I know I open my mouth, that's why I have a Full Face mask. Yes I am using distilled water.

Hello there, I've been on CPAP for a couple of months now and have never gone to sleep without it. I love my CPAP. It has sincerely changed my life. The headaches are gone, I don't sleep all day. I actually do things since the struggle to get out of bed and make it through the day is gone. RemStar M...

When I had my sleep study I would only have hypopneas during REM. It made me think that maybe I have a different kind of disorder with regards to my brain. ???

Hi Snoregirl I've spoken to the doctor about my issues with the plain cpap (remstar m series) with exhalation, but was told that I 'shouldn't have a problem with a pressure of 6. She said she would send in a prescription for a different mask though. Which she still hasn't done, it's been a week, plu...

Since my sleep doc won't let return the machine that was prescribed and get one that I want, could I get a prescription from my PCP instead since she is much more open to patient input. Does it matter where the prescription comes from? Thank you all! If it weren't for you posts, I would have had not...

Thank you all for replying. I can't begin to tell you how much it means to me. It is amazing how apnea has changed my life over the last 10 years, the daily suffering and all this time not one of my doctors ever mentioned anything. I am full of anger and I felt like it's just another doctor rushing ...

First I wanted to thank everyone for all their posts. I have been reading them religiously for weeks now and learned quite a bit. I have had a couple of sleep studies, first one I didn’t get by 2.3 hours of sleep and the technician didn’t give me the ambien that the doctor indicated. I didn’t ask be...

I'm 34 and fat. With that said, now that I have been diagnosed with apnea, I know for a fact that I had it at 23 and I wasn't fat then. Over the years of it getting worse, I've gained weight as I've slowed down due to the constant fatigue, headaches, memory loss, depression and anxiety, etc. If it w...