Why so many yawn after 4 years CPAP

caseyliu · Post by **caseyliu** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:33 am

Hello, everyone
I'm 60 years old. I have used CPAP for 4 years. But in recent 2 weeks, I find I have so many yawn, sometimes I feel I am very sleepy, sometimes I feel something uncomfortable in my body, someplace like breath. Who has such experience, need I see a doctor or hospital to take a test again?

Linda

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:46 am

Hi Linda,

It may be that your cpap requirements have changed. If you would like to forego another sleep study see if you can get an auto adjusting cpap. It will adjust itself as required to deliver the therapy you need. It will also keep doing this as your needs change in the future to avoid the circumstance your going though now.

caseyliu · Post by **caseyliu** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:59 am

Hello,

What's meaning of the requirement changing in my machine? I 'm sorry. You mean pressure something like that? The pressure is the same as before.
Do you mean I should change to another machine? Can you suggest me what's kind of auto machine is good? Before I use it, need I take a test in hospital? I'm foreign of Canada. I guess it will cost much to take a test in Canadian hospital.
I appreciate your help.[/b]

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:35 am

How many readers felt an irresistible urge to actually yawn when they saw the word "yawn"? I had to. In fact, doing it again, now! Sheesh!

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:41 am

Casey, yes, Wader is talking about the possibility that the pressure you were prescribed 4 years ago might not be enough pressure now.

An autopap can use varying pressures. It finds the correct pressure for you every night. The machine you're using now is probably a straight cpap machine - blows just one continuous pressure. That pressure might not be correct for you now. An autopap machine decides what pressure you need all night long, year after year. Kind of like having a mini sleep study every night.

If you don't want the hassle of going for another sleep study (to find yet another single pressure that might again need to be changed in the future) ask your doctor to prescribe an autopap machine for you. The Respironics REMstar auto with C-Flex and a heated humidifier would be my suggestion. I'd suggest the autopap pressure range be set with a low pressure of 6 (any lower than that can make you feel like you're not getting enough air through a mask) and a high pressure of about 5 or 6 numbers higher than your present pressure. I'm not a doctor.

caseyliu · Post by **caseyliu** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:21 pm

Hello
Thank you very much for your suggestions. I'm not sure if the autocpasp can solve my problem. You know, I have no insurance. I must pay for it by myself. I must make sure it does the problem of machine before I buy a new one. Because I find the pressure seems proper for you now.

The pressure set currently is 9, which is the topest of this machine. You mean the pressure needs to be adjusted to higher after several years ? I'm total confused. Sigh!

Do you know if anyone with CPAP will still feel sleepy a little bit every day?
I find that alghough the things are better than before when I didn't use CPAP. But I never find I am normal enough just like a normal, healty person. Please, please, give me suggestion.......[/b]

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:07 pm

Casey, I have no insurance either. I bought my machine myself.

It was cheaper for me to buy an autopap machine than it would have been for me to go have a sleep study and then still have to buy a machine. The autopap does a very good job for me.

Since I didn't have a sleep study, I didn't know what pressure I would need. The autopap finds the correct pressure for me every night.

But even if I had had a sleep study and had been told I needed a pressure of 9, I would still have bought an autopap - not a straight cpap. I would have set the autopap's pressure range for 6 - 16.

The machine "reads" my breathing all night long, and the machine gives me whatever pressure I need to keep my throat open for good breathing while I sleep.

Months, or a year or two later, (or even a week later!) another sleep study might find that you need 10 or 11 or 7 or 8 or 15. One single pressure is not always correct for a person for the remainder of the person's life.

If you get an autopap instead of a straight cpap, you won't have to worry in the future, "Is my pressure still correct for me?" An autopap will automatically find the correct pressure to use, all the time.

caseyliu · Post by **caseyliu** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:04 pm

After using autocap, do you feel sleeping at daytime? I mean you feel like a healthy person just like that you have no sleeping apean?
If that, it's really good.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:03 pm

Casey, I'm lucky. I've never had any other health problems. And I think my Obstructive Sleep Apnea is very mild anyway.

I used to get sleepy in the afternoons and want to take a nap.
After using my machine at night, I no longer get sleepy in the day.

I used to get sleepy driving my van on long trips. Often, I had to stop driving and take a nap. I no longer get sleepy driving.

I used to not like getting up in the morning. It took me about an hour of moving around to really feel "awake" in the mornings. Now I have no reluctance to get up. I feel like a "morning person" when I wake up in the morning.

I had these good results from the very first night I began using cpap treatment. However most people do not have such instant results. The good results seem to come slowly, sometimes taking weeks or months for many people. People should not get discouraged and quit just because they don't feel any better for a long time.

Sometimes people will even feel worse for awhile when they start cpap treatment. I think that's probably because new users often have problems with an uncomfortable mask, or with treatment air leaking out of their mouths. Sometimes it takes a long time to get everything about the treatment "right". It's especially hard to feel better until you have a comfortable mask.

53now · Post by **53now** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:34 pm

RG
Would an AutoPap work better for me than my trusty Bilevel ?? or is that a horse of a different color ! My machine is 4 years old...and I just changed Insurance....... OOPS ! I think I had better get this mask problem fixed before I start messing with my machine.

Rich
OOPS Again...........I found my answer in the Respironics Auto Pro2 C Flex Interview......... Answer was ...Yes and No ! Yes if the patient could not tolerate high pressure using straight Cpap.... No if the Doctor prescribed Bipap because of some other concern. (no futher comments given)

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:46 pm

Rich,

Here is Respironics answer to a similar question I asked for the interview.

Respironics Auto C-Flex Interview said:

Q: Could this machine be used to give some relief to BiPAP users with a lower AHI and a higher titrated pressure.

A: There are different reasons that BiPAP is prescribed. It can be as a rescue for those patients who did not initially tolerate CPAP or for those patients who require BiPAP to treat their disorder. If BiPAP was prescribed because it was necessary to treat a specific problem then the answer would be no. If BiPAP was prescribed due to intolerance to standard CPAP and the patient was still not tolerant of treatment then REMstar Auto with C-Flex could be an option.

metoohipp · Post by **metoohipp** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:05 pm

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I had a brain injury in the army it caused sleep apnea, and other problems.
I was still tired so they gave me a medicine called provigal.
It works great.
Steve

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