Poor sleep hygiene

[Sundancer]

Hi Cpaptalk,

I have just started an account and still need to fill out my profile after being a lurker for a while. I am on a Resmed Airsense 10 with full face mask for OSA. I am proud to say that I have %100 compliance with my CPAP and get green face on the readout whenever I use it .

My problem is that I recently went through a horrid separation & medication withdrawal that completely screwed up my sleeping hours. I think it may be depression but I was wondering if someone could please look at my sleep readout if I print it and (figure out how first!) post it in a post? My sleep is really weird and sometimes I sleep for 11 hours and I keep pressing snooze on my mobile phone alarm for up to two hours every ten minutes. I am fairly sure that the CPAP is treating my apnoea though but I am not really sure what is going on. I have an appointment booked for my sleep specialist again but it's not for months and months hence this post. Thanks again for any advice.

-Sun

[Julie]

https://sleep.tnet.com/resources/sleepyhead/shorganize
https://sleep.tnet.com/reference/tips/imgur

[mesenteria]

'... and I keep pressing snooze on my mobile phone alarm for up to two hours every ten minutes..."

Imagine what quality of train driving or airplane flying an engineer or pilot could claim if she were doing this. I don't think your sleep quality gets any better with this kind of 'attention'.

Or, of what utility is the alarm that can be silenced so easily and so many times in succession?

[Goofproof]

100 % Compliance means Diddly Squat, it's a minimum level of use involved to keep your equipment from being taken away from you for non use. You need to use XPAP every time you go to sleep, or nap.

You need to get and install the Sleepyhead software, links at the bottom of my post. It allows you to see what is going on, and post screen shots of it, so others here can help you.

I would take that alarm clock and set it to the time I had to get up, put it out of reach, and when it rang, get up, period. Snooze isn't useful, it's a crutch and it's not helping you the way you are using it. Jim

[chunkyfrog]

Withdrawal--medical supervision or not?
Depending on the substance, diy is not always the best plan.
Always use your cpap, even when you nap.
Pap naps can help you heal, especially if night sleep is not enough.
Exercise can help you relax and wind down when needed.

[ChicagoGranny]

my sleep readout if I print it and (figure out how first!)

Look for Pugsy's tutorial at the top of the forum's index page.

[Chris8243]

My sleep is really weird and sometimes I sleep for 11 hours and I keep pressing snooze on my mobile phone alarm for up to two hours every ten minutes.

I can relate to hitting the snooze button repeatedly for many years! My alarm gives up after 2 hours of snoozing, which I know from having gone past 2 hours of struggling to wake up. So I get it. And I've also completely slept through the alarm because I didn't hear it, or it didn't bother me and I just put it into my dream so I could keep sleeping.

Been using CPAP for 6 months. My sleep doctor told me to set the alarm for the same time every day and GET UP! Regardless of what I have to do that day, and even if I can sleep in or I'm still tired and don't want to get up....GET UP! I put my alarm across the room so I can't reach it. I do have to get up to find it to turn it off. I certainly don't always listen to advice that I know will be good for me but this time I followed it and it helped me break a bad habit. Honestly, I still don't want to get up, but I do.

You also mentioned depression. Depression is a chronic health problem for me. Something which really seemed to change my sleep cycle and helps with fighting depression is using a light box as soon as I get up. I get a cup of coffee and sit in front of my "Happy Light." I think I've been using it for 3 years now. It is 10,000 lux and I use it for 30 minutes, as recommended to me by a doctor. I read, pray or just space out in front of the light box, but it's a part of my morning routine and helps me get fully awake.

I guess neither of these things have to do with sleep apnea, but they were a part of my sleep/wake issues so I put it out there as suggestions based on my experience. Hope it's not TMI.