I was at my wits end of waking up completely exhausted... I do not remember exactly the rising feeling before PAP therapy but I almost think it was not as bad as the way I was feeling well into this. After almost a year of wearing the pillows my mornings were no better and in many ways I think the CPAP made it worse. I was dumbfounded as to how it could be this bad of how my mornings felt. To some, PAP therapy helps sleep and it changes a person dramatically (or so I have heard.) After reading many posts on this site, I find that there can be more problems than resolutions... I felt as if I am in this latter category. I could not believe how exhausted I feel in the morning, yet I am remembering the dreams that happened during the night. If I am dreaming I must be sleeping, so how is it I am so damn tired?
I have been on AutoPAP now for about 3 weeks and feel more energy in my ability to get out of bed. Can switching from a constant to an auto setting make that dramatic of a difference?
Falling into sleep before PAP was difficult. If one thing I do remember in past years that initial slumber was difficult and time consuming. Once starting therapy, it became easier. Now on APAP the quick slumber is just as easy as well as returning to the pillows after a night's bathroom trip. Previously on the CPAP after the pee break, the return to sleep was difficult often finding me awake for an hour or more. This was very frustrating.
I seem to sleep AND wake much better now on the AutoPAP. How can it be that this is better settings for me and is this common?