From reading specifications online, it appeared that the Dreamstation line of Respironics machine has the "Mask off alert" feature the same as the older System One machine. However I don't see anything in the clinical menu to set it on or off, nor in the instruction manual, nor does online content I...

I got a second machine for another place where I sleep . I normally used a AutoPAP machine set to approximately 7-13 cmh2o because my prescribed CPAP pressure is 12. I though this time I want to try BIPAP and got a Respironics Dreamstation AutoBIPAP. This machine apparently only three modes : Fixed ...

>>>>>> airflow to an amount that is barely enough to keep me alive,

That had to be hell.

McSleepy, Can you explain "inability to breathe"? Were you mouth breathing the whole time? Anyway, kudos to you for going through this trouble, hopefully you'll tell us it was worth it in a month or so.

I initially started CPAP with a plain old Respironics PRS System One a few years ago. I moved up to an ResMed Auto 10 , but still have trouble getting more than 2 to 5 hours in per night before removing the mask. I remember the Respironics had a Check Mask warning with a never ending, repeating beep...

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Wed May 29, 2019 6:37 am

I'm 32 years old in Ohio currently 390lbs.

How are you able to maintain 390 lbs??

Zonker x2 Every morning has the potential to be a get up and go go go day or .... a couch day and leave me alone. No rhyme or reason. In other words, some days you feel like you are riding a bicycle with round wheels and sometimes one with square wheels. But seriously, however, I have a noticeable ...

Do you all notice different energy levels among different days of the week? Typically working full time Monday through Friday and then sleeping in on the weekend, I have this experience: Monday - Average day Tuesday - Very fatigued, worst day of the week ("the second Monday") Wednesday - somewhat fa...

You CPAP Tolerators don't get it. Some of us who can't do CPAP would be willing try something like this, if just once.

I'm not sure but it looks like there is a rigid ring around it that you cannot rest on.

After trying on a "Total face mask" which covers the entire face, including eyes and forehead, I had a vision of a type of mask like a clear plastic bag that could cover the whole head and somehow seal around the neck without anything touching the face. Actually with an Internet search for "full hea...

I read many surgeons will pack your nose with gauze to keep the tissues together after the procedure for healing. However, some do a quilting technique with dissolvable sutures that eliminates the need for packing. Do you know which one you're getting?

Yes to both questions, though I don't notice a difference by elevating the bed.

Yeah. My turbinates show as enlarged/inflamed so the spray helps a bit. I think my GERD is contributing as I understand that stomach acid can get up to the nasal passages, particularly as a result of eating late which I am often guilty of. I guess the idea is that treating septum would make more spa...

Nice reply. I would like to know how it goes for you. Do you think this operation could eliminate someone's need for FLONASE, or does it depend? My ENT suggests the answer is yes. Flonase gives me dry mouth which is awful. I also have another med to help dry mouth when its especially annoying.