Day 39 - CPAP results
For those waiting with baited breath for the results of my CPAP test yesterday, here goes:
Didn't work.
I did discover something interesting and, if it's true of a full night as well, very disturbing. During a "normal" nap without any apnea episodes and without the CPAP machine, I seem to get somewhere between 15 and 19 minutes of REM as near as I can tell (I don't actually analyze every nap for REM since it's kinda hard to spot). During my three naps last night with the CPAP machine I consistently got 5 minutes of REM sleep per nap.
My first nap with the CPAP machine was interrupted after 8 minutes by a big spasm. Not something that typically happens to me. I took a second CPAP nap (hey, that rhymes) right away because the first was so short. Between the two naps I got about 10 minutes of REM, which was fine.
The third nap, the 4:30am one, was STILL only 5 minutes of REM. That did me in. I crashed and woke up 90 minutes later. Unfortunately I didn't wear my CPAP or dental device for the 90 minute sleep so it was pretty much a waste.
So now what? I dunno. I'll probably take the occasional nap with the CPAP just to see if the 5 minute thing really is consistent. Beyond that I'm out of ideas of things to really try... Maybe I'll just schedule my life around what I've managed to accomplish so far. Scheduling core sleep didn't go well either, so the biggest annoyance with my current "schedule" is that it's not predictable (and hence not much of a schedule).
At this point I can definitely say I'm polyphasic since I can't function well without my naps anymore, but I'm far from being truly hexaphasic. The upside is that I definitely feel better for large sections of the day than I did before starting this schedule. I like that. I just wish it were more of the day and more consistent.
EDIT: Oh, and I don't plan to post much from here on unless something big happens. Except for my nap script, I still need to post that for sure :-)
Didn't work.
I did discover something interesting and, if it's true of a full night as well, very disturbing. During a "normal" nap without any apnea episodes and without the CPAP machine, I seem to get somewhere between 15 and 19 minutes of REM as near as I can tell (I don't actually analyze every nap for REM since it's kinda hard to spot). During my three naps last night with the CPAP machine I consistently got 5 minutes of REM sleep per nap.
My first nap with the CPAP machine was interrupted after 8 minutes by a big spasm. Not something that typically happens to me. I took a second CPAP nap (hey, that rhymes) right away because the first was so short. Between the two naps I got about 10 minutes of REM, which was fine.
The third nap, the 4:30am one, was STILL only 5 minutes of REM. That did me in. I crashed and woke up 90 minutes later. Unfortunately I didn't wear my CPAP or dental device for the 90 minute sleep so it was pretty much a waste.
So now what? I dunno. I'll probably take the occasional nap with the CPAP just to see if the 5 minute thing really is consistent. Beyond that I'm out of ideas of things to really try... Maybe I'll just schedule my life around what I've managed to accomplish so far. Scheduling core sleep didn't go well either, so the biggest annoyance with my current "schedule" is that it's not predictable (and hence not much of a schedule).
At this point I can definitely say I'm polyphasic since I can't function well without my naps anymore, but I'm far from being truly hexaphasic. The upside is that I definitely feel better for large sections of the day than I did before starting this schedule. I like that. I just wish it were more of the day and more consistent.
EDIT: Oh, and I don't plan to post much from here on unless something big happens. Except for my nap script, I still need to post that for sure :-)
posted by Jeremy | 10:30:00 AM
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