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My nocturia is now under control. However it was not until I finally hit my sweet spot with the pressure that this occured. So in my case even though I was on cpap I was still up 2-3 times per night.

Best of luck!
Janice

Java and others,
The CPAP cut my pee trips from about 6-7 a night to about 4-5 a night--not great. Then my urologist diagnosed me with OAB (Over Active Bladder) and I tried Vesicare, Toviaz and Sanctura with no success, but have been very successful with a procedure called PTNS or Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation. In a nutshell a needle is inserted near the ankle with electronic stimulation; the nerve being stimulated eventually crosses over or near a bladder nerve and short circuits it. I'm sure I'm not explaining this in a medically correct way, BUT after 3 or 4 months I was down to 1-2 times a night. It's a painless procedure, takes about 30 minutes once a month after a step down program and has a pretty good success rate for OAB although I'm not sure it will work for other bladder problems.

Before CPAP, full awakenings would frequently lead to bathroom visit, usually once a night. With CPAP, this is rare, usually something else is what woke me up (leg cramp, loud noise, cats, etc), not the urge to go, and even then I go back to sleep much quicker. Just had a doozy of a leg cramp last night, a full blown, hop around the house (still in my mask), hunting desperately for the calcium pills, both legs cramping ouchfest. Bathroom was not first on my mind. Hope this never happens when we have houseguests, between the mask and the agitated prancing and "OW!"-ing, I might scare someone.

When I had leg cramps, (not much since cpap) they were usually in my calf muscles.
A long, gentle stretch of the offending muscle, beginning with curling toes up,
and straightening the knee joint, provided immediate relief.
(I'm not a hopper, contrary to popular belief.)

Feline wrote:BJust had a doozy of a leg cramp last night, a full blown, hop around the house (still in my mask), hunting desperately for the calcium pills, both legs cramping ouchfest. Bathroom was not first on my mind. Hope this never happens when we have houseguests, between the mask and the agitated prancing and "OW!"-ing, I might scare someone.

For a lot of people taking Potassium and Magnesium supplements eliminates leg cramps. I can't tell you how much potassium to take, that depends on your diet, exercise level and other factors. Too much potassium can do harm to you. Ask your doctor to recommend a safe level.

Alas, neither CPAP nor stretching seems to help my cramps, which I mostly get in my feet, although last night's performance was in both calves. Calcium, and in extremis, a hot shower does work. Prevention is better, which means taking the blasted calcium before bed (which I did not do), and keeping my feet warm (bed socks).

I take a big calcium horse pill twice a day.
Maybe it's helping, but that's not why I take them.

The calcium was originally mandated for me for another reason, but I had heard somewhere that it was good for leg cramps. In any case, it works for me, and we are in favor of whatever works, right?

After 110 days of APAP ... I still get up to pee 2-5 times per night ...

Can anyone answer a quick question.

Tonight is many first cpap night. I am doing titration. Do I turn off machine or leave it on to go pee.

Good question. Don't know about when doing titration, but I like to turn off the machine so that my leak rate isn't skewed.

cosmo wrote:Can anyone answer a quick question.

Tonight is many first cpap night. I am doing titration. Do I turn off machine or leave it on to go pee.

I would turn it off to go pee. Nothing to be gained by leaving the machine on, except increasing your leak line.

Ok I will be turning it off. Thanks.

I always turn off the machine for breaks. Besides, it's a handy reference (time stamp?) for later if you have a rough night, that is, when you pull up your data in Sleepyhead or Encore or whatever.

Always tired wrote:Java and others,
The CPAP cut my pee trips from about 6-7 a night to about 4-5 a night--not great. Then my urologist diagnosed me with OAB (Over Active Bladder) and I tried Vesicare, Toviaz and Sanctura with no success, but have been very successful with a procedure called PTNS or Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation.

I'm only 3 nights into CPAP and I still go pee 2-3 times during the night. I'm positive I have some underlining condition like OAB. I go pee over 10x a day easily. I booked an appt to see my doctor next week to finally get this taken care of. I've been living with it for 12 years.

The doctor already took a looksy down there during the last visit when I mentioned fatigue. I didn't mention having to go so many times. I should have.

CPAP machine has not helped much with fatigue so I'm trying to cover all bases and treat any problems I have.