I can't be authoritative, but I've found over the years when I'm frustrated, I'll assume more pressure is the solution. Sometimes it is, but other times it can backfire and cause more problems. I'm not saying don't experiment with different settings--most of us need to. I might suggest gradual chang...

I had 20 years of apnea before it was diagnosed. I kept telling doctors and psych people that I had "unusually vivid" dreams of choking in my bed, either choking on my own or having someone break into my house and choke me. I mean, I'd have the choking dream, then wake up out of breath and I'd see t...

Before I was diagnosed with apnea, I was told my "insomnia" was purely psychological. Took various meds, saw therapists to complain about everything wrong in my life, and still no change. The only change I did notice was that when I slept on my couch (passing out watching TV at night), I woke up rem...

Yes, the Rx came from a new sleep study, the 3rd titration I've had in about 7 years. This last one wasn't very productive. For whatever reason, the lab environment was stressful and I only slept 4 hours, and not very deeply or normally, so they didn't have much data to work with. They suspect I hav...

I'm arising from my long-time lurker depths to ask for help on this one. New sleep doctor, who seems pretty good, gave me a new Rx, but I'm a bit stumped on how to input it. I have a Respironics Remstar Bipap Auto M Series. The new Rx is IPAP 8 to 20, EPAP 4 to 15. I've never been given a range befo...

A couple suggestions: 1. Through various experiments, I've found that a somewhat loose strap works best on my Swift FX for the reasons you describe--it slips and loosens on its own anyway, and also because if it's too tight, it pulls the nasal pillows slightly out of my nostrils and creates leaks. 2...

I think I finally got the pressures right, or nearly so. Last night was the first mostly normal sleep I've had in 2 weeks. I went with 12/16, which seems high compared to what others use, but it works for me, and I've always been on the high end anyway. But yeah, I worry about inducing centrals with...

Thank you all for your speedy replies! To answer a few questions: 1. I have a few vague allergies, but nothing unusual or worse than usual. 2. I can wake up several times at night with the sweats and that choking feeling, but my machine/card will only show maybe one incident of OSA, if at all. I jus...

Something that happens to me in all my travels (2 weeks a month to various cities), is that often when I go through airport security, one of the security guards will look at my opened CPAP case and say, "Oh, I have a machine like that." This has happened in numerous cities. I have a cousin in CPAP w...

I travel 2 weeks a month and have taken various world vacations. The most scrutiny of my xPAP machine is always in the USA. The security rules have vacillated over time, but the last year or so they routinely do a test on it. Doesn't bother me, just slows me down a bit. They've never damaged it that...

This might just be my own metabolism, but the first time I took melatonin, I almost feel asleep in a chair 10 minutes later and had to struggle to my bed, where I was out for hours. Then each following night for about 3-4 weeks the effect was less and less until it was nothing. And even after a year...

Nice to come back to this forum after about 3-4 years' absence and see some familiar names! I've been muddling along the last few years with mixed success. But the last 2 weeks have been a little alarming. I was getting reasonably rested and energetic again to exercise and also control my appetite b...

Oh, Carbonman, it's worse than you think. It's really a plot to do away with masks altogether. The real decision here is: will you sleep at night with fingers from your left hand jammed up your nose, or your right? That's the new, evil therapy waiting in the wings for us hoseheads to replace energy-...

OK, now I can add hypochrondriac to my list of ailments, as if OSA wasn't enough. Those lists are scary! More seriously, I've been through batteries of tests to rule most out most of that stuff, but thanks for suggesting anyway. If I can continue to sleep on my stomach and they go away, I'll rule ou...

Thanks for your reply, Gasp. I know there are a ton of posts everyday, but I wondered why no one answered mine. Anyway, my sleep doctors (including the new one) just give me an Rx for the machine and tell me to go away. Primary care doctor is great and was the one who tested me for everything to fin...