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Found this thread searching for kicks about sleep apnea. Was diagnosed last month & got CPAP at the end of April.
I realized when reading about the subject how one side effect of CPAP is "excessive dreaming", a curious choice of phrasing if I'd ever seen one. It hadn't bothered me much but I realized then that I couldn't remember having a dream for months, possibly a year. After CPAP with anything resembling a good night's sleep I have at least one "full length" dream, and usually 2 or 3 on a perfect night now, with a very brief awakening at the end to toss or turn (and recall some details for later, as that brief awakening seems to be key to remembering them).
I realized when reading about the subject how one side effect of CPAP is "excessive dreaming", a curious choice of phrasing if I'd ever seen one. It hadn't bothered me much but I realized then that I couldn't remember having a dream for months, possibly a year. After CPAP with anything resembling a good night's sleep I have at least one "full length" dream, and usually 2 or 3 on a perfect night now, with a very brief awakening at the end to toss or turn (and recall some details for later, as that brief awakening seems to be key to remembering them).