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AntonioPanadero t1_j67xeyt wrote

No wonder people want to kill themselves if they cant sleep.

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[deleted] t1_j68rm4n wrote

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dachsj t1_j69ucml wrote

I agree that it's skewed, but it 100% correctly identified my obstructive sleep apnea. The CPAP is life changing.

I was starting to get anxious (was literally twitching) and felt like crap all the time. After the first night on my CPAP I knew I'd never go back (and I hated my first couple of masks).

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Laladelic t1_j6afe42 wrote

I sleep way worse with CPAP and I don't know what to do...

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dachsj t1_j6anhqm wrote

The only advice I can provide is: try as many masks /different set ups as you can.

I couldn't really handle the full face masks. I responded really well to nasal pillows. But I also found out I needed a head strap to keep my mouth from flapping open.

It was a lot of trial and error and after a year or so it's worth reassessing and seeing what's working and what isn't.

Make sure the pressure is tuned properly, that the humidity is set up for your environment, etc etc.

My sleep doc actually gave me low dose Ambien for the first couple of nights with my machine and again when I changed masks. It helped get over the sleep anxiety/hurdle of the new machine.

I can't sleep anywhere without it.

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10113r114m4 t1_j6cek4l wrote

Ive been trying so much to get used to my cpap. It's been 4 years, and I still yank it off after a few hours :(

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mE448nxC4E67 t1_j6aa2jv wrote

Unfortunately in the case of diagnosing sleep apnea, which is probably the most common reason for a sleep study, it doesn't really matter if the patient only gets a couple hours of crappy sleep as long as they can record the breathing disturbances.

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StolenErections t1_j6chmag wrote

The thing up your nose pissed me off so bad. I spent most of the night cursing that thing, rather than sleeping.

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southarmexpress t1_j6822xu wrote

I mean, debating suicide would tend to keep you up all night.

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robboelrobbo t1_j68bkmh wrote

Nah if you are lifelong suicidal they are just normal thoughts

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ultimoanodevida t1_j6914yw wrote

Lifelong suicidal here. They are indeed normal thoughts for me.

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No_Office_9301 t1_j69pjhd wrote

Seconded. It’s less common for me to have a day where I don’t think about it in at least some volume

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robboelrobbo t1_j6a19rd wrote

In fact I find it weird that some people don't think about it. I believe it's a normal part of the human existence to ponder suicide

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ATripletOfDucks t1_j6a4cwq wrote

I’m with you, but I have a friend who finds the concept literally inconceivable. (and they know what the word means)

I find it inconceivable that it could be inconceivable.

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No_Office_9301 t1_j6a239a wrote

I’ve had the exact same thoughts. Especially whenever I talk to people about this topic and they are just super concerned and confused as to why I’d think about it. It seems just so normal to me at this point

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robboelrobbo t1_j6a2rn8 wrote

I think that those people think about it too but it's too taboo of subject, or they supress the thoughts somehow, idk

I just had this conversation with my 80 year old uncle who claims to have never thought of suicide. But he's catholic, so it would be a heinous act to even admit it to himself

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firemogle t1_j696h3j wrote

When my tinnitus first started it was a loud beeping in both my ears and made it extremely difficult to sleep. I'm talking a few hours a night max, and even that was often interrupted by it.

Thankfully it just went to ringing within a week or two, but even that short time I knew that was not a situation I could live with.

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