Thank you from Newbie! What a difference an EPR makes....
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:22 pm
Newly diagnosed, and after 19 miserable days with my new machine (worse sleep and less than without it), I found info you all left here that made vast improvement -- just in time for my birthday, yesterday!
Turns out my doc had prescribed EPR but hadn't allowed me access and it was turned off in clinical settings. Once i got in and set it to 3 it made a huge difference. I even got a hint of why I'm using this thing with better sleep quality once I got there. Was so excited by just being about to breathe comfortably awake, that the excitement and sense of hope kept me awake for a while:)
Still have adjustments to make, as even with EPR, by level 8.5 I get uncomfortable aerophagia, bubbles in throat, chipmunk cheeks, etc (even with mouth taped) but this whole thing is starting to feel possible, and that glimpse of good-sleep makes me cry just thinking about it.
Anyway, thanks again!
Turns out my doc had prescribed EPR but hadn't allowed me access and it was turned off in clinical settings. Once i got in and set it to 3 it made a huge difference. I even got a hint of why I'm using this thing with better sleep quality once I got there. Was so excited by just being about to breathe comfortably awake, that the excitement and sense of hope kept me awake for a while:)
Still have adjustments to make, as even with EPR, by level 8.5 I get uncomfortable aerophagia, bubbles in throat, chipmunk cheeks, etc (even with mouth taped) but this whole thing is starting to feel possible, and that glimpse of good-sleep makes me cry just thinking about it.
Anyway, thanks again!