[Pazuzu]

I've used it for a few months now. The primary symptoms (snoring, not sleeping at night but sleeping the rest of the time, etc) were all fixed basically instantly, within a few days. I used to fall asleep in front of the TV basically every night, now it never happens. I would fall asleep at work every afternoon after lunch, now that never happens. I would fall asleep while stuck in traffic basically every day, now that never happens. It's absolutely frightening how often I would zonk out during the day, because I wasn't zonking out at night.


There were other symptoms that I never realized existed, which were also fixed.

For example, apparently breathing at night helps keep stomach acid from rolling back up through your esophagus at night, the air flow keeps everything kinda in place. Stop breathing for 30 seconds, and that acid works it way up. I was having increasingly bad instances where acid was coming up, anywhere from heartburn to squirting into my mouth and nose to vomiting.

CPAP ended that 100%.

Surprisingly, I also don't get up to pee every night anymore. It was like clockwork, I'd get up at 2 or 2:30 to pee, every night. No big deal, it happens. But, turns out I was only getting up because my body was all stressed from not sleeping. I never get up to pee now.

Additionally, I use a full face mask (for now). The Darth Vader sound actually drowns out some background sounds, which means I sleep right through the neighborhood cats fighting, or the guy next door starting his truck in the morning, etc.

Finally, or course, my lifestyle efficiency has increased, because I'm not spending 2 or 3 hours a day trying just to stay awake. I would literally be put into a zombie state, where I would be half awake sitting at my desk and pretty much unable to break out of it. I'd spend an hour sitting there, just trying to wake up enough to get up and walk around. Very unsettling, very destructive.