Gabrielle, welcome, sleep walking is one of the signs of sleep apnea, I used to sleep walk as a teenager, I would walk out the door or turn boiling water on and leave it on all night and not know I did it. Good luck with your titration, see if they will let you try the 3 different types on masks available, pillows, nasal masks and full face masks so you can decide which one you go for when you get yours. Let us know how you go and we can give you more tips about CPAP as you go.

welcome, in using a CPAP, a positive attitude and patience is needed

I used to wake up in the middle of the night, sitting at the table and eating. That was 40 years ago. I don't know if CPAP will help with sleepwalking, but it will help with sleep apnea, and if the sleep apnea is causing the sleepwalking, the CPAP machine should help.

Fingers crossed for you dear.

Thank you all so much for the advice! I sleep eat too sometimes. We will wake up in the morning and there will be a mess on the kitchen counter. Usually cheese is my "go to" food.

The good thing about a CPAP is you really have to wake up to get ou of bed with it on or you will drag the hose and machine with you. If your therapy is working correctly you should sleep eat or sleep walk, good luck with the titratation

Gabpaul,

I have severe sleep apnea and at least one autoimmune disease but I do not sleep walk.

I would be concerned with ruining my nice CPAP machine if I was a sleep walker. If you go to one of the reputable CPAP equipment sites, you will notice that you can buy clips to attach your hose to your bed.

You may want to consider buying some of these to keep from pulling the machine to the ground if you wake up without knowing it.

Be well,
TheWino

Great idea about hooking it to the bed. Looks like I have to have the full-face mask (covers nose and mouth) because I was breathing with my mouth open during a "sleep terror." I just thought I had really scary dreams, but sleep terrors are different than nightmares and they had to wake me up during the sleep test to get me out of the terror.

That is when they put the full mask on me.

Gabpaul,

Just because you are on a full face mask now doesn't mean you be utilizing it forever. When starting CPAP, I made a goal to use the nasal pillows as, to me, they are small and the easiest to use.

I started with the full face mask for a couple of months. Then, used both hybrid masks for about a month.

At this point in time, I have reached my goal and use the nasal pillows. They are small, easy to clean, and I can wear my glasses with this mask on.

I hope you are doing well.

Regards,
TheWino

Thank you for the information. I'll discuss it with my neurologist when I see him on Dec. 16th.

Sincerely,

Gabrielle

Nice to meet you, Gabrielle. I am a newbie as well. I had my 1st sleep study last night and go back for titration if the insurance authorizes it. If not, I'll do it in home.

Regarding the sleep walking, do you take any sleeping pills? Zolpidem aka Ambien is known to cause people to do some pretty crazy stuff while asleep.

Good question. I take clonazepam for the REM Sleep Behavior Disorder.

I also have Trazodone if I need it. My sister took Ambien and hated it. Now she is on Trazodone and loves it. Plus, it is not addicting (At least that is what the doctors say.).

Gabrielle

Hi Gabrielle, just wanted to welcome you, I am new also and wearing my mask..lol oh my goodness it might be helping me but for now I'm trying to get used to it.. I also take clonazepam for sleep, I have terrible insomnia and this does help me to go sleep. Hope it all goes well with your appointment.

I just wake up a lot but I don't sleepwalk, glad we found this site, it has helped me so much.

Thanks!

Gabrielle