Hi Jim I have appnea and depression. I am being treated for both. I don't think I can say the apnea caused the depression but may have contributed to it by making me take a good hard look at life and what it was all about etc. etc.....the toughest thing to deal with was getting used to the CPAP and ...

Hi smelville, welcome to CPAP talk. I am fairlly new to wearing CPAP myself but can answer a couple of your questions. Ramping means that you are going to get a machine that starts you off at a low air pressure and over the course of 20 minutes or so it builds up to the pressure that you need to be ...

As rested girl said you need to get your boyfriend to a doctor who deals with sleep disorders. Depending on what the doctor recomends it could mean surgury or something as simple as going on a CPAP machine to keep air going into his airway so he does not stop breathing at night. All in all the answe...

Hi Judith, I just wanted to say welcome to CPAP Talk. As a fellow CPAPer or hose head I to have been where you are wondering if I could go to sleep with this damb elephant trunk attached to my face. It took about 4 weeks for me to really get used to the mask. Once i fell asleep I would leave my mask...

Like all the other people who have posted here I to used to remove my mask in the middle of the night and not know it. I never undid the straps I used to just pull it up over the top of my head. how I never woke up I will never know. After about 2 or 3 weeks of doing this I told my self before I wen...

I have Barretts Esophagus which is what happens after years of acid reflux and am now seeking alternitave ways to deal with it. I have been on nexium for over 4 years with no heatburn but now all of a sudden my heartburn has returned. I do not feel it is related to my CPAP though, i just get very ga...

I also have this bloating YUCK. I was told the same thing swallowing air and also sleeeping with my chin to close to my neck. so I was told to re postion myself at night seems like it has helped a little, as long as I stay in the same postion on my side, which I am a stomach sleeper ( missing very ...

Hello to all, I am new to CPAP talk today. I found this site while searching for new things about sleep apnea. I have a Question for anyone who maybe can answer it. Has anyone noticed bloating and stomach discomfort in the morning when they get up? I have only noticed these symptoms recently and jus...