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- Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Feeling short of breath while turning over in bed.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1831
Re: Feeling short of breath while turning over in bed.
I’ve been using a CPap machine now for about 4 1/2 years. For about the past three years, when turning over in bed, I feel short of breath. I open my mouth to exhale once or twice and then I’m fine. This does not happen every time I turn over. This had me very concerned. I have had cardiac tests do...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Periodic breathing and the Keto diet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4012
Re: Periodic breathing and the Keto diet
After my first night on CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea, just over 10 years ago, my machine read 60% periodic breathing. After googling the term, I called my sleep doctor in a panic. He told me not to worry. I was 57 years old and only about 1,000 feet above sea level with no known heart problems,...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:00 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Resmed Randomly Shutting Off at Night
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1298
Resmed Randomly Shutting Off at Night
Hey fellow CPAP users, I hope you're all doing well! I'm reaching out with a rather perplexing issue I've experienced a few times lately with my Resmed Aircurve machine. I bought this unit earlier this year 2nd hand. Based on the serial number, it is a 2016 machine, but had very low hours when I bou...
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ASV User: Need help with a troubling ongoing issue I cannot resolve
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1383
Re: ASV User: Need help with a troubling ongoing issue I cannot resolve
It's showing up for me, but here is the link: https://i.imgur.com/IO21H2y.pngMiss Emerita wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:47 pmThe forum site has reached its attachment limit. Could you upload the screenshot to an image-hosting site like Imgur and provide a link?
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ASV User: Need help with a troubling ongoing issue I cannot resolve
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1383
ASV User: Need help with a troubling ongoing issue I cannot resolve
I would like to seek advice from the forum regarding an issue that has been recurring intermittently throughout my years on therapy. Despite consulting my sleep doctor multiple times, we haven't been able to identify the cause. Here's some background information: I have been a member of this forum f...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:28 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Bilevel and anesthesia
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5114
Re: Bilevel and anesthesia
The professionals in charge will take care of everything. You are allowing your anxiety to be in control. Please do not do that. You're right. I'm a very anxious person. I'm just scared is all. I can understand why you'd be scared. Keep in mind, anesthesiologists work on people who have sleep apnea...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Help! According to your experienece: does the Evora FFM seal better than the Dreamstation and the F30 masks ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 875
Re: Help! According to your experienece: does the Evora FFM seal better than the Dreamstation and the F30 masks ?
I haven't tried the Evora. I briefly used the Resmed F30, which looks very similar to the evoraic. The F30 worked fine but as someone who only sleeps on their side, the front protruding tube connection would sometimes get in the way and jam against the pillow. I switched to the F30i, and found I lik...
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Gave up coffee...wow!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6944
Re: Gave up coffee...wow!
Drinking a couple cups of coffee in the morning shouldn't have much if any impact on sleeping at night. Perhaps true for the average healthy adult. But some people are especially sensitive to such substances and find sleep benefits and awake benefits from total abstinence or from a temporary break ...
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:35 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Gave up coffee...wow!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6944
Re: Gave up coffee...wow!
Interesting...
Drinking a couple cups of coffee in the morning shouldn't have much if any impact on sleeping at night. But good on you, even if it's placebo.
Drinking a couple cups of coffee in the morning shouldn't have much if any impact on sleeping at night. But good on you, even if it's placebo.
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 650
Re: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
Another observation: Despite matching the pressure minimums on both devices at 4, as soon as the Dreamstation turns on it goes immediately to 8. It actually goes from 8 on the "E" to 12 on the "I" which I assume to mean inhale and exhale. The Resmed starts at 4. To me it seems that despite the setti...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 650
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 650
Re: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
Start with just copying over the Respironics setting to the ResMed whichever ones you have available. These are the basics. Keep the mode the same. Keep the minimum EPAP the same Keep the maximum EPAP (if in auto mode) the same PS...pressure support....keep the minimum and max the same Max IPAP...k...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:51 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 650
Re: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
If you TOLD us something, then we could help you. Like, what *exactly* were your old settings? Feeling a little snarky tonight eh? My ask is around what the typical protocol is when migrating settings. Is there a user created guide that anyone has put together? Does setting X on Respironics exactly...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 650
Seeking guidance on transferring machine settings from Respironics to Resmed
Hello, I will preface this post by saying I called and emailed my DME twice and have yet to get a response from them regarding this. I am thinking they may not like the fact that I got a new machine elsewhere. I have a Respironics Dreamstation ASV. The machine has served me relatively well over the ...
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:51 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Should I have a backup machine?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1146
Re: Should I have a backup machine?
Just visited CPAP.com. Surprised to see they don't carry any ASV devices anymore. I spoke to one of their customer service folks who confirmed this and couldn't provide any reason them ceasing to stock ASV.