Is it normal to be REALLY irritable when you first start CPAP? I've been on CPAP for almost a week now, and I find myself much more crabby than usual. I feel like I'm not able to cope with things as well as I usually do. Today was a really tough day at work and I found that I was either very angry or on the verge of crying for most of the day. Every little thing at work seems to stress me out now. Hopefully things don't stay this way for too long.
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Anyone taking time off work to get better? Leave of absence
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I was just diagnosed with SA and just responded to another forum (Ailments). I too was "asked" to take time off from work. I am grateful that I was able to do this, but being a high school math teacher, this has not been an easy thing emotionally. It initially made me feel very ineffective as a teacher and made the depression, anxiety, and blood pressure even worse. I have been off for the past 5 weeks, and will continue leave until next fall. I am no longer "angry" about being "asked" to take time off, as I know that I will do a better job next fall, because I will be healthier. I have been fighting health problems for my entire teaching career and I am so excited about next year can bring.
Let it go...take care of yourself! You are worth it
Let it go...take care of yourself! You are worth it
OSA Related Leave of Absence / Disability
Sleep is a major life function.
Anyone with a disability that disturbs that major life function is protected by the American Disabilities Act and their employer must legally accommodate for that disability as long as the employee is performing at the level required of similar positions in the company. If you need that protection USE IT so you can get well under the care of a good GP who can be your advocate with your employer while maintaining your privacy. If that does not work, get an attorney.
The most important thing is to GET BETTER.
I have been on CPAP for 6 months but still have a lot of mental, physical, emotional, and psychological---let me add financial---healing to do.. I am fighting my employer right now for my right to not have to raise money to pay for and travel to a 2 week conference 1500 miles away (especially when I can listen to the taped sessions here at home). My psychologist and GP both emphatically advised that I do not go in order to maintain simplicity and their scheduled care on my road to recovery. My employer HAS TO accommodate me.
Kudos to you, Crisp, for slapping the mask on one night and waking up the next day to high energy bliss and productivity. Some of us just are not that lucky. I would do anything for that scenario.
Many, MANY, of us have multiple secondary symptoms caused or aggravated by OSA. Those of us who lived for years with undiagnosed severe OSA didn't just lose a little sleep and oxygen. We endured constant life threatening SLEEP DEPRIVATION and HYPOXIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue (and their multiple symptoms), brain damage and heart damage are just of the few little scars I have from not sleeping. But those are nothing compared to the depression I face as I look at the wasteland of losses behind me. Lost dreams, lost personality, lost hope, lost relationships, and lost sanity.
Some of us have become disabled because of OSA. It isn't simple. Let's just take one of the things on my "now that I am sleeping I should be normal" list....my damn garage. It is hard to clean the garage (the one you let become hell when you couldn't even see straight for years with undiagnosed OSA) when you can't even lift your arms above your head without falling over because of pain in your shoulder joints.
I am 38 but I am disabled. I can work, but I need that protection from the ADA to do so.
Anyone with a disability that disturbs that major life function is protected by the American Disabilities Act and their employer must legally accommodate for that disability as long as the employee is performing at the level required of similar positions in the company. If you need that protection USE IT so you can get well under the care of a good GP who can be your advocate with your employer while maintaining your privacy. If that does not work, get an attorney.
The most important thing is to GET BETTER.
I have been on CPAP for 6 months but still have a lot of mental, physical, emotional, and psychological---let me add financial---healing to do.. I am fighting my employer right now for my right to not have to raise money to pay for and travel to a 2 week conference 1500 miles away (especially when I can listen to the taped sessions here at home). My psychologist and GP both emphatically advised that I do not go in order to maintain simplicity and their scheduled care on my road to recovery. My employer HAS TO accommodate me.
Kudos to you, Crisp, for slapping the mask on one night and waking up the next day to high energy bliss and productivity. Some of us just are not that lucky. I would do anything for that scenario.
Many, MANY, of us have multiple secondary symptoms caused or aggravated by OSA. Those of us who lived for years with undiagnosed severe OSA didn't just lose a little sleep and oxygen. We endured constant life threatening SLEEP DEPRIVATION and HYPOXIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue (and their multiple symptoms), brain damage and heart damage are just of the few little scars I have from not sleeping. But those are nothing compared to the depression I face as I look at the wasteland of losses behind me. Lost dreams, lost personality, lost hope, lost relationships, and lost sanity.
Some of us have become disabled because of OSA. It isn't simple. Let's just take one of the things on my "now that I am sleeping I should be normal" list....my damn garage. It is hard to clean the garage (the one you let become hell when you couldn't even see straight for years with undiagnosed OSA) when you can't even lift your arms above your head without falling over because of pain in your shoulder joints.
I am 38 but I am disabled. I can work, but I need that protection from the ADA to do so.