From the cpaptalk sleep hygiene expert: Cleaning up the your sleep hygiene may help. The big thing in sleep hygiene that you need to consider changing is your behavior when you find yourself awake at 3:00 AM. First, my guess is that as soon as you wake up, you start looking at the clock and start to...

How do you get the sample pack? I've seen several posts mentioning it, but I don't know how to ge it. Is there a form that I can get my physician to sign? I checked on the Provent site and there are no DME's in my area that dispense Provent. Thanks! You need a prescription - https://www.proventther...

Sloop, Don't forget: - Change the tax code so that employee insurance policy costs are not deductible by businesses. This provision in our tax code has been the root of much of the problems we have today. - States should not have the power to determine what is in policies. This should be between the...

If I administer your health care and I can legally use force to achieve compliance, and I have determined the level of care you will pay for and receive, I will direct your actions and control your life. I think we have an obligation to provide care for those who can't afford it; but this particula...

One thing about CPAP is that it [u]will[/u] work for a very high percentage of patients if they put the time and effort into making it work. That is simply not true and is one of the biggest misconceptions that people have in this society regarding hard in general. I wish I had a nickle for every s...

Something is not right. If you don't have any problems breathing while sleeping you should feel better without the CPAP. Conversely, if you feel better using CPAP you have some problems breathing while sleeping without CPAP. Also watch out about that weight thing. I am considered skinny - all my lif...

GumbyCT wrote:

Some may find you have OSA ONLY so the place that referred you to them can sell you equipment.

Do you have any evidence whatsoever of this?

VVV wrote:

Wow! PLMI = 60.9!

Yes, PLMD seems to be a much bigger problem for Mars than sleep apnea.

To get scored as PLM does there have to be an arousal?

Thank you Julie.

mikewithe wrote: the end is NOT nigh...

Simple math says otherwise

I can see where a home visit is better than nothing. But there is so much more that a sleep lab study can determine, and knowledge is power. It helps the doctor to make the best recommendations, and it helps the patient to know what they are dealing with and how to work on it. Do you care nothing a...

I checked on member Mars and it has been seven months since he posted. It doesn't seem he will come back. What unique things was he doing? What were his links about? Right JNK ? My plan is to continue posting in my usual manner--stating my opinions without stooping to personal attacks in response to...

But when it come back, I intend to order another mask and see if that improves things. CPAP seems pretty easy to me and I am well habituated to it. But if I think back some years it did take a lot of effort and experimenting to get to where I am today. This is a CPAP forum so don't expect a lot of ...