When will I start sleeping longer

Since starting treatment I sleep without waking but still it is like a switch is flipped I am still waking at 6 hours whether I go down at 9 or 10 pm. I do not know if I am stuck here or if I will eventually change or I need to find a way to re-condition by body to sleep longer. I feel much better during the day much less tired.

cotech50

Some find that as they become used to to this new way of sleeping, that they do sleep longer each night. I found that 6 hours is about all I need to feel great. 6 hours of great sleep has replaced 8-10 hours of disrupted sleep. I did sleep a bit longer for a while in the beginning, but have gone back to the 6 hrs. If you allow yourself the extra hours, I think your body will settle in after a while.

Brenda

I have found if I stay in bed I will eventually drift off again but only for very short periods and after 2 or 3 of these I get up and really feel groggy so I do not try to force myself I just get up now.

Cotech, I found that I was in bed about the same amount of time afterward as before. Then once I started waking up in the am feeling great and full of energy I was crashing at night. I would start to feel sleepy around 7 or so, sometimes a little earlier or later. At one point for nearly a month I was fighting to stay awake and not go to bed before 8pm and I was still sleeping until around 5:30 am. Several months later I am doing much better and not getting so tired early on in the eventing. I do attribute it to successful treatment of OSA. First off, I was beginning to forget what it was like to be tired all the time. When I finally did get tired at night I was just doing what I had to in order to finish my stuff up and get in bed. I was enjoying my sleep now for the first time in many many years. Hey come to think about it I was only getting an hour more sleep than is recommended.

It just takes time as this is a big adjustment for your body.

Gerry