I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Appreciate the offer! After a couple of nights' try, I'll have a better sense and I shall take you up on it!
Liam, feeling supported, even though he's wearing neither bar nor cup.
Liam, feeling supported, even though he's wearing neither bar nor cup.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
I have to think that with these little things you come up with that your mind is certainly still very sharp.Liam1965 wrote: feeling supported, even though he's wearing neither bar nor cup.
My mind just can't go there no matter how much I wish it would.
Please stay around this time...your these little things you say bring a smile to my face when I read them.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
It's not as much of a gift as you think, it's basically an avoidance technique. Can't take anything too seriously if there's a quip attached to it.
Liam, punslinger.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
I already look forward to your signature signatures. Don't change a thing about 'em.
I'm sorry about how your second-first night went. Hang in there.
I'm sorry about how your second-first night went. Hang in there.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Welcome back, Liam. Sorry you need to be here, but glad you are. Rumor has it that CPAP therapy will also help you stop referring to yourself using the third person
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Yes, but then it might be second person, and that would be nearly unreadable.
-You, thinking this is really weird.
-You, thinking this is really weird.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Me - a psychologist - I'm used to it.Liam1965 wrote:Yes, but then it might be second person, and that would be nearly unreadable.
-You, thinking this is really weird.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Me too -- another psychologist. We're drawn to it.Nick Danger wrote:Me - a psychologist - I'm used to it.Liam1965 wrote:Yes, but then it might be second person, and that would be nearly unreadable.
-You, thinking this is really weird.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Psychologists!!! Yikes!
(Me, searching for a defense mechanism -- lets see, Repression, denial, Projection, Displacement, Regression, Sublimation?
Hey Sigmund, some help over here? I feel conflicted!)
(Me, searching for a defense mechanism -- lets see, Repression, denial, Projection, Displacement, Regression, Sublimation?
Hey Sigmund, some help over here? I feel conflicted!)
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
SleepDisturbed,SleepDisturbed wrote:Psychologists!!! Yikes!
(Me, searching for a defense mechanism -- lets see, Repression, denial, Projection, Displacement, Regression, Sublimation?
Hey Sigmund, some help over here? I feel conflicted!)
I was laughing so hard at your post last night that I think I woke up my neighbor. Thanks for providing this.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Hi Liam,
I wanted to wish you all the best with your endeavors. I just posted about having a successful night after struggling with pap therapy for over 3 years. So hopefully, you will feel encouraged reading that.
By the way, when I used to search the archives, I would come upon your old posts alot and related alot to what you said. So I was quite happy when you rejoined the forum.
Best of luck.
49er
I wanted to wish you all the best with your endeavors. I just posted about having a successful night after struggling with pap therapy for over 3 years. So hopefully, you will feel encouraged reading that.
By the way, when I used to search the archives, I would come upon your old posts alot and related alot to what you said. So I was quite happy when you rejoined the forum.
Best of luck.
49er
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Why thanks!
So, here's where I think I stand right now: It feels as though I'm getting a lot of my own breath back when I inhale, rather than new air.
My machine is supposed to be set at a pressure of 10, but a lot of the times even when it says it's delivering that, it feels like it's much lower (and I don't mean the ramp, when it's on the ramp up, it tells me it's delivering a lower pressure). But even when it says it's delivering 10, it feels like it's still on ramp mode sometimes, and feels as though I'm breathing my own breath back in again and as though there is not sufficient oxygen in the air I inhale.
I also noticed in the middle of the night last night, something about using the thing had me mouth breathing and so my night/morning breath was WAY worse than usual... and if I breathed out through my mouth and breathed back in through my nose, most of what I breathed back in smelled like my morning breath, which also seems to indicate that my exhalations are going up the tube and coming back to me, rather than going out the exhaust port.
Not sure how to deal with that, but it does lead to a very "smothering" feel to the whole experience.
Liam, who has broken up with many partners prior to his current CPAP partner over their smothering tendencies...
So, here's where I think I stand right now: It feels as though I'm getting a lot of my own breath back when I inhale, rather than new air.
My machine is supposed to be set at a pressure of 10, but a lot of the times even when it says it's delivering that, it feels like it's much lower (and I don't mean the ramp, when it's on the ramp up, it tells me it's delivering a lower pressure). But even when it says it's delivering 10, it feels like it's still on ramp mode sometimes, and feels as though I'm breathing my own breath back in again and as though there is not sufficient oxygen in the air I inhale.
I also noticed in the middle of the night last night, something about using the thing had me mouth breathing and so my night/morning breath was WAY worse than usual... and if I breathed out through my mouth and breathed back in through my nose, most of what I breathed back in smelled like my morning breath, which also seems to indicate that my exhalations are going up the tube and coming back to me, rather than going out the exhaust port.
Not sure how to deal with that, but it does lead to a very "smothering" feel to the whole experience.
Liam, who has broken up with many partners prior to his current CPAP partner over their smothering tendencies...
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
I don't know if I am addressing your concerns but I know prior to my septoplasty, I felt like I was not getting enough air even at close to 14/10 pressure. Since if I remember correctly, you mentioned nasal issues, could that be an issue for you? Otherwise, I will let more technically oriented folks respond.
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Liam1965 wrote:Why thanks!
So, here's where I think I stand right now: It feels as though I'm getting a lot of my own breath back when I inhale, rather than new air.
My machine is supposed to be set at a pressure of 10, but a lot of the times even when it says it's delivering that, it feels like it's much lower (and I don't mean the ramp, when it's on the ramp up, it tells me it's delivering a lower pressure). But even when it says it's delivering 10, it feels like it's still on ramp mode sometimes, and feels as though I'm breathing my own breath back in again and as though there is not sufficient oxygen in the air I inhale.
I also noticed in the middle of the night last night, something about using the thing had me mouth breathing and so my night/morning breath was WAY worse than usual... and if I breathed out through my mouth and breathed back in through my nose, most of what I breathed back in smelled like my morning breath, which also seems to indicate that my exhalations are going up the tube and coming back to me, rather than going out the exhaust port.
Not sure how to deal with that, but it does lead to a very "smothering" feel to the whole experience.
Liam, who has broken up with many partners prior to his current CPAP partner over their smothering tendencies...
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
Thanks for the thought, but that feels different, in that mouth breathing usually solves that issue, if I'm having congestion problems.
This feeling of re-breathing stale air comes during the ramp up at lower pressure (which it seems from this board may be common), then gets better when I hit full pressure, but then periodically it feels like the pressure drops back to 4, even though it's reporting 10, and the re breathing problem recurs.
I'm wondering if I have a defective unit.
Liam, who should speak to his doctor about his defective unit.
This feeling of re-breathing stale air comes during the ramp up at lower pressure (which it seems from this board may be common), then gets better when I hit full pressure, but then periodically it feels like the pressure drops back to 4, even though it's reporting 10, and the re breathing problem recurs.
I'm wondering if I have a defective unit.
Liam, who should speak to his doctor about his defective unit.
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Re: I have rejoined the ranks of the CPAP-enabled
put your hand over (not blocking) the exhaust port, you should be able to feel more air coming out at 10 than when you start the ramp. also, depending on what setting you have a heated hose at, you should be able to feel a temperature change with hotter air coming out when you exhale, then it cools down as your breath is all flushed out.Liam1965 wrote:Thanks for the thought, but that feels different, in that mouth breathing usually solves that issue, if I'm having congestion problems.
This feeling of re-breathing stale air comes during the ramp up at lower pressure (which it seems from this board may be common), then gets better when I hit full pressure, but then periodically it feels like the pressure drops back to 4, even though it's reporting 10, and the re breathing problem recurs.
I'm wondering if I have a defective unit.
Liam, who should speak to his doctor about his defective unit.
I can feel a rising/falling temperature when I put my hand by my mask vent, and all the warmer air is gone before I start to take the next breath.
also, it's easy enough to rig up a home made manometer... poking around the forum, or google, you can find examples people have created especially easy if your mask happens to have an oxygen port (many full face masks do)
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