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Trying to kick the CPAP habit!
Hello, I am a 48yo on CPAP for about 6 years now. I have recently lost 60# and gained a boyfriend! I have yet to have a sleepover, but although he knows about the CPAP, I am extremely uncomfortable needing to use in his presence. I spoke to my MD who said just try sleeping without it and see how it goes. I am anxious about not breathing without my CPAP, so I am not sure whether my frequent wake ups are due to my state of mind or OSA! I hate CPAP, I hate snoring, and I hate not sleeping well, and I love my boyfriend! Does anybody have recommendations for me? Do the stop snoring sprays work at all, could they help?
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Permalink Reply by Maria on
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Yes, I have it ready if I wake up. My OSA was diagnosed as moderate, and I always sleep on my side. I actually have tried using saline spray the night before and then a breathe right strip, seems to help. I am going to try the snore stop spray as well. If I don't get better sleep this week, I have decided that I will request a repeat sleep study. Thanks for your help!
Mary Z said:
Maria, please don't give up Your CPAP until you've had another sleep study to see if you still need to use the machine. Though if your doc gave his ok.... A real boyfriend is going to understand and want you to preserve you health as well as not snore. With your weight loss perhaps your apnea can be controlled by only sleeping on your side. I don't know about the stop snoring sprays. Are you using your CPAP when you wake up frequently during the night?
Good luck.
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I also feel self conscious when I'm dating someone. I find myself putting the CPAP and meds into the closet. I know they should "understand", but female friends have told me that women will run for the hills if I tell them all my medical problems.
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Yes, I have also hidden cpap in the closet! lol. I have to say, men have more leeway with that. Women are supposed to be beautiful and sexy even when sleeping, and when I have the cpap gear on, I am definitely not feeling that way! lol
Mike said:
I also feel self conscious when I'm dating someone. I find myself putting the CPAP and meds into the closet. I know they should "understand", but female friends have told me that women will run for the hills if I tell them all my medical problems.
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Women want a guy who is healthy, not someone they feel will die on them or that they will have to care for.
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So you'll be in love after the first sleepover? BTW, I"m not "in love" with every house guest. Some people you want in your life, regardless, just because they're fun!
Mary Z said:
I don't think that if you're in love any of this will matter. The hard part I guess is getting to that place. I think anyone who is going to run for the hills at the sight of a CPAP is better off out of your life. A CPAP is hard to hide, but I wouldn't discuss other medical problems until things got serious. Good luck to all of you out there dating. By the way, I dated someone who snored the roof off the house. After one night of that I would have welcomed seeing a CPAP!
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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Forget I said anything trying to encourage all of you that CPAP is not the end of dating life. I have been in a relationship for 12 years which has survived numerous health issues and CPAP, but obviously you dating folks are in another category.
By all means hide all the meds and CPAP in the closet. Just keep the viagra out and some earplugs for your sleepover partner.
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Rock, I thought a pulse ox would just tell you if you had desats which is not a bad thing to know. I still had significant apneas without desaturating during six sleep studies and two overnight pulse ox tests.
I hadn't realized how much of a problem the machine could be for dating folks, and even married couples.
Maria, have you tried just sleeping without the machine?
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Permalink Reply by Ginny Edmundson on
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If a person does not desat during periods of apnea~how is the apnea harmful?
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I guess if you're older and in a comitted relationship, you accept someone's medical issues. That's hardly the case with someone you just met. This shouldn't come as a surprise.
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Ginny, the effects of not breathing for hundreds of times during the night is harmful to the body. I never had desats, but the side effects from my untreated sleep apnea were unbearable. I could not stay awake during the day, from morning on. I could not drive- not to the store, the corner, or an appointment. I was confused and showing signs of early dementia.
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