Sleeping with your Wife Improves CPAP Compliance

[James @ Intus]

Yes, that's right If you jump back into bed with the better half, you are more likely to get on with your CPAP therapy than if you are on the sofabed. However, your wife actually sleep worse so you'll need to come up with some strategy to make it worth her while too

You can read the study and comments on James' Sleep Apnea Sucks blog here:

http://www.sleepapneasucks.net/sleeping-with-your-wife-may-improve-cpap-compliance-in-men.html

A study reported in the Journal of Sleep Medicine concludes that men are more likely to be compliant with CPAP treatment if they sleep in the same bed as their spouse. However, the wives “quality of life” may suffer for it.

Let's complete the attached poll to see how CPAP Forum users handle this precarious situation.

[Andysee]

Actually my wife sleeps much better now that I am using CPAP. She no longer lies awake waiting to push me when I stop breathing or worrying that the ticker is going to give out. The down side for her though is the occasional blast of air in the head from my mask exhaust which wakes her.
Best regards
Andy

[puffin]

My wife sleeps in the back room, she is a very light sleeper and the slightest noise wakes her. It got to a point that she used to lay awake counting my events. She ended up with mild depression and sleep deprivation. So we decided to sleep in separate rooms. Works well for us as we can work some very odd hours, so we don't wake each other coming and going.

[James @ Intus]

Sounds like she could offer her services as a human polysomnogram. There's a big market with undiagnosed people. You could pimp one of your camper vans into a mobile PSG

[Richard]

Sleeping in the same bed as the wife is absolutely sacred: but don't we have a licence to do that, anyway?

If, like me, you have an oxygen-concentrator beside the marital bed and a ventilator (not a c-pap), which together can be quite noisy, you need to have certain arrangements in place to ensure you both get a good night's sleep.

To blank out the noise of the machinery, we have a TV in the bedroom on all night. The sound and light from the TV disturb my sleep, so I wear a sleep-mask to keep out the light, and ear-plugs to keep out the noise.

With this curious arrangement in place, we both enjoy a good night's sleep.

[James @ Intus]

Yes, Richard, that's quite a curious arrangement indeed. I wonder whether you subconsciously pick up on the TV's content?

[D33D33]

i a thinking my cpap machine will put of any potential suitors when i get one!!! but then balncing that with deafening a future spouse with my snoring i think its a small price to pay!

[James @ Intus]

Alive & Well + Mask = More suitors & longer life to spend with him/her

Tired & Unhealthy (looking) = less suitors & shorter life to spend with suitor

Small price indeed!

[D33D33]

so so true!

im really looking forward to my machine after coming here!

[flippy]

Wife is sleeping in the back room until I can reliable sleep all night without ripping the mask off. Occasionally, when we have visitors, she'll sleep in with me, and doesn't seem to have a problem. I do, though, I worry about fidgeting and blowing my exhaust at her (not a euphemism!), so I don't sleep that well. That said, she's a lot better at convincing me to put the mask back on when I rip it off.

[Cardoctor]

Sleeping with the wife

My wife sleeps with me all the time, she said she gets a better nights sleep due to the fact she knows she isn't waiting for me to peg out. on the other hand she does'nt get to rough me up any more when i stop breathing

[puffin]

Well the wife is now being refered to a sleep clinic for OSA. So there will be two hose-heads in the family. Having said that I've got a OSA clinic check up in November, I've also have to take my machines with me for a safty check.

This is because OSA is a key co-morbidity factor if you are over weight and looking for Weight Loss Surgery. Some PCT's require the patient to have OSA plus a wide range of different co-morbidities before funding is provided. And guess what, having seen me drop the weight her wants surgery now. She now has a higher BMI then me.

[chelseauk]

i wonder if they make his and hers masks...

perhaps some lace trimming

[dkyb2008]

Or even pink & blue sets!!