CPAP insights needed.

[SwampNut]

1 hour ago, Nova Scotia Mike said:

So if I’m reading you right, you don’t think your struggle to stay awake later than 8pm has anything to do with your moderate sleep apnea that’s been left untreated for several years?

 

So it seems.  And that the vicious cycle of then being too tired to stay up until a normal circadian low is unrelated to being up too early and/or biphasic sleep problems.

 

I'm going to add this here, good as any place I guess.  Magnesium glycinate and L-theanine is a new thing I'm trying on a trusted recommendation, and the sleep tracker just told me that it has seen a 17% improvement in overall sleep quality on nights I use it.  They seem to have no downside.

 

https://a.co/d/0dUKss6e

https://a.co/d/0efaBCf7

[Zero Knievel]

16 hours ago, Nova Scotia Mike said:

So if I’m reading you right, you don’t think your struggle to stay awake later than 8pm has anything to do with your moderate sleep apnea that’s been left untreated for several years?

 

What time do you get up in the morning?

 

3-4 am

[CALCXX]

Soon, your yearly checkup is your chance to correct this.

Insist on the real sleep study.

[Zero Knievel]

Doctor will give me a referral to a NP that will do what's needed to get an in-lab study approved.

[Zero Knievel]

On a side note, I asked the doctor about why my left side of my face and sometimes my left arm feels "off" since that night where I had a loss of equilibrium and vomited.  The MRI was normal, but he said that stroke events don't always leave damage that a MRI will detect, but the affected neurons do alter your perception.  There was a time when a bad migraine got you in to a neurologist right away...now you wait for an appointment.

[CALCXX]

On 5/19/2026 at 7:39 AM, Zero Knievel said:

Doctor will give me a referral to a NP that will do what's needed to get an in-lab study approved.

 

Imo, the best reply in this thread spanning years.