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Back at work and feeling good
After having the summer off, I went back to work last week. I have been teaching a night class a couple of nights a week and it ended last week as my day teaching job was beginning, so I got a double whammy. It is interesting to go from a long summer vacation to all out work.
I just started cpap a few weeks ago, and have really adjusted well to it Problems have been minor
I was eager to see how I felt in the mornings after long, long work hours and am pleased to report that I feel pretty good. Mentally, I have much more clarity of thought. I do get tired, but that is normal. What I am liking is feeling rested in the morning and feeling like I can think clearly!
I got way too little sleep one night last week. I had to laugh because the quality of my sleep has really gone up, however, I forgot to factor in the quantity changing to the work schedule!
I am so happy to be sleeping and resting. Sleep has become a good thing again.
I just started cpap a few weeks ago, and have really adjusted well to it Problems have been minor
I was eager to see how I felt in the mornings after long, long work hours and am pleased to report that I feel pretty good. Mentally, I have much more clarity of thought. I do get tired, but that is normal. What I am liking is feeling rested in the morning and feeling like I can think clearly!
I got way too little sleep one night last week. I had to laugh because the quality of my sleep has really gone up, however, I forgot to factor in the quantity changing to the work schedule!
I am so happy to be sleeping and resting. Sleep has become a good thing again.
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Permalink Reply by Mike on
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isn't it amazing how when treatment clicks, our thinking becomes so much crisper and more efficient? i find that very little sleep on CPAP is equivalent to (or better than) a long night's sleep without. that might be the cumulative effect of a lot of long, good nights on CPAP though.
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Permalink Reply by Julia on
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That seems to be the case for me too, at least so far. I know I was exhausted all the time, from the time I woke up to the time I got back in bed for the evening, even if I took a nap. It seems that sleep with cpap is just more restful, even if I sleep less. I learned the hard way last week, however, not to cheat myself on the length of sleep. It did catch up with me by the afternoon. I am so glad the cobwebs have cleared out of my head!
Mike said:isn't it amazing how when treatment clicks, our thinking becomes so much crisper and more efficient? i find that very little sleep on CPAP is equivalent to (or better than) a long night's sleep without. that might be the cumulative effect of a lot of long, good nights on CPAP though.
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Permalink Reply by wallace j smith jr on
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its so nice when things come back together and you find out you wern't really losing your mind!! and just how precious sleep really is!
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Permalink Reply by bonesigh on
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I'm so happy for you Julia and it's great that you have adapted so quickly to therapy!
I'm not losing my mind, I've lost it! I sure hope I can remember where I put it if I ever get that magic OSA key I ordered!!!
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Permalink Reply by susan mccord on
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LOL !!!!!!!!!! Susan McCord :-p)
bonesigh said:I'm so happy for you Julia and it's great that you have adapted so quickly to therapy!
I'm not losing my mind, I've lost it! I sure hope I can remember where I put it if I ever get that magic OSA key I ordered!!!
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This is an interesting thread to me because I had a stroke of insight about the very same thing just today. I've gone from 8 hours' sleep 3 nights ago to 6 hours' sleep the next night, to only 4 hours sleep last night. When I woke up so soon today I thought, "well, crap, it's gonna be another lost day" BUT once I got myself moving, I went out and did a TON of stuff that I'd been neglecting because I was too wiped out. I was moving all day long. On the way home, all of a sudden I realized I haven't been that productive since I don't know when! And my thought was, and is, that even though I had little sleep last night, what I got must have been, yep!, better quality of sleep and it served me well. Lord, if I ever get 8 hours I may set the world on fire with activity!!! I'm still quite amazed re: the day I've had. And I still feel okay. Tired but good enough to be happy about it!!!
Susan McCord :-)
Mike said:isn't it amazing how when treatment clicks, our thinking becomes so much crisper and more efficient? i find that very little sleep on CPAP is equivalent to (or better than) a long night's sleep without. that might be the cumulative effect of a lot of long, good nights on CPAP though.
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Julia, you give me so much hope....I'm HAPPY for you!! Sounds like you were on the same path that I'm crawling along right now. But with hope for better days ahead, I can manage whatever comes up, I think. Good luck!!
Susan McCord
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Imagine how many productive hours are lost to apnea! Honestly, I would be in such serious job jeopardy right now I have taught forever, but my school is going through a major change in philosophy and it required tremendous creative thought. We started this change over at the very end of the school year. It was one of the reasons I was prompted to get the sleep study...I just could not think, much less think creatively. Now, I feel like my head is just bursting with ideas and I can't get them out fast enough. It is stressful to change old habits, and I am so glad I am able to face it awake and aware now.
susan mccord said:Julia, you give me so much hope....I'm HAPPY for you!! Sounds like you were on the same path that I'm crawling along right now. But with hope for better days ahead, I can manage whatever comes up, I think. Good luck!!
Susan McCord
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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How is your class this year? Are you going to be able to work in some sleep education? If you need any help please let me know.
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Flo, I am not sure how much attitude has to do with it, but I was so eager and so positive even before I had the sleep test, that this was going to give me some much needed relief Like everyone here, as a newbie, I am learning about this condition as I start to navigate through all the issues and problems and solutions. There is so much I don't know. I did not know that anyone had trouble adjusting to the mask. I think that maybe that helped me just go into treatment with a belief that it was going to work for me. Period. I was pretty naive about everything. I thought the mask forced air to your lungs. I still find the continous pressure to be and odd thing. I also have occassional sore nares, but it isn't bad. I have to fidget with the nasal pillows sometimes, but the sum of the experience for me has been so wonderfully positve.
Good luck, Florence May with your treatment. Hang in there and keep faithful to the therapy!.
Florence May said:Julia, I'm so jealous. I can't wait to get to where you are in treatment. You give me hope. Flo
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Susan, I think you are doing great. It is definitely a learning experience for all of us. I woke up with my mask off one time and decided to just not deal with putting it back on and adjusting it since I only had a couple of hours left before waking up . I felt so crummy. It was a good lesson early on and I will really try to be diligent and complient. I hate how bad I felt before cpap.
Lala said:Hi Julia!
It's so good to hear positive stories!! I'm glad for you Julia! Hopefully soon I will be back to being productive and creative again!!
Julia said:Imagine how many productive hours are lost to apnea! Honestly, I would be in such serious job jeopardy right now I have taught forever, but my school is going through a major change in philosophy and it required tremendous creative thought. We started this change over at the very end of the school year. It was one of the reasons I was prompted to get the sleep study...I just could not think, much less think creatively. Now, I feel like my head is just bursting with ideas and I can't get them out fast enough. It is stressful to change old habits, and I am so glad I am able to face it awake and aware now.
susan mccord said:Julia, you give me so much hope....I'm HAPPY for you!! Sounds like you were on the same path that I'm crawling along right now. But with hope for better days ahead, I can manage whatever comes up, I think. Good luck!!
Susan McCord
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