Papit: Humidifier is working beyond a doubt. She's tried with it at low settings, high settings, and even the "classic mode". Her doctor is next having her drop the pressure down to the minimum to see if that helps at all. chunkyfrog: She went to physical therapy for 3 months, twice a week, and just...

Well, good news is that there's nothing wrong with her cords. Bad news is that nothing is resolved. The third doctor suggested that her condition is called muscle tension dysphonia. Her neck muscles get incredibly stiff, and more so when she's on CPAP. No idea why it happens. But it's definitely rel...

Update: After a month off CPAP, there was a gradual reduction in pain, though it's still definitely there. She tried it one more time last night as a test, and today her throat hurts whether she's talking or not. She also went to see a voice specialist and he thinks he sees a small bit of scar tissu...

That's the route we've been going since the beginning. We're only now considering the CPAP issue. She does complain of a dry mouth, but we think that has to do with her medications (though it has gotten a little worse since the CPAP started). ENT just did another look at her throat/nose/etc. and fou...

Wow, that was a detailed response. Thank you! I really appreciate your bluntness. Let me answer your questions the best I can. First a question: Pre-CPAP did your wife dislike sleeping under a fan? Did sleeping under a fan cause her any problems with her throat? Because if sleeping under a fan could...

Can anyone give feedback on the graphs I posted above? If we can have some idea of what problems could be present before the next ENT visit, we'll be ahead of the game in figuring out our options. Thanks!

Thanks for confirming that. We're going to speak to this next doctor about it when she goes next week. In the meantime we're going the experimentation route. She's been more scratchy than usual in the past few days since she turned the humidifier up from normal-2 to classic-4 (extra heat), so she's ...

A few days ago she put the memory card back in to check for mouth breathing. I now know that her machine (now in signature!) tracks data going back a few weeks. Not complete data, but enough to come up with some ideas. Graphs from SleepyHead: http://i.imgur.com/DYEds.png (Full data) http://i.imgur.c...

Thanks for all the feedback. We put the memory card back in the machine to check the leakage rate, and we're going to start by getting the chin strap. She's going to be looking for a new ENT, as two in a row have blamed reflux and then watched it miraculously disappear.... without the pain going awa...

HI all. I'm here on behalf of my wife, who has OSA and started CPAP last April. The machine is a Philips Respironics One with a nose mask. It has a humidifier, which has generally been set to level 2. The pressure level is set to 7. The CPAP has dramatically improved her energy level; I suppose goin...