They're probably on the side of the issue that keeps them from having to spend money. That means the side of not insuring people with sleep apnea.

If it were up to the insurance companies they would only insure people that never made a claim!

If you are being properly treated for both, I would suggest talking to your doctor and see what could be done. You didn't specify if the insurance company got the information from "the place" that keeps all of the patient records or if you answered an application questionaire and indicated that you...

Ok, while this is not directly related to CPAPs I hope it is ok to ask here. I need to get individual health insurance and most places that I talk to say that I am uninsurable either due to my sleep apnea or my narcolepsy. Does anyone know what insurance companies will underwrite an individual healt...

I found out that the test I am going to take the day after the sleep study is called a MSLT test. I found the definition online and this is what it says: Multiple sleep latency test If a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) is being done, you will need to stay at the sleep lab for most of the followin...

the problem is my bed sits very high off the ground and my hose isn't long enough to reach my bed. when it is on the nightstand it is lower than me. I will try to get a long hose and keep it on the floor.

I don't know what kind of medications. They just said that I am going to go in and they will monitor me @ 17psi and if I have any episodes they are going to raise the pressure. If raising the pressure doesn't work or I don't have any episodes @ 17psi then I have to stay for a day study and based on ...

would a longer hose help?

Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night because my CPAP was beeping at me. I reached for the night stand and it wasn't there. Instead it was on the ground dumped upside down with the water from the humidifier poured all over the carpet. I just took of the mask and slept without it last nigh...

by the way, are there different medications or only one? Has different ones worked better than others?

It looks like I may have to wear a CPAP plus take medication each day. Just curious how many people here have to do that. Does the medication help a lot, because my CPAP hasn't helped much so far.

Thanks!

I went in for my first sleep study back in April and they scheduled me for a day study the following day just to be safe. Well, I ended up not staying for the day study because they found I had sleep apnea. I got hooked up with a CPAP @ 14psi and used that for several months. I still didn't feel muc...

Hey, I know exactly how you feel! I am 22 years old and showed all of the signs for sleep apnea. Well, almost. My Doc said that because I am young and not overweight that I don't have sleep apnea. The only reason he scheduled me for a sleep study is because he wanted to keep me for the next day to w...

Hello, I have been using a CPAP for about 3 months now and am as tired as ever. During my study I had 24 "problems" an hour and my O2 dropped to about 87. Most were OSA, some were Central Sleep Apnea and some were mixed. My doctor put me on a CPAP (Remstart w/CFLEX) @ 14 psi. When I first started us...

hockeydad,

I am having a similar problem. Have you been to the doctor yet? What did he say? When I went my doctor just said it takes a while to improve and scheduled an appt for me 6 months out.

THanks,
Jeremy

Hello, I currently am using a nose mask and it is not working out too well because I am a side sleeper. I was reading about the ComfortLite Nasal Interface: https://www.cpap.com/productpage/1833 It it seemed interesting because it has both the nasal pillow like interface and the prong interface that...