Barely sleeping at night with ME/CFS, now much better after iron infusions and CPAP
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Sep 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
An iron infusion helped my chronic fatigue a ton, as did CPAP.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I was miserable and napping at 10, and 2, and 6.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I’m still tired during the day, mind. But after starting CPAP (bilevel) I DO sleep through the night and I don’t need naps.
In context ↗ - Began after: nothing they could name
Bad sleep was just normal to me.
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Summary
A woman who had slept badly for years, waking to urinate and needing bed straight after work, reached a point where she was barely sleeping at night and napping at 10am, 2pm and 6pm. Iron infusions helped her fatigue, and after a mild sleep apnoea diagnosis she started bilevel CPAP, which took about nine months to help; she now sleeps through the night and no longer naps. She was still tired and was pursuing skeletal expansion.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- iron infusion · Helped
An iron infusion helped my chronic fatigue a ton, as did CPAP.
In context ↗ - CPAP (bilevel) · Helped
after starting CPAP (bilevel) I DO sleep through the night and I don’t need naps
In context ↗ - caffeine · No change
went off caffeine recently. I’m still tired, but runs out caffeine wasn’t really helping either
In context ↗ - skeletal expansion · Not said
I need skeletal expansion and am going through that process right now.
In context ↗
Approaches: Supplements
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | years of poor sleep, bed straight after workyears previously I’d get home and need to go straight to bed. I never slept well.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| — | barely sleeping at night, napping three times a dayby before I got diagnosed I basically wasn’t sleeping at all. I was miserable and napping at 10, and 2, and 6.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2025-04-24 | iron infusion helped her fatigueI just got infusions for it and it helped quite a bit.In context ↗ | Not stated | Iron infusion / ferritin repletion |
| 2026-01-14 | mild sleep apnoea treatedI had mild sleep apnea and it was fucking up my whole entire life. Treated, I am doing better.In context ↗ | Mild | CPAP and sleep apnoea treatment |
| 2026-06-26 | started bilevel CPAP, sleeps through night, no napsafter starting CPAP (bilevel) I DO sleep through the night and I don’t need naps.In context ↗ | Mild | CPAP and sleep apnoea treatment |
| 2026-09-11 | about nine months to improvement, now pursuing skeletal expansionIt took me about 9 months to feel improvement. In the end, though, I need skeletal expansion and am going through that process right now.In context ↗ | Mild | CPAP and sleep apnoea treatment |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
I never slept well. I had to get up to pee several times during the night. Bad sleep was just normal to me.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I was miserable and napping at 10, and 2, and 6.
In context ↗
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