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<blockquote data-quote="Cameraman" data-source="post: 63323" data-attributes="member: 12428"><p>I can only explain what happens to me when I don't use the CPAP machine. </p><p></p><p>I wake constantly by stopping breathing then fall back asleep after taking a breath, this happens many times per minute therfore you "think" you are asleep but in fact are awake the vast majority of the sleep period. During the day I am tired to the point of collaspe, and my body often gasps for air, sucking in oxygen in huge sobs. I go very vacant and vague and can often just sit staring ahead and snore whislt awake as my airways open and close. I can cary out normal taks but when asked have no recolection of having done them or how they got done. Terrifying when you think I was doing long distance lorry driving on diagnosis! Sometimes when asleep I snore so loud that I wake up and look round for the noise. I've even been outside looking for the fool revving the motor bike at silly O'clock <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> Maybe my wife should post on here as she could tell you lots of other things too. :evil: I've just asked her for a description and she says the sound I make snoring is not human, possibly like a freight train passing close by. She adds I wake constantly gasping for breath and sob during the day plus its the constant falling asleep during every waking moment during the day too. I hasten to add by use of the CPAP machine I manage quite normally and my life is now otherwise unaffected. If in doubt ask for a sleep study to done on you. When I was first diagnosed it meant being monitored by a huge machine and the CPAP was like a small suitcase too. Now its a small machine that clips onto your finger and worn watch like on your wrist :roll: The CPAP machine is small enough with all its bits and bobs, pipes and masks to be taken as cabin baggage on aircraft.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps, any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cameraman, post: 63323, member: 12428"] I can only explain what happens to me when I don't use the CPAP machine. I wake constantly by stopping breathing then fall back asleep after taking a breath, this happens many times per minute therfore you "think" you are asleep but in fact are awake the vast majority of the sleep period. During the day I am tired to the point of collaspe, and my body often gasps for air, sucking in oxygen in huge sobs. I go very vacant and vague and can often just sit staring ahead and snore whislt awake as my airways open and close. I can cary out normal taks but when asked have no recolection of having done them or how they got done. Terrifying when you think I was doing long distance lorry driving on diagnosis! Sometimes when asleep I snore so loud that I wake up and look round for the noise. I've even been outside looking for the fool revving the motor bike at silly O'clock :oops: Maybe my wife should post on here as she could tell you lots of other things too. :evil: I've just asked her for a description and she says the sound I make snoring is not human, possibly like a freight train passing close by. She adds I wake constantly gasping for breath and sob during the day plus its the constant falling asleep during every waking moment during the day too. I hasten to add by use of the CPAP machine I manage quite normally and my life is now otherwise unaffected. If in doubt ask for a sleep study to done on you. When I was first diagnosed it meant being monitored by a huge machine and the CPAP was like a small suitcase too. Now its a small machine that clips onto your finger and worn watch like on your wrist :roll: The CPAP machine is small enough with all its bits and bobs, pipes and masks to be taken as cabin baggage on aircraft. Hope this helps, any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. [/QUOTE]
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