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by OSADad
Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: More help needed (please bear with me)
Replies: 1
Views: 1055

More help needed (please bear with me)

The first few nights I used CPAP, it was wonderful. The pressure felt like it "inflated" the back of my throat. It felt somewhat like a balloon being pumped up. And I could breathe freely. Is that how it should feel? But then starting the 4th night, and every consecutive night thereafter, I've total...
by OSADad
Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CO2 washout
Replies: 5
Views: 2694

CO2 washout

I've been reading these boards for some time now. From time to time the topic of CO2 washout comes up. Sometimes people say that too much pressure can cause CO2 problems. Other people say too little pressure can cause CO2 problems. When you visit the Sites of the CPAP makers, they never even mention...
by OSADad
Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newcomer had questions
Replies: 10
Views: 2342

More from OSADad

Gosh thanks for all the interest! I am using the newst brand of C-Flex and a ResMed FF mask. My sleep study did not show any central apena events, nor anything else of interest aside from moderate OSA. I've got it here in front of me. So I don't think that is the issue. I do find that my problems ar...
by OSADad
Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newcomer had questions
Replies: 10
Views: 2342

Newcomer had questions

I was recently diagnosed with OSA - after many years of tiredness. I was glad for the diagnosis because CPAP seemed like a reasonable treatment. But I'm having problems. Here is the deal. When I sleep with CPAP, I don't feel like I enter a very deep sleep. I sleep (without apneas because I have soft...