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CPAP and sleep apnoea treatment

11 people describe trying CPAP and sleep apnoea treatment, all with ME/CFS.

27%
recovered fully or nearly
3 of 11
64%
improved (substantial or partial)
7 of 11
9%
relapsed
1 of 11
0%
no benefit
0 of 11

How it went

Did it last?

  • 5 of 11 said the benefit wore off (including the 1 who relapsed).
  • No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.

Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.

Outcome describedAccountsShare
Full recovery19%
Near-full218%
Substantial436%
Partial327%
Relapsed19%
No benefit00%

By how ill people were

Severity at worstHow it wentnRecovered
Mild10%
Moderate2100%
Severe30%
Very severe250%

3 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.

Who published these accounts

Sells a treatment or program3 accounts
0%
Independent (blog, forum, news)8 accounts
38%

27% of these accounts are on pages that sell this treatment or a program around it. Those pages publish their successes; compare the independent row.

All 11 accounts

  • Relief! I still have CFS but am a MILLION times better, takes a lot of work but worth it

    Substantial ME/CFS SevereIll 13 yearsEffect faded healthrising.org Jan 2026

    Built an extensive daily regimen around kratom (Green Malay strain), weekly B12 injections, magnesium, psyllium fiber, CPAP therapy, an annual course of Xifaxan and a year-long course of itraconazole, plus NAC, glycine, glutathione and BPC-157, for ME/CFS…

  • Relief! I still have CFS but am a MILLION times better

    Substantial ME/CFS SevereIll 13 yearsEffect faded forums.phoenixrising.me · sells Jan 2026

    julienl42's own title is his hedge: after 13 years and a long, actively-managed stack of prescription, antifungal, sleep and supplement treatments, he has gone from being in bed all day with 3-4 crashes a month to about one crash every one to two months,…

  • Stuart Porter's Recovery Story

    Substantial ME/CFS Very severeIll 5 yearsEffect faded the-recovery-hub.org · sells Aug 2025

    Used the ANS Rewire program alongside a paid one-on-one recovery program with two CFS coaches, then built his own RESTAND framework after studying 300+ other recovery stories over 600+ hours; he was also prescribed GTN (glyceryl trinitrate) by his doctor. He…

  • Recovery from ME/CFS

    Near-full ME/CFS Very severeIll 2 yearsEffect faded healthrising.org Jul 2025

    Combined a dedicated FND (functional neurological disorder) treatment program, which she says completely resolved symptoms like one-sided paralysis and speech and walking difficulties with no relapse, with neck physiotherapy that stopped seven years of…

  • The Temporary Recovery Stories (Judi)

    Relapsed ME/CFS Effect faded healthrising.org Jan 2020

    Commenter Judi Warner described three separate temporary remissions from her ME/CFS: about a month after starting CPAP, about three months on low-dose naltrexone, and about a month on low-THC CBD oil. Each faded, and no further detail on severity is given.

  • Preventing Sleep Apnea Therapy was Miracle Cure for Me

    Full recovery ME/CFS ModerateIll 15 years healthrising.org Feb 2016

    After roughly 15 years of brain fog, mold sensitivity, daytime sleepiness and exhaustion she attributed to self-diagnosed ME, Mary Jane Reyes began using Provent, an adhesive nasal-valve device for sleep apnea. Within a few nights of use she reports "all of…

  • Adrienne Delwho's Pathway to Remission

    Near-full ME/CFS ModerateIll 4 years healthrising.org Apr 2015

    Adrienne, a former full-time TV news producer, developed full-blown fibromyalgia in 2006 that knocked her down hard. Over about four years she pursued endometrial ablation, acupuncture, a range of targeted supplements and a CPAP machine for newly diagnosed…

  • Has anyone recovered from CFS from a C-Pap machine?

    Partial ME/CFS forums.phoenixrising.me Mar 2013

    After about 8 months of adjusting CPAP settings and trying different masks for sleep apnea, she reports a modest "1 or 2 point" gain on her CFS severity scale and better morning recovery even after a bad night - "I didn't feel like a truck run over me." She…

  • Improved (5yr)-sometimes dont notice it -now new baseline

    Substantial ME/CFS SevereIll 5 years forums.phoenixrising.me Nov 2012

    After 5 years of severe illness with autonomic dysfunction, cognitive problems, sleep apnea and spinal compressions needing three surgeries, he combined a broad stack - Adderall, Celexa, omeprazole, dopamine- and adrenal-support supplements, B12, an…

  • Just passed six months on the Gupta programme

    Partial ME/CFS Mild cfs-survivors.org Jul 2010

    He followed the Gupta Programme (amygdala retraining) for four of a planned six months, doing daily meditation and the "Stop-Stop-Stop" technique alongside an acting class and other activities. He describes his ME/CFS as relatively mild, following a period…

  • Chronic Fatigue Survivor's Blog

    Partial ME/CFS cfs-survivors.org · sells

    Credits pacing, brain retraining and sleep apnea tx. Graham had ME/CFS and reports a partial improvement. Sydney blogger since 2009; now frames CFS as undiagnosed sleep apnea.