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- Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:33 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
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Re: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
I'm resurrecting this thread because I'm still struggling...lots of tossing and turning as a reluctant side sleeper. Barely adequate sleep - never fantastic sleep. I woke up on my back with this morning with that last pressure spike at 9:45am. Maybe it's time to revisit everything. Does anything obv...
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:57 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
Here's another screenshot from another night of side sleeping and waking up feeling pretty tired. If I'm zooming in and analyzing individual events correctly, it seems like many of them are either false positives or should be ignored due to just having woken up. That would mean my therapy is fairly ...
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Best masks for side sleeping?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4869
Re: Best masks for side sleeping?
As for what might be causing the headaches when side sleeping: the DreamWear mask has two harder plastic joints on its sides (one on each side), and after months of testing it is my belief that the pressure points created by these plastic pieces are the source of my headaches when I sleep on my sid...
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:34 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Trying to maximize CPAP therapy (unrefreshed after 2 months of use)
Back sleeping does encourage many more events, but while some people can manage to not do it in various ways, unless e.g. Pugsy reads your charts and says it matters - apparently it may not if other things are done properly - then you may not have to worry about it... but if you can, try some trick...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy (Updated 7/11)
I can take a stab at one of your questions: there is no harm in raising your minimum to 11 to see what happens. You'd be looking for a downward trend in your OAs and Hs, with no upward trend in CAs, leaks, or air in your belly. Reading through the thread, I have a couple of questions for you. Why d...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy (Updated 7/11)
Eliminating the cell phone had no effect, but I've had success wiping the mask and especially around my upper lip/nose at some point during the night to remove excess moisture. I'm no longer waking up to sounds of leaks or air blowing where it shouldn't, and I've been able to increase the amount of ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy (Updated 7/11)
Funny you should mention the cell phone. I've been looking at a PEMF device to assist with some periodontal treatments. One of them is called EarthPulse and uniquely marketed towards improving sleep (thought they all do the same thing at the cellular level): https://earthpulse.net/ I am definitely g...
- Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:06 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Trying to maximize CPAP therapy (unrefreshed after 2 months of use)
Much has happened in the past five weeks: 1) Increased minimum pressure to 9, but soon discovered I started mouth breathing/lip fluttering at 8. I assumed the occasional dry mouth was due to lack of humidity, but increasing it had zero effect. Tape definitely helped minimize that issue, but I won't ...
- Sun May 17, 2020 4:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Re: Trying to maximize CPAP therapy (unrefreshed after 2 months of use)
I updated my orignal post based on your questions.
No medications/supplements, back sleeper, and waking up tired after 7+ hours in bed. It feels like fragmented sleep. Everyone I know using a CPAP is lights out and doesn't wake up until it is time to get out of bed.
No medications/supplements, back sleeper, and waking up tired after 7+ hours in bed. It feels like fragmented sleep. Everyone I know using a CPAP is lights out and doesn't wake up until it is time to get out of bed.
- Sun May 17, 2020 2:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39085
Struggling to maximize CPAP therapy
About me: 32 years old, male, fit, and healthy (no medications/supplements). Falls asleep right away, but wakes up multiple times throughout the night. Awake enough to check my phone. CPAP has definitely helped (started March 3, 2020), but not solved this problem. Primarily a back sleeper. My body w...