Thanks ChicagoGranny and Robysue1!!!

I hit a new high last night with my therapy. I have been using a pillow mask for the past three nights and tolerating it a bit more. A good friend gave me an Ambien to try, and I actually slept 4.33 hours before my wife woke me up because the cpap air line was gurgling and water had somehow gotten i...

I HATED my CPAP at first. Every night would find me throwing the mask at the wall. Wanting to break the mask, break the machine, kill me. I worked two jobs, attended class at night, had two young kids at that point, and I couldn't sleep with the damn thing. But my husband couldn't sleep with me any...

loggerhead12 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:22 pm

ykf7b0 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:17 pm

What is the OSA?

Obstructive Sleep Apnea is why most people use CPAP machines.

Ok. I'm new. Congrats on your love for your cpap and maybe I can get there someday.

lazarus wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:09 pm

Love the PAP; hate the OSA.

Both a statement and a recommendation.

What is the OSA?

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:34 am

IMO, it is time to either ask for a different mask or a referral to an ENT
for evaluation of your "traumatic nasal injury".
If a surgical correction is indicated---go for it!

I don't think another surgery is an option. Too much scarring from two previous surgeries.

Rubicon wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:01 am

I'm taking some artistic license here, but IMO your real question goes something like:

"WTF am I doing this for!?"

That would be correct Sir!

Rubicon wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:59 am

ykf7b0 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:37 am

My VA doc is sending me a small supply of hydroxyzine.

I'll bet he ain't a sleep doc, is he.

No. He set me up with the sleep study clinic.

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I should say that this whole experience started because I told my VA doctor that I never sleep well so a sleep study was set up. It was determined I have moderate apnea if I sleep. My problem(s) are I feel I'm suffocating no matter what setting the machine is on....

Tonight is my 15th night trying to sleep with the cpap and I have not slept at all with it on. The longest I've withstood it on my face is almost 3 hours and it has cost me so much sleep I now feel awful. If anyone hate's their machine as much as I do and feels the cpap is counterproductive to their...

I have another question if I may.? I see in the manual sent with my new cpap machine that an Exhale Relief Pressure is an option but it is not on my cpap machine’s drop down menu. Is it possible to download this feature onto the machine? As other posters have suggested, you need to include your equ...

I have a Resmed app to check my progress with the cpap and I am curious as to what constitutes an event. I had the mask on for 1.46 hours last night and registered 6.1 events. I don’t think I even dozed while I had it on. Your Resmed AirSense can't tell if you are awake or asleep. Since the device ...

I have another question if I may.? I see in the manual sent with my new cpap machine that an Exhale Relief Pressure is an option but it is not on my cpap machine’s drop down menu. Is it possible to download this feature onto the machine?

Thanks. I looked it up online and the events recorded are either apnea’s or hypopneas’s. Either is for 10 seconds or more. This still seems inaccurate when I don’t even think I slept whatsoever.
It is also strange that the cpap is there to correct these issues. I have a long way to go I suppose.

I have a Resmed app to check my progress with the cpap and I am curious as to what constitutes an event. I had the mask on for 1.46 hours last night and registered 6.1 events. I don’t think I even dozed while I had it on.