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Hi all
First post here - and sorry for jumping right in.
I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea last year. I had approx 39 events every hour. I am overweight and have been for a long time. So I'm super glad this has been picked up.
Now - I was given a CPAP machine by the NHS. It's a Resmed Airsense 10 and a full face mask (I think the F40?).
I would like to start by saying - I have not been sleeping during the day at all since having it. Occasionally I have due to bad sleep - but the vast majority of my days go with me not sleeping when I sit down. So I am very pleased.
However - and this is where you can feel free to tell me not to be daft - my Fitbit still records me as waking up in small stints around 40 to 80 minutes in a night. This is exactly the same as what used to happen before I got my CPAP machine.
I was expecting less wakeups if I'm honest...losing 1 hour of sleep a night is still pretty tiring.
So - am I putting too much emphasis on the Fitbit results? Should I just be happy with the fact I appear to be benefiting from CPAP by not sleeping during the day?
I'm just concerned, as nothing changed regarding "amount" of sleep, that perhaps the CPAP therapy isn't working. Or - is it working and Fitbit is either just plain wrong or is measuring something else.
I should also add that when Fitbit reports me being awake for so many minor stints, I am often unaware of them. I am probably aware of waking up, properly, anything between 2 and 6 times probably.
Should I just junk my Fitbit at night and not worry about what it's been reporting? Or should I have seen a marked difference in number of times and minutes I wake up when I started CPAP therapy?
Thank you - apologies for the long post.
First post here - and sorry for jumping right in.
I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea last year. I had approx 39 events every hour. I am overweight and have been for a long time. So I'm super glad this has been picked up.
Now - I was given a CPAP machine by the NHS. It's a Resmed Airsense 10 and a full face mask (I think the F40?).
I would like to start by saying - I have not been sleeping during the day at all since having it. Occasionally I have due to bad sleep - but the vast majority of my days go with me not sleeping when I sit down. So I am very pleased.
However - and this is where you can feel free to tell me not to be daft - my Fitbit still records me as waking up in small stints around 40 to 80 minutes in a night. This is exactly the same as what used to happen before I got my CPAP machine.
I was expecting less wakeups if I'm honest...losing 1 hour of sleep a night is still pretty tiring.
So - am I putting too much emphasis on the Fitbit results? Should I just be happy with the fact I appear to be benefiting from CPAP by not sleeping during the day?
I'm just concerned, as nothing changed regarding "amount" of sleep, that perhaps the CPAP therapy isn't working. Or - is it working and Fitbit is either just plain wrong or is measuring something else.
I should also add that when Fitbit reports me being awake for so many minor stints, I am often unaware of them. I am probably aware of waking up, properly, anything between 2 and 6 times probably.
Should I just junk my Fitbit at night and not worry about what it's been reporting? Or should I have seen a marked difference in number of times and minutes I wake up when I started CPAP therapy?
Thank you - apologies for the long post.
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