Me too but I need to shut my eyes to see them.secret agent girl wrote: Okay, I confess! I could always see auras; I just thought attributing it to cpap would make it seem more respectable...
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Re: Noticing strange accompaniment to starting tx
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Re: Noticing strange accompaniment to starting tx
I just got off the phone with the cleaners. They now say they have LOST my aura. They do, though, say they seem to recall someone coming in a few days ago in dark glasses and a wide-brimmed hat claiming . . . Hey! Wait a minute!!
In reference to the other thread:
I had several nights when starting out when I woke up very early and couldn't get back to sleep, and a few nights when I took off the mask and ended up catching some z's without it--all of which I found very discouraging at the time. But from reading a lot of other threads from other people afterward, I see now that just happens to a lot of us, that it doesn't fall into place all at once, and that finding ways to see the progress of it and easing ourselves into the new way of sleeping WILL pay off for the majority of us.
It is easy to fall into the thought process of "oh, I think I was more successful with my sleeping without the machine/mask" which can easily lead to "I guess PAP just isn't for me." That is why maybe up to 60% end up giving up before they are over the hump of the adjustment period, before they have found a way to make it work and to get their body used to it. It can take several weeks of riding the ups and downs, and seeing the overall gradual progress, to make it work, even for those of us who respond dramatically well to the therapy--eventually.
I had to try hard to change all the thoughts about "I feel weird," "my sleep is disturbed," and "I'm not sure I like this" into thoughts of "my body is reacting to this, which is good" and "I have to give my brain time to get used to my non-fragmented sleep" and "I can't wait to get all the payoffs one day from what I'm investing now into making this work."
It seems to me from everything you've said, that you are going to be one of those people who have their lives completely changed in a lot of good ways, once your therapy gets optimized and you have acclimated to it, if you can give it a few months. I know I found that to be the case, and I went through a lot of the same things.
Hang in there, secret agent girl.
jeff
In reference to the other thread:
I had several nights when starting out when I woke up very early and couldn't get back to sleep, and a few nights when I took off the mask and ended up catching some z's without it--all of which I found very discouraging at the time. But from reading a lot of other threads from other people afterward, I see now that just happens to a lot of us, that it doesn't fall into place all at once, and that finding ways to see the progress of it and easing ourselves into the new way of sleeping WILL pay off for the majority of us.
It is easy to fall into the thought process of "oh, I think I was more successful with my sleeping without the machine/mask" which can easily lead to "I guess PAP just isn't for me." That is why maybe up to 60% end up giving up before they are over the hump of the adjustment period, before they have found a way to make it work and to get their body used to it. It can take several weeks of riding the ups and downs, and seeing the overall gradual progress, to make it work, even for those of us who respond dramatically well to the therapy--eventually.
I had to try hard to change all the thoughts about "I feel weird," "my sleep is disturbed," and "I'm not sure I like this" into thoughts of "my body is reacting to this, which is good" and "I have to give my brain time to get used to my non-fragmented sleep" and "I can't wait to get all the payoffs one day from what I'm investing now into making this work."
It seems to me from everything you've said, that you are going to be one of those people who have their lives completely changed in a lot of good ways, once your therapy gets optimized and you have acclimated to it, if you can give it a few months. I know I found that to be the case, and I went through a lot of the same things.
Hang in there, secret agent girl.
jeff
Re: Noticing strange accompaniment to starting tx
"All points bulletin.... Be on the lookout for a mysterious woman wearing dark glasses and a wide-brimmed hat. She may be in possession of two auras--one is stolen. She could be easily aggravated due to lack of restful sleep, so use caution when approaching. Speak very softly, as hearing is hyper-acute due to APAP use."jnk wrote:I just got off the phone with the cleaners. They now say they have LOST my aura. They do, though, say they seem to recall someone coming in a few days ago in dark glasses and a wide-brimmed hat claiming . . . Hey! Wait a minute!!
