I understand now.
Today was my first day I’ve slept a full night with my cpap on. No slips or anything it was fully on the entire night.
Oh my god.
First off all, I don’t feel the normal exhaustion I feel when I wake up. I still feel a bit tired but it’s a lot more manageable. Second of all, I usually wake up with my blood pressure ranging from 145/90-165/105 which I’ve been managing with BP medication, and today I woke up 133/85! Still slightly elevated but man, I’m incredibly proud of myself for sticking with the cpap therapy.
My symptoms during the day before the cpap was anxiety/depression, high blood pressure, exhaustion beyond normal, and racing heart. I just got my cpap two weeks ago, I only kept it on for 2 hours because it was hard to breathe in it. Eventually I said fuck this and used a bigger size mask (I was wearing a small then switched to a medium) using the resmed air p30i and it made a WORLD of a difference. I went from 2 hours to my full 8 hours in just 2 nights.
Just felt a difference today, and I only really used it 100% last night. I’m so excited to see an even bigger change in a few weeks.