OT: Sleep Apnea

[Ashra]

If anyone here uses a CPAP machine for sleep Apnea, I'd like to hear your story, especially how long it took you to feel better, waking feeling refreshed.

 

[Mokum]

If anyone here uses a CPAP machine for sleep Apnea, I'd like to hear your story, especially how long it took you to feel better, waking feeling refreshed.

Have you tried cannibis? You need to make sure it is indica( sedative) not sativa( stimulating). You can use oil if you don't want to smoke it, but ingest it a couple hours before bed, you will sleep like a baby. Soon to be legal in CT so you don't need to worry about it. Mother nature is a great source of medicines. In the 19th century a large portion of medicines were cannibis based. Big pharma does not want you to be able to have medicine that you can grow in your yard, they want you to buy their pills. So don't be swayed by their propaganda. If you google Rick Simpson, he has an instructional video on making the oil yourself, it's easy and inexpensive. It works.

 

[David 76]

Was diagnosed with it then undiagnosed after tonsils were removed. In between I had a hard time getting used to the cpap and the benefit was extremely mild
Others felt it was like a light was turned on in their world but not me.
My experience was over ten years ago so. I am sure things changed. Good luck!

PS Mokum you realize a cpap is not a drug? Not even the kind you like.

 

[hoopsknowitall]

Have been using the machine for probably seven years now and still haven’t gotten used to it. Doctor told me it’s one of the worst cases of sleep apnea he’s seen and I have both kinds. Wake up usually in the middle of the night and it’s tough to get back to sleep again.

That being said on those occasions I don’t use the machine I usually wake up with a bad headache so I think the benefits of using the machine are worth it. First month or two getting used to the machine suck but hang in there.

Still waiting to realize my lifetime dream of having sex while using the machine....

 

[temery]

Still waiting to realize my lifetime dream of having sex while using the machine....

That'll take something stronger than pot, and an attachment that I don't believe has been invented.

 

[UConnSwag11]

First comment swings for the fences

 

[Chin Diesel]

Got diagnosed and got a machine about 3 1/2 years ago.

While doing the tests at clinic they used the small tubes that blow air in to nostrils. It felt weird and I didn't feel like a slept better than my baseline night at clinic but the printout was decisive. I had longer periods of good sleep and the disruptions weren't as severe.

I got a facemask for home use and first two nights were like a miracle. I could believe how fresh I felt in the morning. It was like a fog being lifted.

Problem was if I ever woke up in middle of night for any reason I couldn't go back to the machine. It's been collecting dust for over 2 years now.

I now take a 3-5 mg melatonin pill a few nights a week. Works great but I need to give myself a full 8 hours or else I feel very groggy in the morning.

 

[CTMike]

I spent a lot of nights in my 20s snoring or waking up gasping for air feeling like my heart was going to leap out of my chest. But it was “normal” to me. Finally got a sleep study done and I found out I stop breathing nearly 80 times an hour... not good.

It took me about a month to get used to the CPAP... you have to stick with it. The first night I wanted to throw the stupid thing out the window, it’s the most unnatural thing in the world. I only had it on a few minutes and said enough. But I kept at it, minutes grew to hours, and eventually I was sleeping through the night.

It’s unbelievable the difference in quality of sleep with it now. It’s been about 7 years with it... the occasions I’ve tried to sleep without it, the difference is huge. It’s not exactly natural... but I can’t sleep without it.

Definitely get a sleep study done if anyone isn’t sure about it.

 

[Dove]

So @Ashra ...why not just stick to your usual BY handle? I just can't believe someone Googled sleep apnea forums and came to this joint.

 

[temery]

So @Ashra ...why not just stick to your usual BY handle? I just can't believe someone Googled sleep apnea forums and came to this joint.

The username is several years old. As far as first posts go, this one is above average. If I start seeing cpap ads, it's a homerun.

 

[JMick]

The username is several years old. As far as first posts go, this one is above average. If I start seeing cpap ads, it's a homerun.

well that was fast

 

[Whtdmd]

If anyone here uses a CPAP machine for sleep Apnea, I'd like to hear your story, especially how long it took you to feel better, waking feeling refreshed.

You should feel better immediately. Don't listen to the BS about Marijuana here . It does not work for OSA or the insomnia a/w the OSA. We have medications like Provigil that takes away the daytime fatigue symptoms if u r compliant with the CPAP. If you sleep apnea is mild/moderate- go see a sleep dentistry and have a oral device place. IF this still does not work, go see a sleep specialist for another titration

 

[temery]

You should feel better immediately. Don't listen to the BS about Marijuana here . It does not work for OSA or the insomnia a/w the OSA. We have medications like Provigil that takes away the daytime fatigue symptoms if u r compliant with the CPAP. If you sleep apnea is mild/moderate- go see a sleep dentistry and have a oral device place. IF this still does not work, go see a sleep specialist for another titration

From experience, it does help with insomnia, and it helps while getting used to the CPAP machine. But pot alone won't help with the apnea directly. And the worst thing to use for sleep if you have sleep apnea is alcohol.

 

[August_West]

I spent a lot of nights in my 20s snoring or waking up gasping for air feeling like my heart was going to leap out of my chest. But it was “normal” to me. Finally got a sleep study done and I found out I stop breathing nearly 80 times an hour... not good.

It took me about a month to get used to the CPAP... you have to stick with it. The first night I wanted to throw the stupid thing out the window, it’s the most unnatural thing in the world. I only had it on a few minutes and said enough. But I kept at it, minutes grew to hours, and eventually I was sleeping through the night.

It’s unbelievable the difference in quality of sleep with it now. It’s been about 7 years with it... the occasions I’ve tried to sleep without it, the difference is huge. It’s not exactly natural... but I can’t sleep without it.

Definitely get a sleep study done if anyone isn’t sure about it.

On an average night of 8 hours sleep.......


........ How many Migs do you shoot down?

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Try different masks. Once you get used to it, the benefits will be great....for a little while. You will feel like a new person that first week. The benefit wanes a bit, but it will still be better than sleeping without. Another key: you must get 8 hours of sleep for full benefit. Good luck with that.

 

[Whtdmd]

From experience, it does help with insomnia, and it helps while getting used to the CPAP machine. But pot alone won't help with the apnea directly. And the worst thing to use for sleep if you have sleep apnea is alcohol.

true, alcohol worsens OSA and snoring. POT is a great drug but just not for OSA. There is a reason that Opiod deaths went down significantly in Colorado once pot was legalized

 

[Deepster]

Pot helps get to sleep, but doesn't help with the oxygen deprivation and stress to the heart caused by apnea.

With that said, indica edibles is the best option for anyone with sleep apnea. Three ways to make edibles:

1). Get a magical butter maker, and make butter or infused olive oil.

2). Buy bubble bags to make hash, or filter out Kief to be used for edibles.

3). Add the buds to everclear and stick it in the freezer to make a tincture. Shake it every day (the bottle).

Regardless of which method is used, the buds needs to be decarboxylized at 240 degrees for 40 minutes (there's THCA in buds. This needs to be converted to the active for of THC by smoking, or sticking it in the oven).

Source: Insomniac recently off chemo, with an advanced degree in chemistry, who grew up in the 60's. Better living through chemistry ain't just a movie.

Magical butter maker = crock pot. Works like a charm.

 

[TheRogers]

Felt better the first night I used the CPAP. Don’t delay.

 

[cohenzone]

I dislike the machine. I supposedly have extreme apnea. I go through streaks of using it, then getting lazy about it. I don’t notice a big difference with how I feel in the morning. If I wake during the night with the mask I can usually fall asleep again. My wife is not happy when I don’t use it because she thinks she’ll find me dead in the morning. I tell her that’s a possibility one way or the other. We travel a fair amount and I usually don’t bring it with me, although airport security protocols supposedly aren’t a problem. So I always have trip insurance that has decent body transport back home in case I don’t wake up in some far away place. And I feel guilty as I type.

I have one of those electronic mask cleaners. I asked the technician how you know if it’s actually cleaning. She said if you don’t get a lot of sinus infections it is working.

 

[temery]

So I always have trip insurance that has decent body transport back home in case I don’t wake up in some far away place.

There's trip insurance that covers body bag transport?

 

[cohenzone]

There's trip insurance that covers body bag transport?

Yup.

 

[temery]

well that was fast

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I'm wondering if I can bring my cpap machine when I go on a cruise, or maybe Disneyland.

 

[SouthBayHusky]

Got diagnosed and got a machine about 3 1/2 years ago.

While doing the tests at clinic they used the small tubes that blow air in to nostrils. It felt weird and I didn't feel like a slept better than my baseline night at clinic but the printout was decisive. I had longer periods of good sleep and the disruptions weren't as severe.

I got a facemask for home use and first two nights were like a miracle. I could believe how fresh I felt in the morning. It was like a fog being lifted.

Problem was if I ever woke up in middle of night for any reason I couldn't go back to the machine. It's been collecting dust for over 2 years now.

I now take a 3-5 mg melatonin pill a few nights a week. Works great but I need to give myself a full 8 hours or else I feel very groggy in the morning.

Are you saying it work for the first two nights, but you’re no longer using the machine at all now ? Or, use the machine but if you do wake up, you scrap it for the rest of the night? Like OP, I just got diagnosed with severe apnea. Been waiting for machine for four weeks now. Wondering what kind of relief I should expect. Right now, I wake up approximately 8 to 10 times a night with my apnea, then that triggers me to go to the bathroom, which I really don’t need to do, but mentally I can’t go back to sleep unless I do, and then I wind up getting no sleep. Hopefully the machine helps, but now I’m worried based on everyone’s comments

 

[Whtdmd]

I'm wondering if I can bring my cpap machine when I go on a cruise, or maybe Disneyland.

If the company follows US laws. U can bring your CPAP machine with no issues

 

[JMick]

I'm wondering if I can bring my cpap machine when I go on a cruise, or maybe Disneyland.

there are supposed to be mouth guards that are good for traveling or people that can't sleep with the machine.