After years of using cpap and careful consideration of what is actually causing my obstructive sleep apnea and I emphasize MY as I obviously can't speak for anyone else, I realized a few things. 1. I was a chronic mouth breather as my nasal passages were generally not clear most of the time. 2. When...

Also try filling the water resevoir only 1/4 full.

Your humidity is set too high. I have to keep mine on one or it fills with water in the middle of the night.

Actually I had a first week "high" when I started using cpap a month ago. My laymen s guess is the brain getting much needed oxygen after being deprived for so long. What I found is that it is very important to go to bed fully prepared and relaxed. Really take the time to adjust the mask just right ...

Came across this on youtube the other day...Think I'll stick with cpap for now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqF24ruXCOY

Also, I just think it is to easy to suggest that sleep apnea is the shitty card we are dealt and not accept the fact that if we ate less and exercised daily many of us could be sleeping fine without apneas. Also if sleep apnea is what contributed to your weight gain, are you still overweight using c...

Jim, I can assure you my only interest in knowing about weight is for understanding my own recent diagnosis of sleep apnia. I am overweight by 40 lbs and I would like to know if it is only because of this and that if I lose the weight I lose the machine. I haven't seen any statistics on weight and t...

I'm sure this poll has been done before but I couldn't find it in the forum. I'm just curious how many of us out there are overweight and have osa. I've included a link to a weight calculator. http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html Mahlao for answering!