Post Polio Syndrome

I have PPS and I find it very helpful to use my BiPap machine during day naps. This rests my breathing muscles and gives me a little more energy to finish my day
Rodc

That's very good, Rod.
Actually, everyone should use their CPAP (APAP, BIPAP) when they take a nap, even if their breathing muscles are intact.

O.

by "nap" do you mean when actually asleep in the aft.
or do you think we should use cpap when just lying down and resting with eyes closed for a while?
if the latter, why's that?

araminta wrote:by "nap" do you mean when actually asleep in the aft.
or do you think we should use cpap when just lying down and resting with eyes closed for a while?
if the latter, why's that?

The latter too.
* Because you may fall asleep.
* My airway starts closing when I lie down and relax, and I get jolted out of any rest I may gain.
O.

ozij wrote:

araminta wrote:by "nap" do you mean when actually asleep in the aft.
or do you think we should use cpap when just lying down and resting with eyes closed for a while?
if the latter, why's that?

The latter too.
* Because you may fall asleep.
* My airway starts closing when I lie down and relax, and I get jolted out of any rest I may gain.
O.

When I say nap I mean laying down and resting if I fall asleep I usually try not to sleep for more than twenty minutes,anything longer than twenty minutes makes me groggy. I learned this from an adaptive therapy class.
Frist time I trued this I really didn't rest because I was too busy watching the clock But now I can sleep for around twenty minutes.
rodc