Re: Mid-back pain after using CPAP
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 1:28 am
I have been on a cpap machine for a week after being diagnosed with 'profoundly severe sleep apnea'. I had apnea 62 times an hour for up to 2 minutes. Since being on the cpap my whole body and mind have been reawakening, But the strangest thing is that I have been getting very tired muscles just doing daily tasks such as carrying the shopping in and loading the dishwasher. Has anyone else experienced this. I must also note that I have been taking anti-psychotics and anti-mania drugs for the last 10 years and am thinking it could have been a result of being chronically sleep deprived for so long. I saw that chronic sleep deprivation can give you more energy, how does that work!? I'm not overweight and have previously been reasonably physically compitent, but a 45 minute walk the other day nearly killed me whereas before it was easy and I used to walk at a much greater pace. Any thoughts? By the way, thank god that I changed doctors, I was complaining about sleep apnea to my old doctor for two years and he did nothing! I saw a new and younger doctor and he sent me for the sleep study, they said its the worst case they've ever seen and were surprised that I wasn't overweight and my daytime sleepiness wasn't more.