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One night without CPAP. What would happen?
After 10 years uninterrupted use, my CPAP is totally part of my sleep routine (totally life changing for me after years of APNEA symptoms in my late 20's to early 30's.),
Maybe I don't need it now, or maybe I can survive for a day or two if I travel, but I'm worried about stopping it even for one night. Since I started CPAP therapy I've never slept without it. I'm thinking that my nervous system is maybe totally dependent on being 'told' to breath when I sleep and I wonder whether the reflexive 'autonomic' function is even still there!
Anyone tried this? Anyone been forced to sleep without CPAP after a long, uninterrupted period of use?
Thanks
Maybe I don't need it now, or maybe I can survive for a day or two if I travel, but I'm worried about stopping it even for one night. Since I started CPAP therapy I've never slept without it. I'm thinking that my nervous system is maybe totally dependent on being 'told' to breath when I sleep and I wonder whether the reflexive 'autonomic' function is even still there!
Anyone tried this? Anyone been forced to sleep without CPAP after a long, uninterrupted period of use?
Thanks
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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the risk is entirerly yours you may be ok or maybe not why risk, you need a sleep study to determine that with certainty, and even then there is the snoring
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Permalink Reply by RChatty on
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Well, I'll share my experience. I took mine off in the night. It wasn't off for more than a couple hours, but during the time I wasn't using it, I had a severe apnea, if that's what you call it, where I couldn't wake myself up to take a breathe for several minutes. Probably 5-10 minutes or more. Finally I gasped real loud and took a breathe. My heart rate skyrocketed and my blood pressure went real high (I didn't check it, but after living with high blood pressure for years, I've learned to be able to tell when it gets high). The entire next day, I was SO worn out. I couldn't even stand up without getting dizzy. So, from experience, I would not recommend it at all. People have died from taking "just a little nap" without their machine and having an apnea that they never woke up from. To me it's serious business, not a joke. I'm not a doctor or anything, but I've experienced it.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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I had to do without CPAP for about 19 days while a terrible sore on my nose healed. I take Nuvigil for continues daytime sleepiness anyway so I didn't notice any ill effects, like being tired during the day. I fought it tooth and nail, but was about to get a nasty infection and some necrosis on my nose, still have the scar. If I had thought ahead I would have a mandibular advancement device available for those times. I know OTC products are not recommended, but I did purchace a Somnoguard from Canada, figuring something is better than nothing it for some reason (power failure) I could not use it again. I felt like I was playing russian roulette, but emerged apparently unharmed. Wouldn't recommend it, though. My OSA is mild to moderate.
Mary Z.
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Permalink Reply by Henning on
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I have previously tried going to sleep without my CPAP.
I've had some sleep tests without my CPAP, and at one point, I could not tolerate the use of the CPAP.
After some surgeries I could not use my CPAP.
Then there are several possibilities. You can, for example fixate your sleep so you sleep on your side. You can also sleep with the body upright. For example you can sleep in a recliner.
In my case I had moderate sleep apnea. There are obviously differences in the Severity of sleep apnea.
Henning
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