CPAP in Living Room?

HTTR · Post by **HTTR** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:35 pm

I typically stay up late(r) on weekend nights, watching movies in my living room. To probably no one's surprise, at my age (just turned 65) I often fall asleep on my couch or recliner. I then wake up around midnight or one am, then go of to bed and with my CPAP device and have a good night's rest. I just started using a CPAP device a couple of weeks ago and so far have seen great results (averaging less than 1 event per hour). So while I don't have an extra in my living room I wondering if anyone uses a CPAP device under the same circumstances? My curiosity is over the possible health benefits of using a CPAP device while in the living room, even for those couple of hours or so I've nodded off in the living room. Not only has my sleep apnea been greatly decreased, but my blood pressure overall has gone down an average of 10 points. Thanks in advance.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:16 pm

Lots of people use their Cpap in the den, living rm, even tents (with a battery) if they can't be in their bedrooms... the idea is to NOT sleep without it, so if at all practical, use one.

Janknitz · Post by **Janknitz** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:46 pm

I think it's a great idea if you can find an affordable one (check with our member, LSAT who often has used machines in excellent condition for a good price) to have one in your living room. I know if I fall asleep without my CPAP on even for a very short while, even if sitting up, I will have an apnea, and I often fall asleep when I'm sitting still watching something, although I'm far less likely to do that now since my apnea is properly treated.

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:29 pm

HTTR wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:35 pm
My curiosity is over the possible health benefits of using a CPAP device while in the living room,

CPAPs are just as effective in the living room as in the bedroom.

lazarus · Post by **lazarus** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:59 pm

No using CPAP in the bathroom, though. It's a rule.

Well, maybe not a "rule" rule, but still.

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:59 pm

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:59 pm
No using CPAP in the bathroom, though. It's a rule.

Well, maybe not a "rule" rule, but still.

'specially after YOU'VE been in there.

WOAH!!!!!

lazarus · Post by **lazarus** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:08 pm

zonker wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:59 pm

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:59 pm
No using CPAP in the bathroom, though. It's a rule.

Well, maybe not a "rule" rule, but still.
'specially after YOU'VE been in there.

WOAH!!!!!

https://youtu.be/GUfS_2UGftg

@OP: Only problem I see with the living-room-tv idea is that you'd have to wear the mask the whole time, since you never know when you might nod off.

Hopefully, after more time on PAP and your cleaning up your sleep hygiene (a real term to Google, not my forum nonsense), you won't be nodding off in the evenings, no matter how old or young you are.

Congrats on the progress and good results. May it continue!

amenite · Post by **amenite** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:50 pm

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:08 pm
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Hopefully, after more time on PAP and your cleaning up your sleep hygiene (a real term to Google, not my forum nonsense), you won't be nodding off in the evenings, no matter how old or young you are.

It didn't take long after starting with CPAP for me to stop nodding off just about altogether - no more waking up as my train was pulling in to the terminal in the morning, no more nodding off after 10 minutes of some TV show, and perhaps best of all no more falling asleep for 15 minutes sitting upright on the edge of the bed first thing in the morning (yes this is a thing that happened to me a few times, I would not have thought it possible). Definitely have a spare around once you get going, keep in the Living room even, but I am guessing you will you simply not need it for this purpose. As for having a spare in general, I had to poach my spare machine's power supply the other day due to the active one dying on me and it was good to have that at hand. Had it been the machine that died on me I'd have had that covered too. CPAP is too important to me now to be caught without a back-up.

HTTR · Post by **HTTR** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:46 am

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:29 pm

HTTR wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:35 pm
My curiosity is over the possible health benefits of using a CPAP device while in the living room,
CPAPs are just as effective in the living room as in the bedroom.

What a revelation

HTTR · Post by **HTTR** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:48 am

Julie wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:16 pm
Lots of people use their Cpap in the den, living rm, even tents (with a battery) if they can't be in their bedrooms... the idea is to NOT sleep without it, so if at all practical, use one.

Excellent response, just what I was looking for. Thank you.

HTTR · Post by **HTTR** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:52 am

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:08 pm

zonker wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:59 pm

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:59 pm
No using CPAP in the bathroom, though. It's a rule.

Well, maybe not a "rule" rule, but still.
'specially after YOU'VE been in there.

WOAH!!!!!
https://youtu.be/GUfS_2UGftg

@OP: Only problem I see with the living-room-tv idea is that you'd have to wear the mask the whole time, since you never know when you might nod off.

Hopefully, after more time on PAP and your cleaning up your sleep hygiene (a real term to Google, not my forum nonsense), you won't be nodding off in the evenings, no matter how old or young you are.

Congrats on the progress and good results. May it continue!

Before being diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and then using a CPAP device, I still slept seven or eight hours a night on average, and rarely ever nodded off during the day, as well as never feeling tired. My situation is one of staying up later on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night than the other nights of the week and falling asleep in the living room.

HTTR · Post by **HTTR** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:01 am

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:08 pm

zonker wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:59 pm

lazarus wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:59 pm
No using CPAP in the bathroom, though. It's a rule.

@OP: Only problem I see with the living-room-tv idea is that you'd have to wear the mask the whole time, since you never know when you might nod off.

Hopefully, after more time on PAP and your cleaning up your sleep hygiene (a real term to Google, not my forum nonsense), you won't be nodding off in the evenings, no matter how old or young you are.

Congrats on the progress and good results. May it continue!
My plan to address the not knowing when I may nod off in the living room is to put a second CPAP mask on while I'm still awake, after knowing I'm finished for the night (refilled dogs' water dish, food bowls, set house alarm, etc.). Also, the second CPAP device wouldn't go against my real daily score, as it will have only been used perhaps a couple of hours or so, before I go to the bedroom and put on my "official" CPAP mask and device.

Conrad · Post by **Conrad** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:22 am

HTTR wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:35 pm
I typically stay up late(r) on weekend nights, watching movies in my living room. To probably no one's surprise, at my age (just turned 65) I often fall asleep on my couch or recliner. I then wake up around midnight or one am, then go of to bed and with my CPAP device and have a good night's rest. I just started using a CPAP device a couple of weeks ago and so far have seen great results (averaging less than 1 event per hour). So while I don't have an extra in my living room I wondering if anyone uses a CPAP device under the same circumstances? My curiosity is over the possible health benefits of using a CPAP device while in the living room, even for those couple of hours or so I've nodded off in the living room. Not only has my sleep apnea been greatly decreased, but my blood pressure overall has gone down an average of 10 points. Thanks in advance.

A new TV set is WAY less expensive than and new CPAP machine. Why not put a TV in your bedroom?

HTTR · Post by **HTTR** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:28 am

Conrad wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:22 am

HTTR wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:35 pm
I typically stay up late(r) on weekend nights, watching movies in my living room. To probably no one's surprise, at my age (just turned 65) I often fall asleep on my couch or recliner. I then wake up around midnight or one am, then go of to bed and with my CPAP device and have a good night's rest. I just started using a CPAP device a couple of weeks ago and so far have seen great results (averaging less than 1 event per hour). So while I don't have an extra in my living room I wondering if anyone uses a CPAP device under the same circumstances? My curiosity is over the possible health benefits of using a CPAP device while in the living room, even for those couple of hours or so I've nodded off in the living room. Not only has my sleep apnea been greatly decreased, but my blood pressure overall has gone down an average of 10 points. Thanks in advance.

A new TV set is WAY less expensive than and new CPAP machine. Why not put a TV in your bedroom?

Because my wife is normally binge watching some Netflix series at night.

Happy wife, happy life!

Conrad · Post by **Conrad** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:37 am

HTTR wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:28 am

Conrad wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:22 am

HTTR wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:35 pm
I typically stay up late(r) on weekend nights, watching movies in my living room. To probably no one's surprise, at my age (just turned 65) I often fall asleep on my couch or recliner. I then wake up around midnight or one am, then go of to bed and with my CPAP device and have a good night's rest. I just started using a CPAP device a couple of weeks ago and so far have seen great results (averaging less than 1 event per hour). So while I don't have an extra in my living room I wondering if anyone uses a CPAP device under the same circumstances? My curiosity is over the possible health benefits of using a CPAP device while in the living room, even for those couple of hours or so I've nodded off in the living room. Not only has my sleep apnea been greatly decreased, but my blood pressure overall has gone down an average of 10 points. Thanks in advance.

A new TV set is WAY less expensive than and new CPAP machine. Why not put a TV in your bedroom?
Because my wife is normally binge watching some Netflix series at night. Happy wife, happy life!

Got room for two TVs in the bedroom? You could wear headphones for the audio.

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