I’m 15 days into auto-CPAP and suffer from CPAP induced sleep fragmentation. I now sleep for approximately 90 to 180 minutes at a time before arousal, returning to sleep isn’t usually an issue. Full sleep arousal has never been a problem previously; my BMI is 22 so it’s not a weight issue.
Anyway last night I went for a hard fast 6 mile run. I’m certainly feeling some cardiovascular improvement from being on CPAP. But when I came to sleep, my sleep fragmentation went insane, full arousal even 20-30 minutes. I lasted three hours and then gave-up on CPAP. Result was five straight hours of sleep and those lovely morning headaches.
Of course correlation doesn’t prove causation, but could my CPAP induced sleep fragmentation be fatigue related, maybe due to breathing against the pressure of the CPAP? If so this could be good news, for it may only be a matter of time before I build sufficient stamina to sleep for longer.
Yours Freddie
Insane sleep fragmentation
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rested gal
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Freddie,
What machine do you have?
What pressure range is it set for?
What mask do you use?
Got a heated humidifier?
Do you have the main air hose hanging from the headboard or wall above your head?
For most people it does take quite some time (days, weeks, months!) to get used to this strange new way of trying to sleep. It's not exactly natural to sleep with something on your face. Getting a comfortable mask will be the biggest key to being able to sleep well with all this stuff.
Micro arousals and just plain wake-ups from equipment issues can wear you out for awhile just as surely as the apneas and hypopneas did before. On the plus side, though, you're keeping your O2 level up during sleep as long as you actually are using the machine, so it's worth getting used to even if it seems to be a major sleep disrupter for the time being.
What machine do you have?
What pressure range is it set for?
What mask do you use?
Got a heated humidifier?
Do you have the main air hose hanging from the headboard or wall above your head?
For most people it does take quite some time (days, weeks, months!) to get used to this strange new way of trying to sleep. It's not exactly natural to sleep with something on your face. Getting a comfortable mask will be the biggest key to being able to sleep well with all this stuff.
Micro arousals and just plain wake-ups from equipment issues can wear you out for awhile just as surely as the apneas and hypopneas did before. On the plus side, though, you're keeping your O2 level up during sleep as long as you actually are using the machine, so it's worth getting used to even if it seems to be a major sleep disrupter for the time being.
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