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by angimarie
Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help me choose a new FF Mask...
Replies: 15
Views: 2808

i could have sworb that i already replied to this. i LOVE the full face QUATTRO mask. It is very comfortable and much better than the nose mask!

-angi
by angimarie
Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I have no luck with CPAP!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 1899

I went to the quattro full face mask and could not be happier. it sounds like you need a full face mask if you are talking, you are breathing through your mouth.

-angi
by angimarie
Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BREATHING WITH A FULL FACE MASK
Replies: 8
Views: 1430

Re: BREATHING WITH A FULL FACE MASK

hi i thought it would be horrible to have a full face mask but it has turned out to be the opposite. i like it much better than the nasal mask. i can breathe through either and i really do not feel any pressure from the air. it is amazing actually. i am claustropobic, so i thought for sure i would h...
by angimarie
Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Crunching(and understanding) the cpap numbers???
Replies: 19
Views: 3404

Re: Crunching(and understanding) the cpap numbers???

Hi, the EXACT same thing was happening to me. I felt worse even with an achy flu like feeling while wearing a nasal mask with the cpap. My leak rate was high like yours and I figured out that i was leaking air from my mouth. I got a chin strap and then my mouth still opened and I also got a headache...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Had my first deep REM sleep today during a nap
Replies: 3
Views: 874

Hi Kathy, Thanks for your reply. Deep sleep is an amazing feeling. I almost can't wait to go to bed. I totally know what you mean about being stuck in the middle of awake and asleep. I never (until this week) feel like I really sleep much, i mean i am so close to being awake,...hard to explain but i...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:06 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Link between OSA and the "beer gut"
Replies: 242
Views: 52363

Hi there, my theory is that having apnea/hypopnea causes a beer belly. I am serious. My sleep study said I wake up with 81 hypopneas per hour. Sometimes I wake all of the way up into a full fight or flight panic attack. I assume when I am waking up 81 times and I do not remember them, that I am havi...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Had my first deep REM sleep today during a nap
Replies: 3
Views: 874

Had my first deep REM sleep today during a nap

in a long time. I know it was REM cause when the alarm rang to get up, I was trying to asnwer the phone, and the lamp. I was so out of it for like 15 minutes and I have not had that kind of deep sleep feeling for as long as I can remember. The doc said at my sleep study I never got into deep REM, an...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: mirage quattro sizing chart - full face resmed
Replies: 0
Views: 1136

mirage quattro sizing chart - full face resmed

Hi, someone kindly posted something about getting a sizing chart from resmed...... here is a link

http://www.cpap-supply.com/cpap-mask-in ... -guide.pdf

by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:11 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: just prescribed Effexor-really freaked to take-any thoughts?
Replies: 48
Views: 7357

Relationships have been ending since the beginning of time. That is painful. Why would anyone take a pill trying to make that pain go away? I don't get it. JeffH PS i have noticed that a lot of people who I hve met that have a negative opinion of antidepressants and depression in general seem to "s...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: just prescribed Effexor-really freaked to take-any thoughts?
Replies: 48
Views: 7357

Hi there, there are sooo many horror stories about anti-d's on the web. I too made that mistake before I took the one I am on/and during my treatment. I am on Paxil. I have to say that after reading the web I was sooo upset that i was already on Paxil. However, it has saved my life so I now realize ...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:59 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: just prescribed Effexor-really freaked to take-any thoughts?
Replies: 48
Views: 7357

Relationships have been ending since the beginning of time. That is painful. Why would anyone take a pill trying to make that pain go away? I don't get it. JeffH People do NOT take a pill to take away the pain of ending a relationship necessarily. People take anti-depressants for DEPRESSION. Clearl...
by angimarie
Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How do I "train"myself to sleep longer?
Replies: 12
Views: 1912

Hi,
I am just like you! If I go to bed like early at 9, either I lay there for like 4 hours or I fall asleep (if REALLY tired) right away and wake up 2 hours later and am up all night.

argh!

I wish I had an answer for you! If you find one, please let me know.



-Angi
by angimarie
Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Are these good numbers?
Replies: 2
Views: 900

Are these good numbers?

Hi, first week on auto pap. Last night was the first time using my new resmed Mirage? quattro FULL FACE mask. I only clocked 3.3 hours because at some point I apparently ripped it off and when i woke up it was blowing air at the wall. And oh y eah, I put it in the machine as the "ultra full" is that...
by angimarie
Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: any suggestions for a FULL FACE Mask?
Replies: 12
Views: 1929

I got the quattro today and i am so glad it does not make me feel claustrophobic like i thought it would. i took a nap with it this evening and i am up still feeling great at 4 am. like, i feel like it is the first rem in a long time. back to bed now. i am soo excited. this sure fixes the mouth brea...
by angimarie
Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: any suggestions for a FULL FACE Mask?
Replies: 12
Views: 1929

NEVERMIND!

NVERMIND I FOUND THE LINK TO MEASURE MY BIG NOSE AND THEN SEE WHAT FITS BEST. I WAS HOPING THE QUATTRO I GUESS, BUT THE ULTRA MIRAGE WAS ON MY LIST BUT NO QUATTRO. I WONDER WHY? I WILL HAVE TO ASK. I JUST WANT SOMETHING COMFORTABLE AND LESS ANNOYING THAN OTHER ONES. THANKS FOR READING IF YOU MADE I...