How many members use a CPAP?

[AverageMan]

I sleep like crap - waking many times throughout the night. In the morning I feel like I've been out drinking all night - no energy, etc. My wife tells me I snore like s freight train, almost to the point of sounding like an exaggerated cartoon.

About 10 or so years ago I had a sleep study done that turned up negative for apnea. I think things may be different this time. Have a dr appt setup to discuss with my family Dr.

I don't fill the bill in that I'm not overweight - I'm actually pretty lean.

I know many folks have said it's very common to have or develop obstrucutve sleep disorder when going on TRT.

How many folks here have this issue and sleep with a CPAP?

 

[Milton]

I sleep like crap - waking many times throughout the night. In the morning I feel like I've been out drinking all night - no energy, etc. My wife tells me I snore like s freight train, almost to the point of sounding like an exaggerated cartoon.

About 10 or so years ago I had a sleep study done that turned up negative for apnea. I think things may be different this time. Have a dr appt setup to discuss with my family Dr.

I don't fill the bill in that I'm not overweight - I'm actually pretty lean.

I know many folks have said it's very common to have or develop obstrucutve sleep disorder when going on TRT.

How many folks here have this issue and sleep with a CPAP?

Hey do you sleep on your stomach or back? Im the same way, can only sleep on my stomach with my head to one side and wake up around each hour to switch to the other side.

 

[AverageMan]

Hey do you sleep on your stomach or back? Im the same way, can only sleep on my stomach with my head to one side and wake up around each hour to switch to the other side. Had alot of trauma when I was younger so am a very light sleeper by nature.

I'm a side sleeper but find that I reposition while I'm sleeping.

 

[Old Duffer]

Been a cpap guy for maybe 5 years. No apnea. Just heavy snoring. I can sleep without it but wake up feeling like you describe.

My wife sleeps much better with me plugged in!

 

[Chiefy]

I developed moderate sleep apnea shortly after going on TRT, and have been using a CPAP machine ever since. Took a little while to get used to it, but now it's no big deal at all. My wife and I both sleep like shit if I don't use it.

 

[DucBase]

I've been using a CPAP for a little over a year now. For years I would wake up all startled and full of adrenaline and didn't realize what was going on. I brought it up to my doc once and she gave me benzos and referred me to a shrink. He diagnosed me with PTSD and gave me more drugs.

I've always wondered if the apnea didn't have something to do with my low t. Chicken...egg. Could have been alll the drugs and alcohol I was using to try and knock myself out with as well I guess. I have never been fat either so I think some of us are just fucked that way.

I can manage without the machine if I can prop myself up against something where I won't roll over on my back. The CPAP is a god send though. I feel like a new person. I love that machine.

 

[Ghost124]

I've been using a CPAP for a little over a year now. For years I would wake up all startled and full of adrenaline and didn't realize what was going on. I brought it up to my doc once and she gave me benzos and referred me to a shrink. He diagnosed me with PTSD and gave me more drugs.

I've always wondered if the apnea didn't have something to do with my low t. Chicken...egg. Could have been alll the drugs and alcohol I was using to try and knock myself out with as well I guess. I have never been fat either so I think some of us are just fucked that way.

I can manage without the machine if I can prop myself up against something where I won't roll over on my back. The CPAP is a god send though. I feel like a new person. I love that machine.

what model do you recommend?


and while I have not been officially diagnosed, I have had trouble sleeping for years. I am the type that will get tired at 11. Go to bed at 11:30, and toss and turn till 3-4 till I actually fall asleep

 

[Milton]

interesting reads so far, and looks like this may be the way to go for me.

 

[carverelli]

I have one that relaxes as I breathe out. Otherwise it feels like I'm suffocating

 

[Old Duffer]

It can be a little disconcerting, especially when you 1st get set up and the sleep study has the pressure cranked way up. I could not even talk during my study because every time I opened my throat to speak the air would rush in like my lungs were inflated like balloons.

Now that my machine is tuned (by me btw) it works well. It's tough to find a mask design that works for you and mine still leaks sometimes when I roll over but it is better than the alternative.

I believe the best units are called bipap or something. No pressure during exhale.

Lastly, this thing will not help you fall asleep. It just keeps your oxygen levels up while you sleep. Falling asleep is a completely different conversation.

 

[DucBase]

I have one that relaxes as I breathe out. Otherwise it feels like I'm suffocating

Yeah. I couldn't sleep at all with the one they put on me during the sleep study. If fact I couldn't even keep it on for a few seconds it freaked me out so bad.

I use the resmed airsense10 which has the pressure relief when you exhale. I never got a chance to try any others as that's just what the doc prescribed for me. No complaints though. It's quiet and can adjust itself, so it allowed me to get out of any additional sleep studies to get the pressure dialed in.

 

[carverelli]

I use the resmed swift lt nasal pillows. It's not obtrusive at all and is fairly comfortable

 

[maurij1]

I've been on and off a cpap for almost 10 years now. When I was training to be an amatuer boxer I was getting up in the morning and running and then hitting my boxing at night. This worked great for about 2 months then I started getting sick constantly and felt really run down. Went to doctor and he had me do a sleep study. They found 2 things, one that I didn't really have sleep apnea but my oxygen levels would drop to around 81..should be 95 plus and two that i never entered rem sleep. Basically I ran my body into the ground because my sleep was shit. The cpap helped for many years but then I didn't feel like I was getting much out of it so I quit using it. What I didn't know was that i was supposed to go in every year and get the machine adjusted so it prob wasn't working properly. I now have a new machine that is adjusted properly however when I'm using it I wake up about 4-5 times a night. It also drove my wife nuts because if I was laying on my back my mouth would open and all she'd hear was air streaming out of my mouth. I've now been using the breath rite strips for the last 2 months and really like them. I don't snore with them and I seem to breath better and I don't wake up as much.

My main problem that I've had for years is I can't fall asleep, some nights takes me forever. On average I get at the most 6 hrs of sleep a night even on weekends. I've tried melatonin and other sleep aides but nothing seems to work without making my day somewhat cloudy if that makes sense? I work out no matter how tired I feel, I just modify my workouts accordingly hoping that I'll make myself tired enough to fall asleep...doesn't work! Interestingly though my Dad never sleeps more than 5 to 6 hrs a night either so I don't know if it's a hereditary thing or that's just what my body desides that I need??

 

[Lenex]

I couldnt fall asleep when i was overtraining with crossfit. I would get so pissed at night because i was tired as hell, my whole body aching but just couldnt sleep

 

[Milton]

I couldnt fall asleep when i was overtraining with crossfit. I would get so pissed at night because i was tired as hell, my whole body aching but just couldn't sleep

That totally sucks, there has to be an easier way.

 

[carverelli]

Rui kratom to relax???

 

[halfwit]

Rui kratom to relax???

Not if there's apnea. Obstructive apnea blocks air flow when you're asleep, which requires an adrenaline boost to wake you up - causing all sorts of problems as time goes on. Getting to sleep isn't the problem, it's what happens when there.

For the record, there's two types of apnea, obstructive and non-obstructive. The latter has to do with your brain "forgetting" to breathe while asleep. I have both (lucky me!), and a CPAP has been a boon for me.

A BIPAP is actually where oxygen is added to the air, not a reduction in pressure on exhalation. If a person has an oxygen saturation issue, like from COPD, a BIPAP is usually needed to keep oxygen levels up.

 

[Shovel]

I sleep like crap - waking many times throughout the night. In the morning I feel like I've been out drinking all night - no energy, etc. My wife tells me I snore like s freight train, almost to the point of sounding like an exaggerated cartoon.

About 10 or so years ago I had a sleep study done that turned up negative for apnea. I think things may be different this time. Have a dr appt setup to discuss with my family Dr.

I don't fill the bill in that I'm not overweight - I'm actually pretty lean.

I know many folks have said it's very common to have or develop obstrucutve sleep disorder when going on TRT.

How many folks here have this issue and sleep with a CPAP?

I should wear one but my wife sleeps in the other room and I kinda like it this way lol

 

[carverelli]

Not if there's apnea. Obstructive apnea blocks air flow when you're asleep, which requires an adrenaline boost to wake you up - causing all sorts of problems as time goes on. Getting to sleep isn't the problem, it's what happens when there.

For the record, there's two types of apnea, obstructive and non-obstructive. The latter has to do with your brain "forgetting" to breathe while asleep. I have both (lucky me!), and a CPAP has been a boon for me.

A BIPAP is actually where oxygen is added to the air, not a reduction in pressure on exhalation. If a person has an oxygen saturation issue, like from COPD, a BIPAP is usually needed to keep oxygen levels up.

The kratom was a response to the guy that couldn't fall asleep, thought that might help him

 

[halfwit]

The kratom was a response to the guy that couldn't fall asleep, thought that might help him

Ahhh, gotcha.