What's new
By:
Filters
Cystic Fibrosis Forum (EXP)

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

oxygen at night

E

ej0820

New member
Hey all,

This may be a stupid question, but I was wondering how those of you on O2 at night found you needed it? Was it solely a few hospital stays with your sats being monitored while you were sleeping? Did you just call your clinic feeling lousy and have the doc suggest O2 at night?

More and more I wake up in the mornings feeling like I haven't taken a decent breath since I first fell asleep. This may be an asthma related lung issue, but it happens SO OFTEN. Albuterol before bed helps, but it seems like it doesn't last me all night long. I'm always tired, cough my lungs up every morning and it takes me a while to catch my breath when I wake up. After I cough for what feels like two hours (it's more like 20mins), I feel better and feel like air is moving around a little better.

Did anyone feel like this before needing O2 at night? How DID you guys feel when you/your docs decided to put you on oxygen? I wonder this, too, because I suppose I could have a completely different problem while sleeping and actually need a C-PAP mask (or something for sleep apnea) rather than oxygen?

Anyone here have bad sleep apnea and have these problems?

Thanks!
 
E

ej0820

New member
Hey all,

This may be a stupid question, but I was wondering how those of you on O2 at night found you needed it? Was it solely a few hospital stays with your sats being monitored while you were sleeping? Did you just call your clinic feeling lousy and have the doc suggest O2 at night?

More and more I wake up in the mornings feeling like I haven't taken a decent breath since I first fell asleep. This may be an asthma related lung issue, but it happens SO OFTEN. Albuterol before bed helps, but it seems like it doesn't last me all night long. I'm always tired, cough my lungs up every morning and it takes me a while to catch my breath when I wake up. After I cough for what feels like two hours (it's more like 20mins), I feel better and feel like air is moving around a little better.

Did anyone feel like this before needing O2 at night? How DID you guys feel when you/your docs decided to put you on oxygen? I wonder this, too, because I suppose I could have a completely different problem while sleeping and actually need a C-PAP mask (or something for sleep apnea) rather than oxygen?

Anyone here have bad sleep apnea and have these problems?

Thanks!
 
E

ej0820

New member
Hey all,
<br />
<br />This may be a stupid question, but I was wondering how those of you on O2 at night found you needed it? Was it solely a few hospital stays with your sats being monitored while you were sleeping? Did you just call your clinic feeling lousy and have the doc suggest O2 at night?
<br />
<br />More and more I wake up in the mornings feeling like I haven't taken a decent breath since I first fell asleep. This may be an asthma related lung issue, but it happens SO OFTEN. Albuterol before bed helps, but it seems like it doesn't last me all night long. I'm always tired, cough my lungs up every morning and it takes me a while to catch my breath when I wake up. After I cough for what feels like two hours (it's more like 20mins), I feel better and feel like air is moving around a little better.
<br />
<br />Did anyone feel like this before needing O2 at night? How DID you guys feel when you/your docs decided to put you on oxygen? I wonder this, too, because I suppose I could have a completely different problem while sleeping and actually need a C-PAP mask (or something for sleep apnea) rather than oxygen?
<br />
<br />Anyone here have bad sleep apnea and have these problems?
<br />
<br />Thanks!
 
T

theLostMiler

New member
The most common symptoms I have heard by people who ended up needing o2 was having dreams about suffocating, waking up gasping for air, not feeling rested even after 10-12 hours of sleep.

I had the no rest feeling even at 12-14 hours of sleep, also I would wake up with a headache, go through the entire day with a headache. Recently, if I go a night without my o2 I have had drowning dreams ha.

What should happen if you mention this to your doctor, they should schedule a sleep study (which I was able to do at home) where you just where the o2 sat monitor overnight and it records your sats and heartrate throughout the night...

I was barely below average, at around 89% for average, so I sleep with just 1.5L, but I can tell a difference when I have it. If you dont need oxygen then its bad to use, so remember that.

As for BPAP, or CPAP's etc, I have no idea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> so maybe someone else with that experience will comment. I thought sleep apnea was also not breathing while sleeping though, and that was what wakes you up.
 
T

theLostMiler

New member
The most common symptoms I have heard by people who ended up needing o2 was having dreams about suffocating, waking up gasping for air, not feeling rested even after 10-12 hours of sleep.

I had the no rest feeling even at 12-14 hours of sleep, also I would wake up with a headache, go through the entire day with a headache. Recently, if I go a night without my o2 I have had drowning dreams ha.

What should happen if you mention this to your doctor, they should schedule a sleep study (which I was able to do at home) where you just where the o2 sat monitor overnight and it records your sats and heartrate throughout the night...

I was barely below average, at around 89% for average, so I sleep with just 1.5L, but I can tell a difference when I have it. If you dont need oxygen then its bad to use, so remember that.

As for BPAP, or CPAP's etc, I have no idea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> so maybe someone else with that experience will comment. I thought sleep apnea was also not breathing while sleeping though, and that was what wakes you up.
 
T

theLostMiler

New member
The most common symptoms I have heard by people who ended up needing o2 was having dreams about suffocating, waking up gasping for air, not feeling rested even after 10-12 hours of sleep.
<br />
<br />I had the no rest feeling even at 12-14 hours of sleep, also I would wake up with a headache, go through the entire day with a headache. Recently, if I go a night without my o2 I have had drowning dreams ha.
<br />
<br />What should happen if you mention this to your doctor, they should schedule a sleep study (which I was able to do at home) where you just where the o2 sat monitor overnight and it records your sats and heartrate throughout the night...
<br />
<br />I was barely below average, at around 89% for average, so I sleep with just 1.5L, but I can tell a difference when I have it. If you dont need oxygen then its bad to use, so remember that.
<br />
<br />As for BPAP, or CPAP's etc, I have no idea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> so maybe someone else with that experience will comment. I thought sleep apnea was also not breathing while sleeping though, and that was what wakes you up.
 
W

windex125

Guest
I started using oxygen at night about 4-5yrs ago, it's a blessing I am always sort of breath as only my left lung is functioning, so the added oxygen at night makes me feel very refressed in the morning. I wld say def. talk with yr. doctor abt it.
 
W

windex125

Guest
I started using oxygen at night about 4-5yrs ago, it's a blessing I am always sort of breath as only my left lung is functioning, so the added oxygen at night makes me feel very refressed in the morning. I wld say def. talk with yr. doctor abt it.
 
W

windex125

Guest
I started using oxygen at night about 4-5yrs ago, it's a blessing I am always sort of breath as only my left lung is functioning, so the added oxygen at night makes me feel very refressed in the morning. I wld say def. talk with yr. doctor abt it.
 
B

BSJCA

New member
I was telling my doctor that I didn't feel rested in the morning and was having trouble sleeping. He asked me if I woke up with a headache that went away when I got up. That was exactly what was happening. So I went on O2 and don't wake up with a headache unless my O2 is set too high or too low. I test that before sitting up with a pulse oximeter I bought on Amazon.

Barbara
 
B

BSJCA

New member
I was telling my doctor that I didn't feel rested in the morning and was having trouble sleeping. He asked me if I woke up with a headache that went away when I got up. That was exactly what was happening. So I went on O2 and don't wake up with a headache unless my O2 is set too high or too low. I test that before sitting up with a pulse oximeter I bought on Amazon.

Barbara
 
B

BSJCA

New member
I was telling my doctor that I didn't feel rested in the morning and was having trouble sleeping. He asked me if I woke up with a headache that went away when I got up. That was exactly what was happening. So I went on O2 and don't wake up with a headache unless my O2 is set too high or too low. I test that before sitting up with a pulse oximeter I bought on Amazon.
<br />
<br />Barbara
 
B

BSJCA

New member
A pulse oximeter is the thing they stick on the end of your finger at the hospital that reads your O2 saturation and your pulse. The home pulse oximeters are battery operated so they're very portable. Just google "amazon pulse oximeter" and you'll get a bunch with ratings and comments. I like to use Amazon for that reason even if I buy elsewhere. I got the Nonin GO2 Achieve. It works great, but there are also cheaper and more expensive ones.
 
B

BSJCA

New member
A pulse oximeter is the thing they stick on the end of your finger at the hospital that reads your O2 saturation and your pulse. The home pulse oximeters are battery operated so they're very portable. Just google "amazon pulse oximeter" and you'll get a bunch with ratings and comments. I like to use Amazon for that reason even if I buy elsewhere. I got the Nonin GO2 Achieve. It works great, but there are also cheaper and more expensive ones.
 
B

BSJCA

New member
A pulse oximeter is the thing they stick on the end of your finger at the hospital that reads your O2 saturation and your pulse. The home pulse oximeters are battery operated so they're very portable. Just google "amazon pulse oximeter" and you'll get a bunch with ratings and comments. I like to use Amazon for that reason even if I buy elsewhere. I got the Nonin GO2 Achieve. It works great, but there are also cheaper and more expensive ones.
 
S

sawyer

New member
Two Words: HEAD ACHES!!!!

I started waking up every morning with crazy bad headaches. I told my dr who did a sleep study straight away and it showed that my sats were dropping a lot while I was sleeping so I started O2 at night. I wake up feeling a tonne better now and much more rested so don't hesitate to ask to have a sleep study done.
 
S

sawyer

New member
Two Words: HEAD ACHES!!!!

I started waking up every morning with crazy bad headaches. I told my dr who did a sleep study straight away and it showed that my sats were dropping a lot while I was sleeping so I started O2 at night. I wake up feeling a tonne better now and much more rested so don't hesitate to ask to have a sleep study done.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top