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I have been on Cpap since July and am still gaining weight. I have cronic insomnia in addition to moderate sleep apnea. I have the apnea under control (although recently not tolerating my mask as well as I had been) but we are still trying to get the insomnia and sleep structure fixed.

So weight loss has not happened for me yet. I am still not feeling refreashed in the morning and my energy levels are still very low. I just started my third type of insommnia medicine so hopefully this will help some. I have not slept well for so long that the doctor thinks my body has forgotten how.

I had one fluke night a couple of weeks ago where I actually slept for 6 hours with only two awakenings. Normally I cannot sustain 2 hours uninterrupted and average a nights total of maybe three hours of very sporatic sleep with only a few minutes in stage three and never entering stage four sleep. Anyway after that one night I felt so great that next day that I accomplished what normally would take me a week. I think once my energy levels come back to a reasonable level maybe I will be able to sustain a exercise program athat will help with the weight.

I thank those that have posted their less that spectular results on this subject. You keep my hoe alive that over time I will regain my life and my health and may even loose a few unwanted pounds. -Magpie

I've been a chronic insomniac for many years and have been on sleeping meds for about 17 years, Ambien since it first came out. I always made it a habit to skip the Ambien for 2 nights per week to avoid the effect of always taking it.

After being on cpap for just over 3 months, for 5 out of the last 6 nights I haven't needed Ambien. I'm using a delta wave entrainment CD to put me to sleep at night and am hopeful that I will be off sleeping meds entirely very soon. I've also dropped dosage on antidepressants significantly. Next step is to really get to work on weight loss. I don't think I would have made these strides without cpap ... but it most definitely is gradual.

Mindy

before the cpap i didnt have the energy to get off of the couch. know im starting to get alot better after being on treatment for only about a month. my preasure is set at 12 and i did not have a hard time getting use to it my problem was they gave me a mask that was too small and i ended up with a wound on the bridge of my nose. went back to dr. and asked for larger mask and once i had it that made it work fine. now i dont even notice the preasure and thought the other morning when my wife woke me up that she had shut my machine off first.

looking forward to getting more exercise now that i feel like i can get up and move around.