stomach pain, just back.
Problem is my AHI went up (still good compared to a lot of you at 0.9) but I felt it, headache and more sleep disturbances.
So basically I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. If I put my pressure up, back pain and higher AHI, light sleeper so feel even worse.
I feel like IF and big IF I could get 8 hours on CPAP i would feel wonderful, but i think before the back pain any small pressure change would wake me, or when I wake up naturally during the night, I am aware of the mask and pressure then feel way more awake and remember it.
I'm pretty well read and although I don't type many posts I've read a lot and I am out of ideas. I basically need deeper long sleep without back pain but seems to be impossible.
Best Regards a totally knackered Brit, who wished Cpap worked for him
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