I checked my United Healthcare account online the other day and noticed there were two claims for Apria sent on the same day. The first one was for just over $1,000, which all checks out. I got my machine, mask, headgear, tubing, etc. But the second claim is for over $3,000. It has yet to be process...

If the ads showed models sleeping on their sides with a mask on, you'd probably see how difficult it can be to sleep on your side with a normal pillow. I'm still a newbie at this, but I've discovered that the only mask that allows me to sleep how I normally sleep (stomach and side, constantly changi...

The whole PSG setup is not conducive to my sleeping habits, that's for sure. The first time was bad enough. With the mask, and being not used to it, well that's impossible. I'm not normally THIS anxious about things, though. It's the sleep deprivation (from spending part of each night try the APAP) ...

Hi Joy,

I figured out how to increase it myself, and I'll probably start it at 5.5 and see how that works. Right now my 90% pressure is 8, so maybe 6 or 7 is a better starting point.

Also, my new nasal pillows mask is the Swift LT. Anyone have experience with it?

Well, it was a failure of a night. Here's what happened. I took Valerian root and Unisom (staying away from the melatonin because I'm suspecting it's not helping my depression), and was hooked up to the stuff by 10 p.m. The tech was the same lady from my last sleep study. She's very candid and extre...

I'm here now. They don't have a hybrid mask. They are going to let me try a quattro.

I'm off to the titration. I wonder if they have a hybrid style mask I could try.

The doc did not prescribe a sleep aid, and I did find instructions to get into the clinician's menu. My bottom pressure was 4 and my max was 20. I know it's never gotten to 20 because I'd notice that. I bumped my bottom pressure to 5. I'm about to take 1350mg of Valerian root, 9mg of melatonin, and ...

Sure, I'm definitely going. I'm planning on taking a double dose of Unisom too.

So that nurse actually did talk to the doctor, and then she called me back. The doctor said she'd like me to still go to tomorrow's titration (rather than reschedule to the 11th like the nurse suggested) and will have me trying on various masks throughout the night if necessary. She's also disappoin...

I called my Pulmonary Specialist's office, and nurse called me back. I told her all the problems I've been having falling asleep. She basically said it looks like I'm not ready for the titration since the tech will need me to go to sleep, and she asked me what night of the week is best to reschedule...

Well, I ended up sleeping after taking the mask off. Got about 7 hours of my usual mediocre sleep, but am nonetheless in a more rational mood. Do you think they'd at least let me take some unisom and melatonin? I do want to continue with the treatment, since doing so will, at worst, allow the doctor...

Another bad night now... I just panic every single time. I don't know why. I just feel like I need to do a lot of stress and sleep-hygiene adjustments before I have any hope of being okay with having this on me... I just don't feel like I was evaluated properly the first time. No monitoring of mouth...

I suppose you have your humidifier setting cranked up there, too. That's a setup for failure. But, I'm confused....... Is that Auto/APAP something that they gave you temporarily until the titration, or what? How is it that you have a machine before the titration? And, then they have a regular titra...

I've been on CPAP since Tuesday night. The first night, I slept for 2 hours on it, woke up feeling crappy and tired the next day. The next two nights I managed to do 4 hours. By Friday night, I was so sleep-deprived that I was cranky, emotional, and anxious. I couldn't fall asleep, and I knew with m...