Sleeping longer on weekends

I need some opinions.

I'm one month into CPAP for UARS. I am starting to feel a little bit better, but no huge change in how I feel.

Here's my question - I sleep 8 hours during the week, 9pm to 5am. On the weekend I stick pretty closely to the same bedtime, but find myself sleeping until around 7am. Am I better off sleeping 10 hours on the weekend to repay some sleep debt, or is it more detrimental to not stick to the same wake up time?

Thanks for your help!

If you mean should you use an alarm clock, I wouldn't, but I'd be more concerned about needing so much sleep - I personally think the 'debt' business is highly overrated and that after a few weeks at most you should feel better and not need to sleep more than 7-8 hrs at most (the supposedly healthiest amount). You and your doctor, etc. still need to do more tweaking or research about optimizing your sleep, though I'd also look into which hours you're sleeping - e.g. if work was not a factor, might you personally be better off either going to bed earlier, yet only needing 8 hrs, or possibly later? Everyone's clock is different.

At this point, I wouldn't worry about it. Your body is probably asking for a little more sleep, and I would give it. Give it more time. After while (more than a month), you'll establish a sleep routine.

Sheriff

I agree with the Sheriff. Your body is trying to catch up on the "sleep debt" you've accumulated over the years.
I did the same thing in my early years of therapy and now that I'm retired, I enjoy some occasional naps.
Sleep is "good" for you and your body is telling you to get more of it.


Den

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Minky wrote:Here's my question - I sleep 8 hours during the week, 9pm to 5am.

my first thought is, that unless you fall asleep instantly at 9, and don't have any arousal during the night, you're not getting 8 hours.

your not waking up until later on the weekend indicates your body wants more sleep.

can you go to bed earlier during the week? (I'm assuming you can't set your alarm clock for later)

I get into bed at around 8:40, so I'm usually asleep for 8 hours. Before starting APAP I could count on fully waking up sometime between 1am and 3am and would be awake for at least an hour, but often until it was time to get out of bed and face the day. This happened every night. APAP has pretty much stopped that. However, my flow limitations on Sleepyhead are all over the place, so that may be the issue. My pressure range is currently 4-12, but I think it needs some tweaking.

Thanks again to everyone for all of the help. I would be lost without this forum.

Minky wrote:I get into bed at around 8:40, so I'm usually asleep for 8 hours. Before starting APAP I could count on fully waking up sometime between 1am and 3am and would be awake for at least an hour, but often until it was time to get out of bed and face the day. This happened every night. APAP has pretty much stopped that. However, my flow limitations on Sleepyhead are all over the place, so that may be the issue. My pressure range is currently 4-12, but I think it needs some tweaking.

Thanks again to everyone for all of the help. I would be lost without this forum.

4 is mighty low for many people.

what're your median and 95% numbers for pressure?

If you feel like sleeping in on the weekends and your life/schedule allow it, then go for it. The sleep hygiene idea (for example, going to bed and getting up at the same time every day), while it makes perfect sense, hasn't been reliably found to have any actual effect on quality or amount of sleep.