On or Off when getting up to use bathroom?

Getting up in the middle of the night is not always due to OSA or HBP. I've been around for 50 years and rarely in that looooong time period have I slept eight hours without getting up once to go to the bathroom (even as a teenager). And, of course, you can have HBP without OSA. My first sleep study about 13 years ago showed I didn't have OSA. It wasn't until a subsequent test about two years ago that showed I do.

I definitely got up to go more often after I "knew" I had OSA but was untreated. But even now I still get up once a night and my AHI is always under 2, most times under 1.

The sleep doc I heard speak tonight at an A.W.A.K.E meeting had two interesting comments on the nighttime urination thing: Normally, when we're asleep our brain tells the kidneys to slow down production and concentrate the urine, therefore producing less during our sleep. If we don't get in a deep enough sleep because of OSA, the brain doesn't do that and we produce more urine than normal during the night, which causes us to have to get up. The other thing was that the deeper sleep we're in, the more urine it takes to signal the brain that we need to "wake up and go." In a light phase of sleep that we stay in more often with OSA, a smaller amount of urine is needed to wake us up. Interesting.

Oh, and I turn my off when I get up.

i got to where i was going 2-4 times a night, now since starting therapy, i have only gotten up once, 1 night.

wongnog wrote:

ww wrote:The respironics will not even start a new sleep cycle unless you have it turned off for 60 minutes. Just hit the off button, remove the hose from the mask, go, attach hose to mask and turn machine back on. Don't even have to dislodge your mask!

What about the Resmed S8 series?

Resmed S8 series also will record the whole night's use. In the report, it will show the time spent for each mask "session" and even gives the clock time when you turn it off to go potty and then turn it back on again.

[quote="Gerald"]Don.....

Why are you using your machine just a little more than 4-hours a night? Why aren't you using your system for the whole night?

Hello Gerald, I have been getting to where I can keep it on for about 6 hours a night. It is that I have to get 4 hours a night for Ins. to be happy. When I first started the mask was making a nice sore on my nose. About all I could take was 4 hours then I needed to get some sleep. I have gone to a different mask and the sore is betting better. I'm not a real sound sleeper as I would wake up and have my Oxygen tubing around my neck. Guess that is a nice part about the Cpap the hose is to big and short to get caught in. Now my Oxygen just gets hooked up to the machine so I get everything at once.
All have a good one!
Don

Don.....

Ahh....now I understand!

You're chipping away at the problem.....a little bit at a time.

Well, you've come to the right place.....this forum has bunches of nice people willing to help......paying back for the help they received.

Please keep us advised on how you're doing......and please keep on asking questions. We'll do all we can to help you.

Gerald