Anyone Else Have Overlap Syndrome? (COPD & Sleep Apnea)

Hi Serenity and thanks for your post - you've posed an excellent question. I am hopeful others in the community who have both COPD and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), will chime in and share their experiences here with both you and the community.
In the meanwhile, I thought you might find it helpful and informative to look over this article on that very topic: https://www.aastweb.org/blog/osa-and-copd-overlap-syndrome-signs-symptoms-and-mortality#:~:text=Two%20common%20sleep%2Fpulmonary%20diseases%20are%20obstructive%20sleep%20apnea,conditions%2C%20according%20to%20the%20American%20Sleep%20Apnea%20Association. I do hope you find it to be helpful in a practical way.
If you haven't as yet, you may want to take a look at our sleep disorders sister site - you may find it a good place to be familiar with, too: https://sleep-disorders.net/
Wishing you well,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)

Thank you Leon.
I am familiar with the article pertaining to overlap syndrome.
Will definitely check out your sister site.

Well, this is just peachy. Apparently, I have this too. I have a brand-new NIV machine that I am struggling mightily to learn how to use, with not much luck so far. It feels wonderful, but I have been so far unable to fall asleep with it. My sleep study showed my C02 levels very high when sleeping, and I feel like I get very little real sleep/rest. I sleep only a couple of hours at a time, and with little benefit. Just read that article, and yup. So, I guess I'll be visiting the sister site too.