Sleep Apnea… how soon can I expect to feel better, and just what will ‘feel better’ feel like?
I’ve recently been diagnosed with sleep apnea; the full diagnosis was "obstructive, central, and mixed " I’ve been prescribed a CPAP, w/ full mask (CFlex). Guess my question is.. how soon can I expect to feel better, and just what will ‘feel better’ feel like? evidently i’ve had this for quite some time, and would appreciate hearing from someone with personal experience of treatment for same.
Thanx~
It takes time. Your body is used to running on empty so to speak and it has to readjust to being normal. Use the CPAP nightly as prescribed and hopefully you’ll see effects soon. If after a month you see no change in how you feel (less tired, etc) call your home care company for a follow up (which they should be calling you regularly anyway, be honest when you talk to them) Sometimes the pressure isn’t right the mask isnt right for the person and alot of patients hate c-flex from my experience. Sometimes turning that off helps.
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My husband has had sleep apnea for several years, but was only diagnosed last Oct.(2007). He has the CPAP w/ the face mask, too. It actually took him awhile to start to feel better (in other words, it wasn’t overnight that he felt better) but I can tell you for sure that the first night he SLEPT better. He didn’t move the entire night. Before he was constantly tossing, turning, and the snoring was horrible!! He had to get used to the mask–which took several days. He wears it every night and he feels pretty good. But to answer your question–I think it will be a little while before you can tell you are feeling better.
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It takes time. Your body is used to running on empty so to speak and it has to readjust to being normal. Use the CPAP nightly as prescribed and hopefully you’ll see effects soon. If after a month you see no change in how you feel (less tired, etc) call your home care company for a follow up (which they should be calling you regularly anyway, be honest when you talk to them) Sometimes the pressure isn’t right the mask isnt right for the person and alot of patients hate c-flex from my experience. Sometimes turning that off helps.
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respiratory therapist also married to an RT and we both have years of homecare experience in addition to my husband also having sleep apnea and being on a CPAP himself