I have been using my APAP for awhile, and I seem to have developed a new problem. During the middle of the night, I take off my mask and go back to sleep. The problem is, I don't really mean to, and when I awake in the morning I have no memory of doing it. I seem to be able to sleep with my mask fai...

They wouldn't tell me why, but they are making me use a Blood oxygen meter for a night so they can look at it. I have an APAP I have been using for two weeks now, so I find it strange that they are doing this, or that they didn't do this in the beginning. Is this a normal sort of thing that they wou...

Its funny how my DME did not even remotely understand the concept of the wind tunnel effect that the original poster was describing. If it wasn't for this forum, I would think that I had an unusual breathing problem. I don't have easy breath or EPR, but I hope I soon will.

I don't want to give up on this, I really need to do my best to sleep with this machine on, but it is hard. Should I choose to not sleep with the machine on in order to get a good nights sleep once in a while? I just don't know. Maybe a regular CPAP with a constant noise and pressure would be good f...

Well, today was day 6 of using my APAP machine, and despite some good progress on my 3rd day, my 5th and 6th days have been harder than my 1st and 2nd days. I am not really sleeping anymore, more like napping occassionaly over a 9 hour period. I must have woken up from a shallow sleep between 15-20 ...

I know I only want the higher pressures when I need them, because the higher pressure keeps me awake. I really can't imagine being happy with a machine that is not automatic. I guess I need to wait and see how the DME treats me when they get around to giving me my permanent machine. I guess I have t...

All of the things you are saying about the DME are my experience as well. In the 5 short days since dealing with them, I get ignorant lies, misrepresentations, and belittleing. Based on this admittedly anecdotal evidence, I don't think they are ignorant. A couple of days looking at things online has...

Drubin007, it is nice to hear from someone who is using the machine that I am using. I don't have many complaints about the machine, although I do wish that I had a C-Flex, A-Flex, or EPR feature. The sens-awake feature is nice, but it doesn't seem to work very often. Also, I wish the machine had an...

My DME set me up with a Fisher and Paykel Auto CPAP machine temporarily. They said they will analyze the data from the machine, and then get me a different CPAP machine. I assume the purpose of this is to figure out what pressure I need to sleep with. I would then assume that they are going to get m...

Can someone who has a Resmed machine with EPR or a Respironics machine with C-flex please describe to me what it feels like when the EPR or C-Flex is enabled? I am trying to make myself knowlegable about what CPAP machine I want, and my major problem seems to be that my lungs ache a little bit after...

Thanks everyone. I guess the best thing to do right now is to wait and see which machine they try to give me.

The only doctor I have is my GP. He ordered the sleep study. Is he the one with the power? Or is it the doctor that interpreted my sleep study?

I just found out that the Sleepstyle 254 is just a temporary machine to measure what pressure I need. They will probably get me a cheaper machine, that is the only reason I can think of as to why they would give me an Apap machine temporarily. My Sleep company that I deal with (is this called a DME?...

Wow, thanks everyone.

My machine does have a ramp time of 20 minutes. I can't adjust it, though. If I could I would make it 30-40. I suppose I can turn the machine off and then on, that would work, but by doing that I might be wide awake again. I still can't sleep with the machine, but on my 3rd night I felt like maybe I...