I did an at-home test and an at-home titration with an auto machine from the sleep clinic. Both gave my AHI as very low to non-existent. The doctor (pulmonologist) said maybe I have UARS and that I should do a CPAP trial to see if it would help my fatigue. With the help and advice from some wonderfu...

Is your machine the For Her model? I didn't know the regular one records RERAs.

Happy belated birthday, Pugsy! You're the best!

Yes, Linda is getting the Wisp. How about a small in a Respironics True Blue. It came from a reliable source here but I have never used it. Looks to be new maybe. It's yours if you want it. Free like the other ones. https://www.cpap.com/productpage/TrueBlue-Gel-Nasal-CPAP-Mask-with-Headgear.html?gc...

Since Linda has dibs on the Wisp, I'm interested in the Comfort Gel mask. I've just been prescribed CPAP therapy and don't have any insurance so have to buy all the stuff out of pocket and didn't know where to start for the masks (buying everything online so can't try them out at a DME). I'm unsure ...

palerider wrote: https://sleep.tnet.com/cmd <- web page with equipment listings, click around on the pics, any one that doesn't say "YES" for data, avoid that

Thanks!

I'm going to go with either the PRS One 560 Auto or the S9 Autoset.

I've been keeping an eye on that site. By "brick", are you referring to a fixed CPAP? Because it seems like that's what the DMEs want to give me, since I have a set pressure written on my prescription. I would prefer an APAP. A brick is a machine without full data. It could be a straight cpap or an...

Thanks for the responses, all. If I do buy used, one thing I'm worried about is if I buy an APAP, but end up needing a bi-level for compliance for example, I'll be stuck with the APAP. These people will ship to Canada - http://www.secondwindcpap.com/ Check out their gently used and new opened box mo...

Update: I finally saw my doctor yesterday and he told me to do a two month trial on a CPAP machine. He said that the titration didn't tell him anything in terms of "diagnosis", but just gave him the pressure that I would need to use (9 cm H2O). It's clear that I don't have sleep apnea, but may still...

I have fibromyalgia, or chronic fatigue syndrome.. diagnosed long before the SA...no blood or other lab work, no x-rays, etc. needed for the diagnosis. A rheumatologist figured it out in 5 minutes with a very simple hands-on test. I'm still fatigued from that, but with cpap I am finally able to sle...

Remember also that if the machine increases the pressure as it senses the need...it is doing its job which is "prevention" and what you don't see are any number of airway collapses that were prevented from ever happening. We don't get a number for the prevented events...we only get a number/flag wh...

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and knowledge. I'm anxious to see what my doctor will say. I'm kind of hoping that I do have UARS or something, so that I can finally know why I feel so tired and do something about it.

flow limitations and snoring drive up the pressure fastest on an autoset, the pressure comes up, you stop having the flow limitations, and the pressure goes back down again, and you get flow limits again, and the pressure goes up. higher minimum pressure would stop the roller coaster effect. That m...

I have to wait another five weeks to see my doctor and I'm a bit confused. I know there's a lot of knowledgeable people here so I figured I'd try and post this while I'm waiting. I've had debilitating fatigue for many years now and recently suspected maybe I had SA. So I got an at-home test done and...

Hi all, I've been wanting to go for a sleep study (extreme fatigue all day every day for as long as I can remember, even though I get plenty of sleep) and am not sure whether to go for the Home Test ($500) or do the full PSG. I've done some reading online and saw that the Home Test is useful for dia...