I agree with the doctor that getting off Ativan is best. I was on it for a time, as well as another benzo. They are bad for you long term. Your instinct to get off them is spot on but it's not easy if you're been on them a while. I got off by titrating the dose down very, very gradually. Are you mal...

You may be surprised to learn that Advantage plans are NOT limited to the 13 month capped rental original Medicare does for CPAP. They can require perpetual rental for the life of the equipment. And from what I have observed, most do impose perpetual rental, because they can. Why not? Medicare allo...

Thanks for the heads up. I have a Medicare Advantage plan. I've only made one payment, right after I got the machine this January, I got a paper bill for the copay. Since then I have not gotten any bills. I did get one text telling me to call a number to pay for my recent shipment of masks or someth...

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Fri May 23, 2025 10:07 am

Have you tried CPAP Comfort Covers? They work well for me and are dirt cheap. Previously the touch worked, but I'm currently on a more conventional mask (the Airfit F20, and it seems to be working well with the covers'.

Thank you, I just ordered one.

Thank you. I’ll check it out. It takes most of the day for swelling to go down. I have yet to find that connection between to tight and to loose. I started out with a full face mask and switched to the f30i, which also is a full face mask, but doesn’t cover as much as the f30. Truly a lot of trial ...

I was having a lot of swelling around my eyes while using the AirTouch N20 nasal mask, which rested up on the bridge of my nose. Then I got what the doctor said was early shingles near my eye, and along my nose on my cheek. I am NOT saying the swelling had to do with the shingles. They put me on ant...

It's worth remembering that any doctor can write the script for a CPAP mask. And you can ask for the script to include unlimited refills. Ask for a hard copy of the script so that you can upload it to on-line sites that require a script to buy a mask. The fact that insurance isn't going to pay does...

I think I have found a solution without having to buy new masks (shout out to Pugsy's kind offer!) Last night I changed back to the small size nasal mask (I had switched to medium for some reason) and the smaller one did not reach the rash so I think this is going to work. I'll give it a few nights ...

I've been using a nasal mask (over the bridge of my nose) successfully and suddenly yesterday I developed what the doctor says is shingles right alongside my nose and cheek and up to my eye. I can't stand to have the mask on and had to sleep without it last night. Even wearing my glasses is painful....

Yeah believe it or not there's actually zero treatment available on the public health system here for insomnia! Not even CBT-I. I had to get that while living in Germany a couple of years ago. We have quite a strange mix of public and private - surgery or emergency treatment is basically free or ve...

It's indefensible that your public health system won't investigate your insomnia. There are many factors that could be contributing that could be detected in bloodwork and corrected. I have had chronic insomnia since I was a child (I'm 68 now) and I've gone through a lifetime figuring out these vari...

Yikes I didn't think of what if the machine itself breaks. I can't imagine sleeping even one night without it and am wondering about when I have to travel. Do I take it or do I buy a smaller travel machine? Maybe that can be my backup machine? A lot of people are not happy with travel machines. Oft...

In my opinion everyone should keep a backup supply of one of everything, mask, hose, water chamber filters and maybe even machine. Things break. They usually break on Friday evening of a 3 day weekend. Having a spare relieves a lot of anxiety. Having an autoship pilling up multiple extras creates a...

Why would you have such a negative outlook and/or assume you'd need to use it forever? I'm not a positive person generally to be honest, so having had it on briefly I don't like it. But I know, once I get used to it I'll probably feel a little bit different about it especially if it's helping. And ...

I work with someone who is ventilator dependent. She lives at home. Government programs have covered a whole house generator for her, because her life is immediately at risk during power outages. But I'd be very surprised if that's covered for CPAP. Right. There are government programs that cover t...