Your cottage sounds idyllic! What really sounds idyllic to me is being able to see an ENT and sleep physician in the same day, without an appointment to the latter! :lol: Here in the US you would be waiting months between specialist appointments, "walking in" does not happen. And the biggest argume...

Best of luck treating the reflux. It sounds as though perhaps the damage to the back of your throat contributed to your choking feeling. Did the ENT opine about that? And I'll be curious how you do with the Trazodone. Your cottage sounds idyllic! Thanks for your comment 👍 The ENT doctor really made...

Well I made the long trip to the nearest hospital and sat in front of a Doctor ( Genera Doctor ) I went over my concerns and described my '' some thing sticking in my throat '' symptoms . The doctor then had a look in my mouth using a torch , and said nothing could be seen . The Doctor then advised ...

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Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:07 am

Where are you located?

I live in England , Cumbria a few miles from the village of Bassenthwaite . Its fairly remote which is what I like .



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again there was a power cut to my small cottage ( which is a fairly normal occurrence ) You should consider a battery backup system. Consistent usage is vital to your therapy. Multiple threads you'd want to read https://www.cpaptalk.com/search.php?keywords=Battery+backup+&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=...

Good that your symptoms are better, but it's something to talk about with your MD... or at least Google the omep. and see what they say in general re other possible issues. Thanks for your comment , its appreciated. Well I made the long trip to the nearest hospital and sat in front of a Doctor ( Ge...

Your description of the throat sensation sounds a lot like having an obstructive event. If you take the mask off immediately, the machine may not be flagging it because the requisite 10 seconds haven't passed. You can zoom in on the very end of your session to see whether your flow rate seems stuck...

I suddenly get a feeling that I have some thing stuck in my throat or I have swallowed an object and on many occasions at the same time I feel a single rush of air into my face mask for a split second and then its gone a strange feeling like either Ive gone and swallowed some thing solid and its st...

You didn't really answer my Q re the Prilosec... it may matter. Sorry about that , I did not realize that Prilosec was in fact omeprazole , your thoughts about taking Prilosec is a good point , I have been taking Prilosec ( 20mg ) once in the morning and once before going to bed in the evening for ...

The reason we have to figure out asleep or not is because the machine can't and it can and will respond to awake breathing irregularities ....this means we can't assume that when we see the machine change the pressures that we are asleep and the machine must be fighting something it doesn't like. T...

Just wondering if you've ever not taken the Prilosec for a night or two (or possibly taken it much earlier in the day) and how that might have changed your experience of the throat sensation and anything else you feel when being awoken at 12. Thanks for your comment , its appreciated. The thought o...

You've created a bad habit and you know what they say about bad habits....easy to make and a bitch to break. It can be done but will require a lot of work and part of that work is figuring out if you were even asleep and what might be causing the wake up and what can be done about it. Thanks Pugsy ...

It looks like your inner monster has you "trained". A little trouble around midnight, and you (gasp) GIVE UP! I had to add a little mask time every night until my rhythm matched my needs. It is not easy--but completely worth it. Six months of weakness will be hard to break; but you need to do it to...

Well...since you can't really say for sure that you even went to sleep I guess we have to first try to determine if you did ever go to sleep and if you did when. Go here and watch all the videos and learn how to zoom in and look for regular asleep breathing vs awake breathing. http://freecpapadvice...

Just joined and have my fingers firmly crossed that some kind person can offer me hope. After many months of suffering the symptoms of sleep apnea I had a sleep test done . The sleep test results confirmed that I was suffering from severe sleep apnea. I purchased a ResMed AirSense AutoSet 10 machine...