Beer and sleep apnea

I'll drink to that!
(stumbles off lilypad and splashes into pond)

Bubba1 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:45 pm

I am happy to report tonight will be my fifth night and I am on the road to success

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_(unit)

Dog Slobber wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:06 pm

Bubba1 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:45 pm

I am happy to report tonight will be my fifth night and I am on the road to success

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_(unit)

please note that op doesn't bother to say how he's doing or tell us of ahi or any facts.

just that he's on the road to success.

Tuesday nights are fifth nights!

Fifth of what?

JPB

zonker wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:01 pm

Dog Slobber wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:06 pm

Bubba1 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:45 pm

I am happy to report tonight will be my fifth night and I am on the road to success

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_(unit)

please note that op doesn't bother to say how he's doing or tell us of ahi or any facts.

just that he's on the road to success.

Thats already been posted by me in another thread.

Instead of drinking a beer or two before you go to bed, have you considered just drinking them when you wake up? You could enjoy a few and they should have no impact on your sleep later in the day. I'd stop drinking around noon, just to be sure everything is out of your system by bed time.

I served in the Army with a bunch of guys who would start their day with two beers before their feet hit the floor in the morning. I think you have more options than have been suggested so far in this thread.

Options are like opinions--everyone has one . .
Or was that something else?

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:47 am

Options are like opinions--everyone has one . .
Or was that something else?

That is excuses.....

babydinosnoreless wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:03 pm

Bubba1 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:37 pm

Well I guess I am the only one on this website that isn't perfect in every way except for having sleep apnea.

A bit scared to mention I am overweight as well.

I have lost 40 lbs and counting since starting on bipap. I was tired all the time and constantly drinking soda to stay awake.

Congrats on the weight loss! That is awesome. I am hoping that will be able to lose weight as well.

InnerGlow wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:37 pm

After you start CPAP, why don't you try nights both with and without beer and see how that impacts you and your AHI. Personally, I found nights when I drank, my AHI tended to be higher, so now I try to avoid alcohol for the most part. Your experience may be different.

This is a great idea. Experiment and see how you feel. I am sure you will feel better without the alcohol.

CPAPLuv wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:33 am

InnerGlow wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:37 pm

After you start CPAP, why don't you try nights both with and without beer and see how that impacts you and your AHI. Personally, I found nights when I drank, my AHI tended to be higher, so now I try to avoid alcohol for the most part. Your experience may be different.

This is a great idea. Experiment and see how you feel. I am sure you will feel better without the alcohol.

My AHI has ranged from 1.3 to 2.5 with a median of 1.64 events per hour. That's with drinking beer every night since the 5 days I started using my device

Reading through older post here I have experimented myself and alcohol does make ahi number a lot higher, most the time AHI is 1-2.5 and alcohol makes it go almost to 8 sometimes. I realize now before the cpap machine I use to drink a lot to help myself go to sleep at night, who would have thought at the time sleep apnea is the reason for not going to sleep, I would toss and turn trying to go to sleep. I mean beer from time to time or a glass of wine but it really is best to just stay away from it all. I've noticed after one beer it seems like it takes a couple days for the AHI numbers to come back down, kinda mind blowing how many things can happen when you are not getting proper sleep.

Bubba1 wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:49 pm

CPAPLuv wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:33 am

InnerGlow wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:37 pm

After you start CPAP, why don't you try nights both with and without beer and see how that impacts you and your AHI. Personally, I found nights when I drank, my AHI tended to be higher, so now I try to avoid alcohol for the most part. Your experience may be different.

This is a great idea. Experiment and see how you feel. I am sure you will feel better without the alcohol.

My AHI has ranged from 1.3 to 2.5 with a median of 1.64 events per hour. That's with drinking beer every night since the 5 days I started using my device

Ok, but how do you feel? It is about more than AHI. Alcohol blocks REM sleep. I suspect that you intuitively know that what you are doing is harmful and that is why you are posting here in the first place. Hell, I'm just going to put it out there. If you are drinking every night and drinking the amount that you say that you are you have a problem. If you think you don't then you are in total denial and have a bigger problem. You should really consider trying not to drink and see how you feel.

https://www.verywellmind.com/alcohol-and-sleep-66571
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... ry/548474/