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by Ht538
Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: VA females users?
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Re: VA females users?

Thanks to all who responded. I’ll ask about the 11 as maybe that will be more of an option that a “For Her”. I don’t have my old machine as I really had some negative feelings towards the whole CPAP thing and was relieved to get a dental device that worked so I got rid of it. Now I’m glad to have th...
by Ht538
Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: VA females users?
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

VA females users?

I just shifted to VA care from normal military and got a new CPAP machine to replace my prior ResMed for Her. They sent me the regular ResMed. I had a very rocky road to CPAP and difficulty tolerating eventually switching to an oral device. I have been using the oral device successfully until recent...
by Ht538
Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:32 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

Re: What am I doing wrong?

Pugsy, following up after visit with sleep doc. I’m still tired but he says my numbers are great...AHI usually less than 1 avg pressure is 5.9 So mystery persists. Still tired but therapy is supposedly working. Sleep doc also mentioned that the musty is still out on long term risks of mild-OSA. So I...
by Ht538
Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

Re: What am I doing wrong?

But sometimes I go quite a while for a pressure increase. I think I am asleep but there isn’t anything to prompt a pressure increase so it goes a while at the lower pressure.
by Ht538
Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

Re: What am I doing wrong?

Ah...it’s only taking like 10 minutes to ramp. Makes sense, I’m usually so tired I think I’m asleep before I hit the pillow.
by Ht538
Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:24 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

Re: What am I doing wrong?

As far as expert advice, my follow up with the sleep doc was underwhelming. He basically said my AHIs are low so it *must be working* and said I could take it or leave it. I guess if AHI is the measure of success, he nailed it. Too bad Symptom relief doesn’t count in his metric for success. I suppos...
by Ht538
Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

Re: What am I doing wrong?

Pugsy, my machine screen says auto, but I thought it worked like you indicate and the 45 min as indicated on Oscar doesn’t make sense...so I dont understand what’s going on. I just set it to 15 to avoid the whole question. Miss Emerita, the EPR is on and set to 3 so I think that’s what you were sugg...
by Ht538
Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

Re: What am I doing wrong?

My problem/question LSAT is that I am doing this whole thing and not getting any symptom improvement. Its a bit of a hassle and I am not feeling any benefit so I am trying to see if theres something I should change to optimize therapy here to get some benefit or CPAP just isnt worth the effort. I do...
by Ht538
Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 14
Views: 18776

What am I doing wrong?

I've been doing CPAP for about two months and my AHI is always super low and primarily centrals. I had mild apnea to begin with and even at a setting between 4-6 my AHI has been typically less than 1. Still I see my machine ramp up every night but dont understand what it is responding to. So since I...
by Ht538
Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please Delete This Post
Replies: 62
Views: 6152

Re: Complex Sleep Apnea, Young & Concerned

Soul drifter....my day to day awake nasal breathing is off as well. BOTH my ex and current bf have commented on my sighing/breath holding...they both have said it’s like I’ve taken a breath but the exhale is very delayed. I never connected it until you asked. I am in the process of navigating throug...
by Ht538
Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please Delete This Post
Replies: 62
Views: 6152

Re: Complex Sleep Apnea, Young & Concerned

FWIW, I had alot of trouble with mouth-breathing initially and I tried breathe-right strips to help get better flow through my nose. Made a world of difference at least for me. Also, dont get discouraged about not sleeping. I started this whole adventure less than a month ago. In the beginning, I di...
by Ht538
Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please Delete This Post
Replies: 62
Views: 6152

Re: Complex Sleep Apnea, Young & Concerned

I am a bit older than you but also have ADD and messed about with stimulant meds and am working on CPAP now to see if there’s anything that will help me with fatigue/brain fog. I would say to keep pursuing the CPAP. Like you I am relatively young, thin, don’t snore, and was told that I didn’t need a...
by Ht538
Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:39 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Getting a prior CPAP-er back in the wagon
Replies: 16
Views: 1557

Re: Getting a prior CPAP-er back in the wagon

Ok, so my bf used my machine so we could look at his results since he hasn’t had a study in a while. Is there a way in Oscar to keep multiple “profiles”. Of bf set up his own account, is there a way to only load the sessions where he was using the machine under his log in? And conversely, is there a...
by Ht538
Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Getting a prior CPAP-er back in the wagon
Replies: 16
Views: 1557

Re: Getting a prior CPAP-er back in the wagon

Thanks for all the suggestions....I would have never thought to look on Craigslist. I know he will at least try it for a while....he only got one initially at the urging of a prior gf so he knows he at least owes me a college try! I also used a decibel meter on my phone to record him, with permissio...
by Ht538
Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Unsure about CPAP
Replies: 70
Views: 6268

Re: Unsure about CPAP

Thanks for the bump.

I feel like I had an epiphany on adjusting to the therapy and am excited to get this all dialed in.

And for those that responded to any of my posts...you guys are honestly the only reason I didn’t just quit!