If you have ADHD/ADD and apnea, or know someone who does - Did your thinking and memory change after going on CPAP? My experience is below and I would appreciate it if you could add your views. There is some interaction between ADD/Apnea, not well understood, that makes it harder to get along with life that Apnea alone. I have not found any studies on it published - do you know of any?

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I was working in IT and GIS as a contractor. My boss decided we had to meet at 7:30 am - that's when I hit my limit - I was so sleepy during the day! And I literally forgot what I did at early morning workout.

At the same time, I was riding 5 to 10 miles on my bike for fun, and my BP started to go way up so I could not give blood.

I got too tired to ride, and I lost my ability to quickly change from one type of work to another, missed all kinds of social cues and had a working memory that got smaller and smaller. I took health leave to get tested for what on earth was making me sleepy, stupid with high BP.

Yup - apnea diagnosed.

OK - I went on CPAP - and still had trouble thinking. I stated to get really dumb and its the scariest thing that ever happened to me.

I could not find anyone  who knew why I got so dumb that I liked repetative tasks that normally drive me crazy. I was unable to do the work , however, I could describe how to structure a program or project and still had the ability to figure out the rules for  3 pictures of shapes where you see the first two groups, and pick out the next.

I went to neurophsych testing and got checked to see if there were holes or extra bits in my brain. I couldn't understand things that I wrote 6 months before! And sure it was Altzheimers.

Returnng to work, I found it harder to keep a mental image of relationships between files in a database and had to write down more details than before.

So now I find out I have ADD and have meds for focus - its really great, I feel like my old self, but somehow don't feel as sharp. Its been 6 years since I stated CPAP.

What has your experience been like?