First Night!

Remstar Auto arrived yesterday -- first night of PAP therapy other than titration study.

It tookl me longer to fall asleep than normal, probably due to being unfamiliar with the mask. At first, I didn't have the humidifier tank flush to the base unit, so it was leaking air and very noisy. Once I got that worked out, it was very quiet.

But once I was asleep, zonkville! I feel very fortunate that I didn't have any issues with wearing the mask.

I woke up at one point and notice that the machine had indeed been bumping the pressure up, so I suppose that's a good thing.

I slept very late into the afternoon like I usually do on Sunday. The first time I got up, I felt unusually fine, but not in any way that I can clearly articulate. For some reason, I was interested in moving my fingers around. I wonder whether my extremities were being affected by my lowered oxygen saturation and whether I was noticing a difference there. I went back to sleep for a couple more hours.

I didn't notice any monumental differences between how I felt today and a typical Sunday. I felt slightly more aware of my surroundings, I guess. I didn't wander around in a haze like I sometimes do.

As a long-time caffeine user, I'm almost always aware of my level of mental acuity and level of alertness. Normally, it takes me 2 or 3 cups of coffee to feel functional. Today, however, it was like I woke up with a cup or two already down the hatch!

I started my normal "morning" routine of reading emails, reading news sites, etc. Usually, I slow down a little bit and feel fatigued after doing this for a while, but today I didn't feel much of a slowdown at all!

The next test will be to see how I am feeling as the afternoon and evening wear on. I usually have peaks and valleys of alertness through the evening.

Crunchyroll,

Interesting reading about your first night/day. Please keep us posted on how it's going for you.

You got me thinking, that this is a great idea for people. It might be a great idea for those starting their treatment, to write some sort of journal or daily account of what they are experiencing.....either with the forum or on their own. That might be an excellent way of gaging how things are going for you, to look back at what you've written. I know that my experience has had ups and downs, along with emotions, highs and lows, confusion, setbacks and successes. It might be good to look back at how things progressed, as a reminder of what worked, what didn't, how you've changed, etc. And it's a great reminder of how you first felt, before the treatment started. I found that even with my continued problems dealing with my bipap, I'm still infinitely better than I was five months ago, before all this, when I was suffering most from OSA. Sometimes I forget that.

So, I'm wishing you good things. But however it goes, feel free to let us know how it goes!

Linda

Looks like you and cpap will get along fine! That is good to hear another success story. A lot of us have felt that clarity that was missing before. It is a great feeling!

Welcome aboard!!

I originally started therapy allmost 5 years ago, I didnt last a week, but felt the difference. During the past 5 years fatigue took over, that a high stress job and sucsessful at that. People would tell me at 0800 am you look tired. I would just keep working if I slowed down I could easily of took a nap. Reason I quit was for comfort reasons, reason I restarted are fatigue and health reasons. I vow never to get off therapy, this is after being back on one day. I felt really good today, no more yawning as I drive home or napping at long red lights.