Thank you Dori for posting that incident. It really brings home how important it is to stick with this treatment. I know several people who have been diagnosed or who know they have it, yet they won't use the equipment. It's working for me, my numbers are good, more importantly I feel good. Every ni...

This thread seems to have diverted away from the original poster and his needs/issues. May I suggest that, Salton, you start your own thread to discuss your issues, so that DavidCarolina's can be addressed here?

TiredMomNY ... to see your threads: Click on your name. This takes you to Viewing Profile page. Under "User Statistics" (right side of page) click "search user's posts". A search page comes up with all your previous topics. Just click on the one you want. I think this is the one you're looking for: ...

snore snore snore, that's me at the moment, once I get to sleep the machine does its magic but if I'm progressively getting more stressed with every snort arousal/hypoapnea before I get to sleep, then the deep sleep may never come so I want to share this last night had all the makings of a hell nig...

Hi there Bipap working well for me but getting generally annoyed by nasal pillows - they fall out, they injure my nose and I'm always trying to adjust them because I sleep on my side and what invariably happens is this moves the mask and the things then start annoying me. It's a good mask but I wan...

CPAPMom517 ... Sleeplessmommy has a 4 year old son with apnea. You can pm her. And here are threads she's started: Newbie Mom Suggestions http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t95139/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=93077&p=857683#p857683 More Newbie Mom Questions http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t95139/viewtopic.p...

How stupid is that? LOL It prevents sleep apnea by "waking you up" ??? Sleep apnea already wakes you up. That's the problem. We're trying to stay asleep, and go through all the stages of sleep to feel refreshed. What's better, having arousals from apnea or having arousals from the arm of a bear pill...

And ... to add to what Robysue said, there are newbies who sign up here who DON'T HAVE equipment yet. Under the OP's suggestion (if I'm reading it correctly) there would be no way for them to sign up here, because they wouldn't have a machine to list, or a mask, or anything else, YET. I like the way...

Many people don't yet have their machines when they first post so there's not much point in 'forcing' them to list them. "Every time a new member shows up here so must old members tell the new registering their cpap and mask and stuff. I myself have installed this kind of forum (phpBB3) and know th...

Some people on this forum have made their own cut-out pillows. You can do a search here. If you buy some foam, just make cut-outs in each side to suit you and what you like. Then cover it with a pillow case or make a custom-shaped cover for it.

That side sleeper pro pillow is not designed for cpap use. It's just a general side sleeping pillow. It doesn't have cut-outs for your mask to fit into, like proper cpap pillows have. And since it doesn't, your mask may still be pressing into the pillow at night when you lay on your side, which will...

And they wonder why there is a 50% drop-out rate ... makes you want to smack some DME's and uninformed doctors upside the head !

I'm glad you're here and are one of the smart ones, star444! Welcome!

Ruinednose wrote:It's just that i was experiencing this way worse when i was not yet on bipap

Do you mean before you were on ANY xpap treatment of any kind?

Or do you mean when you were on cpap/apap, before you started bipap?

Oh my good GOD Avi! He already ASKED HIS QUESTION in his first post! How about you go elsewhere with your very huge attitude. Ruinednose, it sounds like you do have aerophagia, which basically is when your mouth opens while you're using cpap, and you swallow air. That air sits in your stomach and hu...

daveinar, have you tried a nasal pillows mask? You might consider it. Less mask on your face, so there are fewer leaks.