I've read on forums that higher pressures help treat centrals and technicians will raise the pressure on a titration study in response to centrals (I think it's IPAP)
anyway sometimes when I set my asv max PS to 10 I wake up feeling terrible instead of 15

I wish I had UPPP 2 years ago because I seem to be brain damaged from this terrible disease, I could have avoided all this damage if I found a willing surgeon. but my ENT kept on milking me for money with visits and no surgery

thanks for the replies. well I'm trying to use the machine all night every night, but I can only sleep 1-2 hours on it for some strange reason. ok maybe I will try again. my asthma is making me wheeze for months now also- prednisone is helping anyway it's pretty bad, I get headaches when I wake up s...

I don't know why you all ignore this evidence that theophylline may help centrals. these are real medical studies. this is a new field so more research is needed

I've tried everything that I've read on this forum and even trying to get surgery. but for some reason I can't get enough therapy on the asv machine still so I don't know why people keep attacking me and ruining my threads for no reason? this is a free forum and I can post whatever I want aren't we ...

Does this nasal mask work if you have a deviated septum? I have one and the nasal didn't seem to work that well. anyway I think the ramp feature on phillips machines is one of the most important factors in getting sleep

I'm afraid I've been permanently brain damaged from csa/osa. I have never regained my health and thinking since getting sleep apnea. I've even tried the resmed ASV and it doesn't work for me
are the thinking problems from sleep apnea reversible?

I've tried everything and nothing seems to work for my CSA/OSA except for prednisone and rarely bipap/asv. hopefully the resmed ASV will finally cure me but I've lost hope of ever being normal again

could it be that too much coffee or caffeine desensitizes your brain sleep center so that you get csa?

there was that sad story of the neurologist on Dr. Park's site who did many surgeries and finally had to have tracheostomy to be cured but I guess you would have a tube sticking out of your neck for life you know I really don't understand why we have to consider surgery; such a strange disease that ...

my doctor just yelled at me and said he didn't think I needed bipap so I had to wait years for this machine
I've been trying for years to adjust to the high pressure so I don't know why you keep yelling at me?

is it months of pain for the jaw surgery? I would do it I think because my OSA CSA is terrible. I'm not sure why I have this narrow airway with big tongue base

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22215916 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17017919 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16217173 see there is some evidence that it helps, but maybe not a lot and there are side effects but central apnea is such a rare disorder that no one cares about maybe this dr...

Has anyone found that theophylline helps sleep apnea? I was taking it but it didn't seem to do anything. I got a slight headache from it, maybe it helped or it has an effect if you take it for longer? like some sites say that it does help central apnea. it says that it helps the respiratory center s...

does the adapt have a ramp feature? on CPAP mode it does have a ramp but I can't fall asleep or stay asleep for more than 2 hours because of the high pressure
I can't believe that it is so hard to use despite being a good machine??