Hmmm... interesting to say the least. I'm not sure how I'd feel about having to clench my teech on it all night.

My DME people actually gave me a chinstrap to use at first to get used to sleeping with my mouth closed. I used it 2-3 days and I don't seem to be opening my mouth anymore.

After my initial problems falling asleep with my mask on I was on Ambien to assist. While that did help me fall asleep, I felt all too familiar pangs of depression setting in. I was treated for depression five years prior but had been fine since. Sure enough, I found that severe depression can be a ...

Hope you don't mind me piggybacking this thread but I also have a small and a large that came with my swift that are quite useless. Anyone want to trade me a medium for one of these?

This is kind of in the same vein as this topic but not really... I've been on CPAP for a week and have noticed that I'm dreaming a lot more and remembering them. While this is nifty, I've seriously had like 4-5 sex dreams in the past week, when I was averaging fewer then that per year prior to begin...

So I've discovered that I definitely prefer the higher humidity settings so last night I cranked it up pretty high. Still no condensation in the tubes or anything but it was pretty humid. Slept great until about 5:30am... my damn humidifier ran out of water! Woke up with a dry throat and congestion....

Wow. Thanks for the tips everyone. I loosened up my mask and felt only minor nasal irritation this morning and it went away before I even got a chance to brush my teeth this morning. The congestion is a little bit better after turning my humidity up but there was still a bit. It was gone by 10:30am ...

Hmm, that smart start feature sounds pretty sweet. Here's to hoping I don't accidentally crank my machine up to 50 and make my lungs explode.

2. Does having a machine like the Resmed Elite S8, which displays quite a bit of data in the clinicians mode, diminish the value of a program like Respironics Encore Pro (I found a free download but get an error message that it can't initialize installation. Darn). What is this clinician's mode you...

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DerDrache wrote:The DME chick

chick?

Sorry, local lingo.

Cool, I'll try that Rooster... completely off topic but I see you're in Charlotte so I have to ask... have you ever been to Ri-Ra's?

First of all, hang in there. Most of us had a rough start. The Ambien should help get you over the startup hump. For me, I set the heat level to where I could tell it was getting warm, then turned it back one notch. Tell us more about the nostril pain! In the long run, you will find you are feeling...

Just got my CPAP machine on Wednesday. Doc says I was having 64 apnic episodes per hour I believe. They gave me a Resmed Elite S8 with a heated humidifier with a Mirage Swift facemask thingy. The pressure is set at 14. The first night I wore it for 2 hours before ripping it off in my sleep, I lasted...