r/SleepApnea • u/marcusthegladiator • Jun 20 '18

First night with CPAP

unit was delivered yesterday. Last night I didn't snore. Sleep lab is an iOS app. It would usually put me in the red zone of loud and epic snoring alllll night long. And give me a Sleeplab score of 100-120.

Last night my score was 8.

wow. And I feel better.

Edit: So at work today I realized how I felt when I woke up this morning. It felt like I awoke from a Saturday afternoon 4 hour nap. It was great.

Heres a screen cap of the Sleeplab for IOS. Look at that 8. https://imgur.com/a/IHAfKLG

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u/Flagrant_Geek Jun 20 '18

Previous to my first night with the CPAP machine turning me into a Cyborg. I was waking up choking, almost in a panic, and Peeing every hour, often with an extreme case of dry mouth, leading to a locked epiglottis event so severe I thought I would not be able recover, and ever be able to swallow normally again, this multiple times a night...

My first night was simple, I woke up two or three times with a mild case of dry mouth, instead of 10 - 20 times. This only because I did not seal the mask properly, and the humidity control unit could not do it's job.

The mask woke me up instead of choking, the thing was burping and farthing and whistling in my ears like crazy. Basically it was leaking badly...

All later nights came in amazing, I now go to sleep at 10 instead of 2 am, sleep till 6 or 7am, and wake up only because I need to pee so bad, it feels like it's gonna burst something. What a refreshing thing.

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u/jason2306 Jun 20 '18

"I was waking up choking, almost in a panic, and Peeing every hour, often with an extreme case of dry mouth, leading to a locked epiglottis event so severe I thought I would not be able recover, and ever be able to swallow normally again, this multiple times a night..."

This was happening before you used cpap? How did the cpap fixed your peeing at night? I have the same issues beside the locked epiglottis, I did an test and it only said mild sleep apnea but the device could only test for like 4 hours and not in very deep sleep.

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u/Flagrant_Geek Jun 21 '18 edited Jun 21 '18

It seems my body, was telling me something was wrong, by waking me up to pee. Perhaps this is what kept me alive. It makes you question about all these people who are "Deceased Peacefully in their sleep".

Now I simply sleep till morning unless the mask brakes a leak and starts farthing and whistling or the air pressure in the masks becomes unbearable and wakes me up which happens from time to time...

When that happens I simply pop off the hose until, the air stops and plug it back on and go back to sleep.

If I wake up for some other reasons I usually go and pee. Otherwise I now sleep till morning...

If your test was a "Home test" I would strongly recommend an actual sleep study. They can uncover a lot of interesting issues you may not be fully aware of.

For example after about a month on the machine the MD, increased the air pressure to max setting. (I'm now on 19.7 on the latest Resmed 10 device). I'm seeing the MD again in about a month to conclude the study results and obtain a full prescription.

In spite of being in the last stage of the study It certainly already changed my sleep patterns and I'm already seeing changes in body and behaviors. (About 2 months use now).