The great thing is that if you are young, a cure may yet happen in your lifetime. When I think of all the folks who don't know they have apnea, you have the advantage (tiger paws) by using your machine-- This machine can get us onto the airplane sooner, and can help our mental and physical function...

Thanks everybody for your responses. I tried to respond back to you guys, but because I'm a new member, I got a pop-up message that said that as a new member, I'm only allowed 7 posts a day (unless that was the sleep apnea forum I'm also a member of). But I really do appreciate all of your help. And...

Hi Sleepless Nights. What do you mean when you say the pressure immediately stops? I assume you're not saying that the machine actually shuts off? I'm thinking maybe it just feels like the pressure stops because you're holding your breath and cannot feel incoming air flow while doing that. If you p...

Thanks everyone for your responses. Well that kind of stinks that there is no cure. I guess I'll just have to get used to my machine.

Do people with sleep apnea have to use the cpap machine for the rest of their lives, or do you get cured at a certain point where you don't need it anymore?

Thanks Julie. I won't bother wasting my time researching on throat exercises then.

Hi Sheriff, what do you mean exactly? If it's venting air while you're exhailing? I know when you're inhaling, it's coming from the machine. Sorry for my confusion.

Doing research on google for natural ways to cure sleep apnea, I've read that doing throat exercises can cure it. Is this true? And if it is, what are some good throat exercises for this?

Thanks for the reply Randy. I'll check that out.

I have a Phillips Respironics REMstar Pro C-Flex +. I don't know if it's working. To test it, I purposely stopped breathing during the inhale and the pressure immediately stops. I've done this numerous times to test it and it does it each time. So I'm assuming that if I do stop breathing, the cpap m...