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Question RE: CPAP

I was wondering for personal and professional reasons, how long does it takes before someone with EDS and fatigue start feeling better rested and more energetic once CPAP is started?

I found this article last night and realized how much of an understatement is it to say how important restorative sleep is and that there are so many diseases related to OSA. Seems to me that more patients should be assessed for OSA. I am guilty of fully assessing a patient's sleeping patterns. It's obvious it is quite important in that we spend 1/3 of our lives asleep. In particular, I agree with this sentence found in the conclusion...."It must appreciated that OSA is no longer a respiratory tract disease but a systemic one."

Sleep and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus- ClinicalImplications by S Ramnathan Iyer

http://www.japi.org/october_2012/08_oa_sleep_and_type_2.pdf

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This is only my personal experience. I use CPAP and when I started it took me about a week or two to feel a huge difference. Of course I felt slightly better each day. Sometimes I get tired of wearing it and I'll skip a night, and I can really tell the difference the next day.

What's weird is that I, an RN, was under the impression that only obese people suffered from sleep apnea. I am not obese. I am of average weight, well maybe 20 lbs, overweight but not obese.

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Since this is for personal use, we do ask that you check with your provider and your CPAP provider. There are many ways to adjust CPAP to make it easier to tolerate. We wish you well.

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