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- Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How to deal with extreme anxiety over a "flutter" that is intermittent or always there but occulted
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9950
Re: How to deal with extreme anxiety over a "flutter" that is intermittent or always there but occulted
I used to have flutters like these. Before my sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment, and for the first three years of CPAP treatment. I also had a small heart attack before, which is what started my sleep apnea diagnosis, and after much testing, they found that my heart attack was caused by vascular s...
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Panic Attacks and claustraphobia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2417
Re: Panic Attacks and claustraphobia
Oh, I also forgot to post my other acclamation method which was the first night I wore it for like two minutes and then I couldn’t take it anymore so I took it off. And then whenever I would wake up in the middle of the night and put it back on again for as long as I could take and then take it off ...
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Panic Attacks and claustraphobia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2417
Re: Panic Attacks and claustraphobia
When i started CPAP therapy i could only wear it like 2 minutes a night. I have severe claustrophobia. It was so bad the dr had to prescribe me Xanax to take at night, to be able to acclimate to it. Usually, you want to avoid benzodiazepine based anxiety medicine, because it makes your throat muscle...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:22 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3869
Re: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
To Grumpy – last night I replaced the air filter, and it was so dirty – ugh!. Here are the other things I did: 1. Unplugged the machine for 5 minutes, then plugged it back in 2. Checked all the settings to make sure they were set on the right things 3. Checked all the cords, unplugged everything fro...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:08 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3869
Re: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
Does oscar work on any phones or it’s not an app it’s just desktop software?
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:04 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3869
Re: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
Thank you so much yes I do use a full face CPAP MASK I have claustrophobia and you would think a little mask is better but for some reason I started with the full face mask and once I got used to it, I stuck with it
Is there a special kind of SD card I need to get or it could be just any SD card?
Is there a special kind of SD card I need to get or it could be just any SD card?
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 5:44 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3869
CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
I have sleep apnea, diagnosed like 15 years ago, and my current machine is a Philips Dreamstation 2 that I received as part of the replacement thing because of the lawsuit. It's been working well for a year or so. But in the last 3-4 weeks, the AHI and times seem a bit wonky. In addition, over the s...