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by Meecalii
Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep
Replies: 6
Views: 971

Re: sleep

Have you tried using (much) less melatonin? It's been found that only a very small amount can be effective for most people and it seems to me that 10 is extremely high... and if I had really experimented well, for extended periods of time with lower numbers unsuccessfully, I'd want to know what els...
by Meecalii
Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep
Replies: 6
Views: 971

Re: sleep

my cpap is set to 11 by the DME my doctor said 12 to 15. i do not use the ramp i have tried.. i just lie awake being tired sometimes other times i'm wide awake. i think i'm getting the right amount of air. no pain. i do have two masks. a full face which i dont like as much and do hear alot of air es...
by Meecalii
Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep
Replies: 6
Views: 971

sleep

i have had my cpap for sometime now but i stopped using it because i cannot fall asleep with it on. which i do have trouble falling asleep anyhow so now im using 10mg of melatonin to help i can fall asleep pretty go without the cpap and using the melatonin. so i thought the same would be true with c...
by Meecalii
Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: trouble wearing the mask
Replies: 3
Views: 756

trouble wearing the mask

lately we've had high humidity where i am and im having a problem where some nights it is just to damned hot to wear the mask i do have the A/C high but as that is a window unit and it get rather loud when it clicks on so i end up turning it over to just fan. is there any way that i'm not thinking t...
by Meecalii
Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: DME nightmare(S)
Replies: 104
Views: 10223

Re: DME nightmare(S)

Wow. my DME(apria healthcare) went face to face with the doctor and sleep lab because my ins wanted certain writing on the Rx and i got the call the day my ins cleared my Rx and got set up with a new PR system one. with the humidifier and a great mask... I had heard apria gets dirty machines and kin...
by Meecalii
Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:32 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap with A flex or C flex
Replies: 1
Views: 632

Cpap with A flex or C flex

What does these do? i looked it up and it said the same thing for both my machine does c flex or a flex. right now it is set up for a flex. so what differance between these two?
by Meecalii
Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newly Diagnosed, Given a Respironics REMstar Plus C-Flex
Replies: 31
Views: 6005

Re: Newly Diagnosed, Given a Respironics REMstar Plus C-Flex

So, I think I will need to acquire either the SleepyHead software or the $99 Encore Version 2.0 from Respironics. In my reading so far, it seems that Sleepyhead is difficult to use and interpet (uses British units only?) -- but Encore won't work on a 64-bit Windows 7 PC. I could use it on my husban...
by Meecalii
Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New to CPAP
Replies: 5
Views: 1102

New to CPAP

Im 33 years old now.. and best anyone can figure i've had sleep apena since i was 5 years old. I just got my first Cpap the respironics system one with a humidifier and the true blue mask.. The only reason i did finally get the sleep test done and my girlfriend came to an dr appt with me and asked i...
by Meecalii
Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Where can I download Encore Pro 2?
Replies: 654
Views: 157759

Re: Where can I download Encore Pro 2?

I have the 560p and would like to read my card data. does sleepyhead work on this model? if not where can i get Encore pro 2.8?? i just got my cpap on the 29th of june i wanted to start reading my nightly data and see if i'm smart enough to make sense of it