VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

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abigoria
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VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by abigoria » Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:21 am

Hello everyone.. I need some help with getting a correct machine. I have a combination of central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea. I currently use a cpap, and my insurance will not pay for another machine, so I am on the journey of finding a used Vpap machine. I was wondering if this machine: http://1800cpap.com/resmed-vpap-adapt-w ... 7AodAlEAAQ

will be the right one I need if I have central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea.. I want to make sure it treats both of the conditions. Can anyone help me with this, and suggest a good vpap machine for me?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by RogerSC » Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:33 am

Did you have a sleep study? Can you post a summary of the results? Or do you have some other reason to think that you need an ASV? Usually if you have a sleep doctor and a sleep study, you'll get a prescription for a particular kind of cpap machine. Just curious...but yes, the machine that you've linked is made to provide therapy for obstructive and central apneas. Your posting, though, makes me curious about where you got the information that you have both obstructive and central apneas, and to what degree you have them?
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Re: VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by abigoria » Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:53 am

Hi Roger, I have had a sleep study about 5 years ago and given a cpap with the pressure of 15.5 to 17.0 auto adjusting. When I first got my cpap machine back in 2006 I finally was getting good rest, then in around 2011 I started getting tired through the day and would wake up tired even though I slept 9 hours.. the only time I feel rested is if I sleep around 12 hours a day, but I cant do that anymore because it is to time consuming, although I feel a lot better when I sleep longer. A few years ago, I noticed I have periodic breathing on a daily basis, it is normally around 1 percent and my machine shows a few centrals per day. I feel that my cpap is not giving me a full benefit anymore.. I should be able to feel rested, but I rarely ever do.. There is maybe those 2 days out of a month where I actually feel rested. I wake up in the morning maybe 4 days a month with a headache that lasts most of the day. With all of this I feel that I needed something different than a CPAP, and maybe I need a BiPAP or VPAP? I tried at least 8 different masks, I been using a nasal pillow mask for 7 years now (cant tolerate the full face mask) and also get a lot of leaks with them cause I end up laying on my face a lot. Another thing I may add is I wake up with a bone dry mouth, that started a few years ago. I really don't like my sleep doctor, and I cant switch right now because will be moving to another state. I also have memory loss, low testosterone, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart palpitations.. (everything that goes with sleep apnea). I figured most of those things would improve if I was actually getting proper sleep, but I feel that I am not. This is what makes me want to try a bipap or vpap just in hopes that I may feel rested (because I am desperate to feel energetic again and not feel like the walking dead).

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Re: VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by Sclark08 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:35 am

I have a s9 vpap and I have more cas now than I ever did. I think the machine doesnt always sense air flow properly for whatever reason and consequently cas appear
I am going to get an air 10 whatever its called this year. I have copd so that could have some bearing.
I feel good and sleep well. My ahi is usually <.1 so I really do fault the machine

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Re: VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by Greg Riddle » Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:12 am

You should have another study and if dr orders bilevel ins should pay

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Re: VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by Pugsy » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:57 am

The S9 VPAP Adapt will treat both centrals and obstructive apnea events....so the machine you pointed to will do the job you are wanting it to do. Now do you really need that high end machine? I don't know because we don't know all the other details that would be needed to verify need. But to answer your question...yes, that machine would do what you are asking about.

If you are looking for used...check out secondwindcpap.com for gently used S9 VPAP Adapt...make sure you look at the correct model names...they have gently used S9 Adapts for around $1249 I think it was.

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Re: VPAP and central/obstructive sleep apnea

Post by archangle » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:38 pm

abigoria wrote:Hello everyone.. I need some help with getting a correct machine. I have a combination of central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea. I currently use a cpap, and my insurance will not pay for another machine, so I am on the journey of finding a used Vpap machine. I was wondering if this machine: http://1800cpap.com/resmed-vpap-adapt-w ... 7AodAlEAAQ

will be the right one I need if I have central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea.. I want to make sure it treats both of the conditions. Can anyone help me with this, and suggest a good vpap machine for me?

Thanks in advance!
Your insurance is probably required to provide you with an ASV machine if your central apnea is not being treated adequately by a lesser CPAP machine, even if they've already bought you a CPAP machine. You may have to fight with the bureaucracy, and your doctor may have to figure out how to justify it as "medically necessary."

It can be tough. The insurance company is a professional criminal organization that loves to deny claims, but at some point, it's easier for them to give in and obey they law than to keep denying your claim.

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