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Link between Severe Sleep Apnea & Back Pain?

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Before your severe sleep apnea diagnosis, did you experience back pain, insomnia, and frequent nighttime urination (more than 10+ throughout the night)?

If so, after starting CPAP therapy, did all 3 of their things improve drastically?

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Yes, I think its because when we dont have the cpap machine our bodies sit ourselves up in our sleep to breathe...I often woke sitting, usually desperate for a wee as gravity does its job when your not lieing down,

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