Please keep all your questions in one thread, it'll make it easier, on all of us, you included. Will do. Sorry about the duplication. Yes...if you want to use the existing humidifier...you can and all your other stuff will work too. The blower and humidifier are separate pieces...and interchangeabl...

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Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:26 am

It's that darn good. We have no affliction with them. With so many DME horror stories, it's nice to know there are good business (bitnesses) out there. Trust me, mention SoClean here and see what happens!

Great to know. Thanks to everyone who replied to my question!

Again, not correct. Might be you should take everything you think you know that you learned at the doctors or DMEs, and toss it in the wastebasket. To my knowledge, there hasn't been a machine made (yet) that the user can't change the settings on. My apologies. I was stating things that I thought w...

Most pressures set in straight CPAP are "too high" for some portions of the night and often "too low" for other portions of the night. Thus the beauty of the advent of APAP. That makes sense. And it's connected to question I just asked in another thread, which you might be able to answer. When a CP...

I legally need the prescription, but don't legally need insurance, right? Legally need the RX for what reason? Why do you think that you need a special RX from a legal viewpoint? It's not illegal for someone to buy a machine and use it and not posses an official script.... Thanks for clarifying thi...

This is a good point. For some people, these machines can be dangerous if mis-used, This is not a correct statement. Thanks for the correction. I'm a newbie and still learning. Here's why I said that. I was under the impression that if the pressure is set too high, a CPAP machine can have adverse a...

I have a Respironics DreamStation CPAP machine -- the bottom-of-the-line model with no data. I am hoping that my doctor will allow me to upgrade it to an AutoPAP (or at least a Pro) model, even though I was stupid enough to already purchase the lousy model. This model includes a humidifier. Is it de...

I just read the thread above, which contains almost a dozen glowing reviews of Secondwind, and no criticisms. Given that the folks on this forum do sometimes disagree with each other, this is quite striking! Forgive me if I'm paranoid, but is this forum (CPAP Talk) affiliated with Secondwind ? :shoc...

One other thing about OTC CPAP machines--most people have run of the mill OSA that will respond to treatment with a CPAP/APAP. It's not that hard to self-diagnose and treat. But SOME people have more complex sleep apnea, and without proper diagnosis and testing will not be properly treated. They ma...

pretty sure insurance is not going to pay for a new machine no matter what the doctor writes after only 8 months. What if I'm willing to pay for it myself? I'm not rich, but there are good APAP machines for $900 or less. I legally need the prescription, but don't legally need insurance, right? Howe...

Last Spring, I got a CPAP machine, but then I discovered that I had been sold a machine that was constant-pressure and displayed no data at all. (For details, see this thread .) The folks on this forum gave a lot of good advice, but I just felt stupid going back to my doctor and saying "You wrote th...

Chances are that once diagnosed with sleep apnea you will have it the rest of your life. A few have said that their SA had completely resolved for one reason or another, only to find it had eventually returned. Some have had surgery and said it resolved, only to come back a few years later saying i...

This is a great thread! I see that some folks had success right away, and with others it took a while. Reading these made me wonder: After someone begins CPAP, does the improvement in their CPAP data numbers (such as AHI score) generally correspond to improvement in how they feel? What I mean is thi...

Thanks to everyone who replied! When I use the word "dependent" I didn't necessarily mean it in a pejorative sense. I take pills for high cholesterol and pills for acid reflux, and if my doctor tells me that I'll be taking them for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be dismayed. (I suppose that if civi...

I have a general question about CPAP/APAP for obstructive sleep apnea. If I start using an xPAP machine, and it turns out to be helpful (better sleep, more energy), should I anticipate using the machine for the rest of my life? Or are there cases where someone truly does need an xPAP machine for a w...