{"id":1802,"date":"2025-07-17T11:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/blog\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:16:41","slug":"napping-the-ultimate-sleep-apnea-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepdunwoody.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/17\/napping-the-ultimate-sleep-apnea-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Napping: The Ultimate Sleep Apnea Hack?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a child, napping was the bane of your existence. But now as an adult, the thought of getting to lie down for an hour, even 30 minutes, sounds like a luxury. This is especially true if you\u2019re dealing with sleep apnea<\/a> that\u2019s making you exhausted. Unfortunately, napping during the day is shown to make sleep apnea symptoms and the associated sleep deprivation worse<\/em>, and here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How Napping Can Make Sleep Apnea Worse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, even for people who don\u2019t have sleep apnea, napping can interfere with their ability to fall and stay asleep during the night. While this might be a mild annoyance for the average person, for those with sleep apnea, every minute of rest counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, studies have shown that sleep apnea patients tend to not <\/em>use their treatment when they nap. While they\u2019re drifting off on the couch, it\u2019s just too much of an ask to go grab and turn on their CPAP machine. As a result, they experience an uptick in apnea episodes (pauses in breathing) that defeat the purpose of the nap in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to Do Instead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So napping isn\u2019t a good idea, but you need to do something about how tired you are during the day. The key is to get the best sleep possible during the night. Fortunately, there are several ways to do this that you can start almost immediately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n