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This happened to me when I first started on cpap. The first three months my numbers were still very high. Eventually they came down. Nonetheless, please do alert your sleep doctor about this and press her about this until you receive an answer or plan of action.
Thank you sleep tech for this response! It is very helpful to have this type of general information from an experienced, credible source.
Hi Evan--Thank you so much for writing this post. This is my life also--about 15 months into CPAP. I am tired all the time and just want to lay down. I started Nuvigil yesterday to try to help with wakefulness.
SleepTech--Can you please weigh in on this phenomenon where people are trying their best and getting time in on the machine but never feel refreshed--more than a year later? Thank you so much--
OptimisticLimeFlamingo6906--Thank you very much for sharing your experience. This info is very helpful to me.
Borristhefish--thank you very much for sharing your experience and this information. Very helpful and I hope to hear from others as well.
Have been on cpap for about a year. Things have improved somewhat but are not where they should be; sleepy by the afternoon and evening. I am about to try Nuvigil; does anyone have experience with this drug? Short term? Long term? thank you--
Sleeptech--We are all so glad you are here and providing responses to people's questions! I felt I had very good care but still had many questions along the way. We are fortunate you are here to post in response to the real need for help.
I am also one of those people who has had a difficult time adapting to cpap but have persevered to the 12 month mark. I can confirm the following: the surgeries are not generally effective, are painful, and may not do much of anything to help sleep apnea. Also, I believe that if on a sleep study you only have a few hours of sleep, this is not enough data for the sleep lab to assess your true status.
Give what we know about all the medical risks for not treating cpap, i encourage everyone--yes myself included--to keep trying to get more and more time on the machine. My improvement has been slow as an ocean liner turning a sharp left, but I must admit that it is better than what it was before. Even if you have to take it on and off through the night--keep trying, keep trying, keep going for a few more minutes, a few more hours. Good luck to everyone!
I had what I thought were heart symptoms the night of my first sleep study. We stopped the sleep study because I was having minor chest pains. I went to the cardiologist the next day. No cardiac issues found; this was a panic attack. That being said, chest symptoms should always be evaluated by a cardiologist. This has not happened to me since. Best of luck--
Also strongly recommend you receive another opinion. Depending on the surgery, some of these procedures rate of success is only around 40% and they can be extremely painful. Advocate for yourself and get more information from another professional. Good luck!
