Sleep apnea

[killergoalie]

I've been on TRT since late February, but was still constantly lethargic, tired, depressed, constant insomnia etc. I'm a type 2 diabetic, and obese. My endo recommended I be tested for sleep apnea, and it was discovered that my breathing during sleep was obstructed/interrupted 72 times per hour. So I was diagnosed with a severe case of sleep apnea.

I was put on C.P.A.P. therapy using a ResMed S9 machine, and in the month and a half since I began, my breathing during sleep interruptions/obstructions have gone down to 2.5 times per hour. Not to mention I sleep great, don't have to get up 5 x a night to piss, and my energy level is slowly coming around.

I'm planning on restarting my weight lifting/cardio regimen, and to lose a severe amount of weight.

But it's just great not to feel constantly tired! (Although that hasn't gone away entirely.)

One thing I did notice is that if I turn off my computer at least a couple of hours before I go to bed, I fall asleep much faster...almost immediately, than if I stay on the computer right until I go to bed. Don't know if that has any significance to anything, but it might be worth a shot.

[xtitan1]

I've been on TRT since late February, but was still constantly lethargic, tired, depressed, constant insomnia etc. I'm a type 2 diabetic, and obese. My endo recommended I be tested for sleep apnea, and it was discovered that my breathing during sleep was obstructed/interrupted 72 times per hour. So I was diagnosed with a severe case of sleep apnea.

I was put on C.P.A.P. therapy using a ResMed S9 machine, and in the month and a half since I began, my breathing during sleep interruptions/obstructions have gone down to 2.5 times per hour. Not to mention I sleep great, don't have to get up 5 x a night to piss, and my energy level is slowly coming around.

I'm planning on restarting my weight lifting/cardio regimen, and to lose a severe amount of weight.

But it's just great not to feel constantly tired! (Although that hasn't gone away entirely.)

One thing I did notice is that if I turn off my computer at least a couple of hours before I go to bed, I fall asleep much faster...almost immediately, than if I stay on the computer right until I go to bed. Don't know if that has any significance to anything, but it might be worth a shot.

Great to hear you are feeling better bro. It is posited that your eyes interpret the light from your monitor as sunlight and therefore signal the body that it is still daytime and not time to go to sleep. Most sleep specialists recommend not looking at any screens for several hours before your planned bed time as well as not doing anything exciting or stimulating.

[killergoalie]

Great to hear you are feeling better bro. It is posited that your eyes interpret the light from your monitor as sunlight and therefore signal the body that it is still daytime and not time to go to sleep. Most sleep specialists recommend not looking at any screens for several hours before your planned bed time as well as not doing anything exciting or stimulating.

Thanks bro! Yeah it makes such a difference. Funny thing though, I can watch TV right up until I go to bed, and I can fall asleep no prob. Esp if I watch something that I've seen before. But the lack of staring at the computer monitor has made a huge difference. So with this idea of not doing anything exciting or stimulating...does that mean I could interpret it that if the GF just "lays there" while I do all the work, to mean that she wants to fall asleep rather quickly, so she doesn't want to get "into it"? LOL!