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by fidelfs
Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cotton Mouth
Replies: 6
Views: 719

Re: Cotton Mouth

I just swtiched to a hybrid mask and I know I am breaking now through my mouth because it seems I have cotton mouth. I have my humidifer turned up almost all the way. I know the humidifier works because with a nasal I could turn it up and get dropplings forming if too high. Is this normal with a fu...
by fidelfs
Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When should I stop lowering my pressure.
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: When should I stop lowering my pressure.

This is funny. My AHI is for last night is 1.0. The trend is that every time I reduce my pressure, AHI goes up and then comes down between 0.5 - 1.0. I started at 15 and I am now at 11. Does that mean I should keep going down? It looks like my body adjust to the lower pressure every time? I know man...
by fidelfs
Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When should I stop lowering my pressure.
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: When should I stop lowering my pressure.

I think I found the sweet point. I feel a lot better than before. The graph is looking better and my cold is gone.

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by fidelfs
Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When should I stop lowering my pressure.
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: When should I stop lowering my pressure.

Looking at one of the reports after 2 weeks of treatment it has not changed much!. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg135/fidelfs/Pressure15.jpg I am really confused. It looks similar to the one at 11. I guess they screwed my titration test big time. I honestly don't know what my pressure should b...
by fidelfs
Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When should I stop lowering my pressure.
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

Re: When should I stop lowering my pressure.

No, I don't like to take cold medicine. It makes me super hyper, and anyways most of cold medicine mess with my hypothyroid. That is an excellent idea to wait until I recover from my cold. Just one more question Would you go down to a lower pressure even if that means higher AHI?, but keeping the AH...
by fidelfs
Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 800,000 People in U.S. Diagnosed Each Year
Replies: 12
Views: 1602

Re: 800,000 People in U.S. Diagnosed Each Year

I think I rather learn how to play Didgeridoo.
by fidelfs
Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PR System one auto- tried resistance control - failed
Replies: 1
Views: 804

Re: PR System one auto- tried resistance control - failed

I am using it and with good results. I don't know but I was told from DME that I should use x1 for full face resmed mirage and x4 for opus 360. Well, X4 for my opus was not really working with me. I have it now X2 and It is great. One night I had it as X4 and I thought the machine was broken, the rh...
by fidelfs
Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: When should I stop lowering my pressure.
Replies: 13
Views: 1486

When should I stop lowering my pressure.

Hi, I have posted before about my titration study performed in Dec/2009. The technician told me because the mouth leaks and masks leaks she was forced to increased the pressure up to 20 during the night. The result was the Doctor told me my pressure should be 16 but If I wanted I could lowered to 15...
by fidelfs
Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:56 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Lanisoh Lanolin
Replies: 27
Views: 14623

Re: Lanisoh Lanolin

You guys are lucky. In my case after a few Lanisoh becomes kind of liquid and slippery and any attempt to have a decent seal is gone.

Do I do something wrong? or I run a few degrees hotter that the rest of you I don't know.
by fidelfs
Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Card reader
Replies: 5
Views: 951

Re: Card reader

I don't have that machine but why don't you try to read the card? Plug it in your computer and it works you will see the card and data. Probably you will see just a bunch of files, but that is enough to know you can use your card reader.

Fidel
by fidelfs
Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New to nasal pillow
Replies: 3
Views: 903

Re: New to nasal pillow

I am talking about my own experience. Nasal Pillows need less pressure than nasal or full face. I had titrated my self from what the Doctor told me 16 to 12 and I saw a little increased AHI from ~0.8 to ~1.4 not that bad. The difference is my hypo increased a little so my AHI had increased, but I th...
by fidelfs
Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: FULL MASK SUFFOCATION ?
Replies: 5
Views: 2044

Re: FULL MASK SUFFOCATION ?

I don't think any person will be dead of suffocation on their sleep unless they are sick or taking medications. Our body has trigger mechanisms that will alert your body to wake up, actually that is happening when you are suffocating with the apneas, the body send the signal and you move, change pos...
by fidelfs
Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: taping mouth
Replies: 3
Views: 646

Re: taping mouth

This post viewtopic.php?t=8011 will give you all the info you are looking for.

Welcome to our community Susiebeth
by fidelfs
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:39 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: pap cap
Replies: 11
Views: 1618

Re: pap cap

I tried my PapCap with my Opus 360 nasal pillow mask last night. It was only the second time I tried it. Usually I tape my mouth. Well my leak rate was 0.0! The only thing was that because I was worried about mouth leaks and wasn't sure what to expect, I had it cinched up real tight. I am going to ...
by fidelfs
Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: TV Between Your Toes... Do you fall asleep watching?
Replies: 23
Views: 2595

Re: TV Between Your Toes... Do you fall asleep watching?

I don't have an option.

I always watch TV but I always turned off the TV set before I tried to fall asleep. It is my ritual, I will never fall asleep watching TV.
It just relaxes me, forget about the outside world, problems, etc. When I reach that feeling then I turned off and catch my sleep.