PLease take this poll, Do you CPAP during the day?

[sleepwise]

It would be helpful to know what percentage of users CPAP during the day, please feel free to expand on why.
Thanks

[Julie]

Cpap is for sleep, nothing else. If you mean do we use it for naps, yes we do (or should), because every sleep time without it makes us more sleepy due to apneas... counterproductive not to use it. But no one uses it (or really could do so) while awake otherwise... no need. Apneas happen when you're asleep because throat tissues, tongue, and other anatomy relax and close up your airway, making it necessary (your body thinks) to suddenly gasp 'large' enough to open it with a big breath... which is what the gasping's about following moments of not breathing at all... but it doesn't happen when you're awake - the most you'll experience (if you're tired or lacking 'air' input) is a yawn.

[sleepwise]

I'm sorry I should have been more specific, funny I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me and funny and said you mean people use them during the day while they do there normal activities and I said no just for nap or as I would think in most cases to get used to. Thanks for participating in the pole. Oh forgot to mention, yes lots of yawn during the day, can so relate! I just noticed the kitty in your avatar, yours? We have two brother and sister tabby and calico , Marble and Cali, I think I will use their photo for my avatar.

[Goofproof]

Yes I do, I sleep until 1 p.m. almost every day, I guess I qualify, but I only use my xpap when I sleep, that's when it's needed. Jim

Thats what it's for, it doesn't hurt to use it in the day to get use to it or for naps.

[JointPain]

I use my machine every time I intend to sleep or nap (or there's a high chance I might happen to). Not using the machine is a signal to my brain to NOT fall asleep.

[Stormynights]

Using it during the day is a good way to get used to the alien on your face. It helps you learn to breathe with it on without the stress of trying to go to sleep.

[sleepstar]

I'm sorry I should have been more specific, funny I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me and funny and said you mean people use them during the day while they do there normal activities and I said no just for nap or as I would think in most cases to get used to. Thanks for participating in the pole. Oh forgot to mention, yes lots of yawn during the day, can so relate! I just noticed the kitty in your avatar, yours? We have two brother and sister tabby and calico , Marble and Cali, I think I will use their photo for my avatar.

Yeah, use it for naps during the day, and also to "get used to it"
I can't imagine any real benefit using it outside of that if it is a CPAP machine.
If it was a BiPAP machine, that might be different.

[Kiralynx]

If I lie down on the bed, my mask goes on, and so does my machine, even if I only INTEND to read for a bit.

But if I am tired enough to lie down, I'm tired enough that I will likely fall alseep shortly -- and I won't risk sleeping without it. I can't handle the pain that results.

[RogerSC]

Not a napper, but if I were I would use CPAP. That's what it's for, sleeping, so why take the risk?

[nanwilson]

Not a napper, but if I were I would use CPAP. That's what it's for, sleeping, so why take the risk?

+1... do not nap either, but if I did the mask would be on my face and the machine on.

[dotyj]

Bonjour

No, during day being awake; exception, day sleeping.

Merci et paix

joyeux Noel

jos

[Sir NoddinOff]

Never. I can't nap during the day until maybe an hour after dinner, then it's just a short doze with CPAP as a prelude to my regular night's sleep, but only when the night before was crappy.

[palmer1121]

yes, if i have a nap, i will use my cpap

[mhsmith]

Yes, especially after a hard night with little sleep.

[BlackSpinner]

I don't nap but when I had pneumonia I used it during the day when I was sitting down at the keyboard because the warm humid air made breathing a lot easier.