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by osagirl
Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: how 2 promote nasal breathing? your input would b a blessing
Replies: 1
Views: 568

how 2 promote nasal breathing? your input would b a blessing

Im not going to go into detail about my past with daytime fatigue/sleep apnea, if you want a better picture of it look at my previous posts. I've had lots and lots of invasive surgeries to attempt to improve the tiredness i experience from what i thought to be sleep apnea. AFter having EVERY single ...
by osagirl
Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: help with antidepressants for sleep deprivation
Replies: 20
Views: 2196

Re: help with antidepressants for sleep deprivation

oh, and about it being a quick fix, ive had HALF MY TONGUE REMOVED, UPPP, MY upper and bottom jaws moved forward, and many more. so dont tell me its a quick fix to need medication, youd be pretty resentful and desperate if youve done everything under the sun and still are suffering.
by osagirl
Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: help with antidepressants for sleep deprivation
Replies: 20
Views: 2196

Re: help with antidepressants for sleep deprivation

no. I have sleep apnea due to anatomically narrow nasal passages as I just recently found out. This is why I mouth breathe ONLY AND why cpap will not work. the nasal passage is ANATOMICALLY TOO NARROW, so you cant STENT open something your NOSE that is just TOO narrow from bone and cartilage deformi...
by osagirl
Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: help with antidepressants for sleep deprivation
Replies: 20
Views: 2196

help with antidepressants for sleep deprivation

I have sleep apnea, and have been sleep deprived for a number of years. I've had cpap and surgical interventions, which have not helped the severe daytime fatigue i feel every day. If i got into the details this would be a novel. Needless to say, this has done a number on my mental status, as i've b...
by osagirl
Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: name of antidepressant to help me with OSA?
Replies: 7
Views: 1238

Re: name of antidepressant to help me with OSA?

after numerous surgeries to correct sleep apnea, i still have it. From all this I have become even more depressed, as you can imagine. Just wondering if anyone knows the name of a good antidepressant that would help me at least a little bit. I know sleep deprivation is the cause of my depression bu...
by osagirl
Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: name of antidepressant to help me with OSA?
Replies: 7
Views: 1238

name of antidepressant to help me with OSA?

after numerous surgeries to correct sleep apnea, i still have it. From all this I have become even more depressed, as you can imagine. Just wondering if anyone knows the name of a good antidepressant that would help me at least a little bit. I know sleep deprivation is the cause of my depression but...
by osagirl
Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Post surgery and results not looking well
Replies: 6
Views: 1299

Post surgery and results not looking well

I never thought id be back to the forum after my bi-maxillary advancement but it looks like i am. 5 weeks after surgery and im still exhausted everyday. My partner still says that i sleep with my mouth open and my tongue drops back in my throat. doctors tell me its too soon to tell and theres stil r...
by osagirl
Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When is oxygen an acceptable treatment for OSA?
Replies: 9
Views: 1669

okay one more question..
what if im tired because my o2 isn't 100 when i sleep, then is oxygen implemented?
by osagirl
Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:22 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When is oxygen an acceptable treatment for OSA?
Replies: 9
Views: 1669

When is oxygen an acceptable treatment for OSA?

I had another sleep study last night...
The tech told me this morning that no matter how high he went with cpap, he couldnt get my o2 levels to go above 95. But he also said I wasn't having events?? I don't know what to do, any input is appriciated

by osagirl
Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: no air conditioner?
Replies: 3
Views: 951

Well i just put the humidifier up by 1/2 and i got bad rainout in the mask, and this also happened WITHOUT the air conditioner on. I'm pretty sure my heated hose is working. this is so frustrating!!!

by osagirl
Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: no air conditioner?
Replies: 3
Views: 951

no air conditioner?

My humidity is set on 2 out of 4. Everytime I turn it up past 2 i get a LOT of condensation in my mask. I have a heated hose as well. Just wondering if its my air conditioner that is causing me the problem. Any input??

by osagirl
Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BIG problems with CPAP. please help
Replies: 12
Views: 1823

I cant use bipap or cflex because when I do use them i have apneas. its almost as if that the resistence of pressure i breathe against pushes my tongue out of the way. My dentist def. was right about my tongue being too big. The worst part is that I never had sleep apnea until I got my tongue pierce...
by osagirl
Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BIG problems with CPAP. please help
Replies: 12
Views: 1823

BIG problems with CPAP. please help

CPAP worked great for me for about two months on a pressure 16.5. Then I got a sinus infection, and everything went down hill. No matter how much humidity I used, I still got infection after infection. I swore to never use cpap ever again. So i got a dental device, which DIDNT WORK. The ONLY reason ...
by osagirl
Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Nose Plugging
Replies: 18
Views: 4714

I wear a hybrid, but I turned it into an oral mask by blocking the holes where the pillows would go into. It works great, but like i said, I cant find anything to block my nose. Does anyone know if i can buy nose plugs that come with the oracle without buying the oracle. I didnt buy the oracle in th...
by osagirl
Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Nose Plugging
Replies: 18
Views: 4714

Nose Plugging

Right now I'm plugging my nose by rolling a ball of silly putty, then wrapping that in saran wrap. Then placing that in each nostril and putting tape over my nostrils.... there has to be an easier way !! I can't have anything protruding out of my nose either cause then it will hit my oral mask which...