All in all it's not been too bad sleeping on my back (not as scary as the first night a wk ago, I haven't sleep on my back since tentative diagnosis April '07) ...pretty good when I think about my PSG AHI . While I would never have recommended anyone with apnea sleep on their back in the past, with...

That we all know. Now, I want to sleep on my back.

Before using cpap (apap) I used to sleep on my stomach or sideways. Is it okay to sleep on my back with apap on ? I feel sleeping on the back is natural while sleep on stomach has to be learnt. The technician told me to sleep sideways but with the tube I find it best to sleep on my back. I guess the...

We are digressing from the topic. I understand nobody cares for a dollar here. It's cumbersome - I have to take out the container from the apap machine. It sort of snugly snaps to one tube like vent onto the apap. The other end snaps to the tube which runs to the nasal pillow. I am more worried abou...

So, does it mean that once I use the water in the humidifier container, it needs to be replaced everyday ? What about the water which I bought in one liter can from Walgreens - that stays for longer than a week after being opened ?

I have build in humidifier in my apap machine. The technician told me to change the (unused) distill water daily and clean with a weak solution of vinegar weekly. Everyday, water is left in the container and I have to drain it. Is this not a waste of distill water ? In just a day use, there can't be...

Yes, it is akin to forgetting to breathe at the onset of sleep. Sometimes, it could also happen during daytime if I am engrossed in some thoughts though not very sure. It's a bit hard to remember those things as it happens for a few seconds and one does not give a thought to it later on. So, I will ...

when you relax and are about to drift off to sleep, do you notice that after you exhale you simply dont inhale again? Is that what you mean? Yes, but only for a few seconds - could be around ten seconds. I do not notice this often though. I have the software to monitor my apap machine and I will po...

I am using F & P autopap 254 since two weeks. Still, I do not feel too great - maybe need to try some masks other than nasal pillow. anyways, has somebody come across this kind of feeling ? - When I am drifting into sleep, I feel I hold my breath and after 10-15 seconds breath with a snort/gasp. I d...

Honestly, I don't know which one is better. But, there are many experienced folks here and let's wait for their response. The F&P has a USB compatible compliance “stick” and stays in the machine until a download is needed. Does that mean we don't need to buy the proprietary res-med card reader and s...

Hi All Between these two models, which is the better one in your opinion : Fisher&Paykel HC254JHU Auto CPAP with the SensAwake feature OR Res-Med S-8 Autoset II. What I have told is - The former has a USB compatible compliance “stick” and stays in the machine until a download is needed. The SensAwak...

There are so many "expert folks here so I thought I'd ask here.

I am yet to start on Apap. I have hypoapnea episodes at night. Could it be the cause of tinnitus ??
Honestly, tinnitus is more of an issue with me right now although I know I don't sleep well

thanks LinkC for the informed reply. I am providing more info from the sleep study. http://i49.tinypic.com/xbec75.jpg There are so many knowledgeable people here and I hope somebody would know the answers. The total duration of sleep was 162.5 minutes then according to this formula - Apnea events, p...

I have 5 page report each for Polysomnography and Cpap Titration. What are the key figures I need to look into ? as I want to order it online at cpap.com. For example, this is the reading (summary) from the first page : http://i47.tinypic.com/2i9sdx4.png The recommendation is - Nocturnal CPAP 9.0 cm...

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I have been reading this forum and saw people citing upto 38 channels in sleep study.
Is 24 channel adequate for sleep study ? Any thoughts ?