I am fairly new to the forum and not sure where to look for this type of subject. What brings this up is I recently Had uppp,toncilectomy and sinuses worked on. I have been very dependant on the Cpap for a while and after having surgery did not use the cpap, I beleive the doctor was concerned about the effects it might have on the fresh work he had done I might be wrong.

The first night at the hospital my O2 would go down, I was on morphine every hour and was in and out of sleep and awake, I found when breathing I would not work much at all on intake and would push out well. I got to thinking about this and when I had my wits about me I figured out that even while fully conscous I would do this. I could watch the O2 moniture and when I would start delibratley taking big breaths I could watch O2 go from 85/90 up to 95+, then as I would relax I realized I would slip down again and this was while not sleeping. I know I was not in the best state of mind But am convinced that I was absalutely use to the CPAP helping on the intake while sleeping. It runs at a setting of 8.

I have been recoverying from the surgery an the Doc told me to not try to use the CPAP till healed up from surgery, for the past to weeks I have found I am breathing better, not just from the surgery but from the type of breath I take. Does this seem like nonsense to those of you that know about this stuff?

The pain killers may have been messing with your urge to breath.  Pain killers/sedatives/alcohol can induce central apneas.

Makes sence.

mrjinx wrote:

The pain killers may have been messing with your urge to breath.  Pain killers/sedatives/alcohol can induce central apneas.

Not only that, morphine is a respiratory depressant - some people are more sensitive than others.


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SleepyToo
Philadelphia Area
Newly diagnosed, Respironics M Series Pro w\ humidifier
Zest nasal mask, also have Full Life ff mask, and FlexiFit 407
(Also have a FlexiFit 405 that damaged the bridge of my nose)

CPAPs are not ventilators, they do not breathe for you or inflate your lungs at all.  You have to actively breathe.  In fact, sometimes new people get sore muscles from exhaling if their pressures are high.

As mentioned, all the effects you noticed were most likely morphine induced.

Vicki


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That which does not kill you makes you stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich must of had apnea.

Thanks all , I was wondering and Am note the most knowledgeable on this stuff has been two weeks since then and have not noticed the same since. after hearing from you all I attribute that to morphine now. Thanks