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- Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any idea what this total gap is?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 500
Any idea what this total gap is?
This is the first time I’ve seen a complete gap. Anyone know why it’s appeared please.
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inspect your mask closely...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16875
Re: Inspect your mask closely...
I was getting whistling noises and thought it was rainout but I suspect it may have been a bit of both... water whistling though the seal a bit. It was waking me up. I still like the mask though. It lasted nearly a year. I will be a bit more careful washing it in future. Oscar was showing mask leaks...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:50 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inspect your mask closely...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16875
Inspect your mask closely...
I just wanted to say make sure you check your mask closely. Only when I pulled gently on the silicone did I find that it was separating itself from the plastic frame. Fischer & Paykel Simplus.
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:19 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Leaks and Events
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4701
Re: Leaks and Events
Are you fitting the mask at the starting minimum of 9 cm or ramp at 4 cm or at the higher maximum of 18 or so. Fitting for 9 cm pressure isn't going to work at 18 cm and if you look at your leak graph.....the large leaks seems to correlate with the higher pressures. It's just harder to maintain a g...
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:43 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Getting AHI lower
- Replies: 74
- Views: 47661
Re: Getting AHI lower
You sound like my case.
I started on APAP and my doc said we should switch to CPAP as APAP was having problems with me.
After that my AHI dropped rapidly.
I went from APAP 6-10
To CPAP 8
and ultimately CPAP 9
I’m now constantly under <2 AHI
May not help you but it’s something to look at.
I started on APAP and my doc said we should switch to CPAP as APAP was having problems with me.
After that my AHI dropped rapidly.
I went from APAP 6-10
To CPAP 8
and ultimately CPAP 9
I’m now constantly under <2 AHI
May not help you but it’s something to look at.
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:37 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Went on Medicare Jan. 1st
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12382
Re: Went on Medicare Jan. 1st
Sorry for my ignorance but what does “I went on Medicare” mean?
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:38 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: My wife says I'm weird because I like using the CPAP
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5046
Re: My wife says I'm weird because I like using the CPAP
Tell her about your morning wood events... see if she perks up.
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:25 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: best full face mask suggestions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25958
Re: best full face mask suggestions
I have a Fisher & Paykel Simplus and find it very good. The headband isn’t too chunky and it fits well. It whistles now and again with condensation. All I have to do is rub my thumb over the small grill with holes and it seems to stop. Only happens in winter as our bedroom is cold. It’s not a cheap ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:57 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Why the hell would I use a humidifier.
- Replies: 104
- Views: 8221
Re: Why the hell would you use a humidifier on your CPAP
Wow this guy „troll“ was rude. Well I’ve only been on CPAP for about 8 months and haven’t had any unpleasant smells from tubes, containers or any parts of my Resmed. I was a pull through my tube regularly. Also wash and clean my mask daily. I don’t have any signs of gunge or bacteria. As for being a...
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:04 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 5 months later..
- Replies: 84
- Views: 7076
Re: 5 months later..
“During the night around 02:00 am I woke up cause my daughter had a nightmare or something. I looked at my AHI and it was 13.xx Damnit I slept so well... :( so I increased pressure to 10.0 and went back to bed. 2 or 3 hours later I checked the numbers again and it was only slightly decreasing.. it n...
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 5 months later..
- Replies: 84
- Views: 7076
Re: 5 months later..
I wouldn’t chop and change too much.... give everything time to settle in. Giving up Otrivine is a major physiological thing. Get out of thinking „I can only sleep well if I give my nose a squirt“ Try and blow you nose well before going to bed too. Don’t drink anything 90 minutes before sleep. But h...
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:14 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 5 months later..
- Replies: 84
- Views: 7076
Re: 5 months later..
Great....! Now stop using Otrivine!!! Have you got a heated tube? You’ll find in the evenings if you stop using Otrivine you won’t get clogged up before bed. You need to try and get under AHI of 3 or better 2.
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:20 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Results of sleep test - how bad is it?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1485
Re: Results of sleep test - how bad is it?
It’s can actually be hereditary too. Do you don’t have to be a fatty to have OSA... but losing a few extra KGS MAY help.
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:08 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 5 months later..
- Replies: 84
- Views: 7076
Re: 5 months later..
Hi! At least you’re sticking with it! Have you tried going off the APAP altogether and just going for a CPAP constant pressure of say 9cm? It worked for me. I had similar problems. I started off on an APAP 6-10 then went CPAP 7 then 8 and now I’m on 9 constant. I took a home test machine back from d...
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:10 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: These aren’t CA’s right?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19783
Re: These aren’t CA’s right?
The zoom is on a tiny portion... to the right of the flagging column at the top (the light area)Jas_williams wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:31 amThe zoom needs to be more to see why these were flagged. But absolutely nothing to worry about even if they are real