Before my Bi-PAP I was getting up 5 or more times a night to urinate.  Now that I've had about a week-ish woth of constant Bi-PAP use I've only gotten up once this entire week to urinate.

I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, but has my Bi-PAP somehow absorbed my urine by magic?

 


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Any spelling or grammer errors in this post I hereby blame on my apnea.

I also don't get up as much as I used to. I think it is because I am now in a deeper sleep and now can sleep through the night without getting up. It's great...


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When I took my sleep study I only got up to pee once (boy was that a hassle with all those damned wires and straps) as compared to my standard 3-4 times a night. When I mentioned it to the sleep study technician that morning he replied, "Of course, because you couldn't breath your body was sending out confusing signals. When you went into deep REM sleep you didn't get those crazy signals." It sounded good to me.

I now rarely get up to pee.

DAVe
(on my second mask. these things are stone age technology and I hope some new designs are in the works!)

   Must somehow be related-I used to get up 2-3 times/night .Since CPAP I think I woke up maybe 2 or 3 nights.I think maybe we are just in a deeper sleep that we never were privvy to before CPAP.


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Apnea episodes increase the blood pressure, so the body releases diuretic hormones to reduce the blood pressure, and we go pee.

Every potty trip tells you,  you have put stress on your heart.

http://www.sleepapnea.org/resources/pubs/noct.html

My husband has sleep apnea and he used to get up frequently to urinate and he always said that he had a flood each time.  Now he usually gets up only once a night.  There is obviously something in this before and after stuff but where did the difference disappear to?  I suppose it has to mean that the kidneys produce less urine during a sound sleep.

Its what Okie said.  If your blood pressure is too high, your body tries to compensate and lower it by reducing fluid.  Because treated OSA reduces blood pressure, the body does not need to reduce the pressure so it no longer tries to compensate.  Make sense?

Alicorn wrote:

Before my Bi-PAP I was getting up 5 or more times a night to urinate.  Now that I've had about a week-ish woth of constant Bi-PAP use I've only gotten up once this entire week to urinate.

I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, but has my Bi-PAP somehow absorbed my urine by magic?

 

The need for constant bathroom visits during the night is called 'Nocturia', and is one of the classic symptoms of untreated apnoea. I believe that it is due to the body's reaction.

Compliant use of CPAP/BiPAP/APAP usually clears it up.


Daniel.


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My understanding is that the rate of urine production plummets when we're asleep.  Before we're treated for sleep apnea, we're waking up a gazillion times a night, and our urine production doesn't decrease.  After we start treatment, we're able to enjoy the benefits of that decreased rate!

Ridge Runner wrote:

My understanding is that the rate of urine production plummets when we're asleep.  Before we're treated for sleep apnea, we're waking up a gazillion times a night, and our urine production doesn't decrease.  After we start treatment, we're able to enjoy the benefits of that decreased rate!

All the above is true...after you have been on cpap for awhile the dr will ask this question...shows the effectivenes/compliance...yes its all biological....nice not to get up as often too!


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