may have found out why still tired after using cpap

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Re: may have found out why still tired after using cpap

Post by SewTired » Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:52 pm

Goofproof wrote:I used another approach, I trained mine not to jump off the table in 2005, I told it if it fell off, I'd go out to the maple tree in the front yard, pull off a switch, and beat it until it got smarted. Seeing as how it stores full data, it was smart enough to test me, 11 years and it has not jumped off that table or left any puddles.

A lot can be said for proper training...
Apparently, mine is of the wild variety. It behaves at home, but the moment we go somewhere!? My cpap has fallen off nightstands (not at home) 3 times so far. Fortunately, it always falls humidifier side first, so water didn't get in. This thread is a good reminder - I was going to stop at the hardware store and buy some rubber feet for the next time I'm away from home.

I switched to a nightstand similar to crappyman's first photo for awhile. I liked having it on the lower level, but it wasn't so easy to change out the water when I was having trouble bending. A slide-out would have been helpful, but I work with what I have. Now that I got my Amazon Echo to cooperate, I was able to move my bedside lamp to the dresser and voice activate the on/off. So, moved it back to the top of the nightstand.

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Re: may have found out why still tired after using cpap

Post by Goofproof » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:03 pm

SewTired wrote:
Goofproof wrote:I used another approach, I trained mine not to jump off the table in 2005, I told it if it fell off, I'd go out to the maple tree in the front yard, pull off a switch, and beat it until it got smarted. Seeing as how it stores full data, it was smart enough to test me, 11 years and it has not jumped off that table or left any puddles.

A lot can be said for proper training...
Apparently, mine is of the wild variety. It behaves at home, but the moment we go somewhere!? My cpap has fallen off nightstands (not at home) 3 times so far. Fortunately, it always falls humidifier side first, so water didn't get in. This thread is a good reminder - I was going to stop at the hardware store and buy some rubber feet for the next time I'm away from home.

I switched to a nightstand similar to crappyman's first photo for awhile. I liked having it on the lower level, but it wasn't so easy to change out the water when I was having trouble bending. A slide-out would have been helpful, but I work with what I have. Now that I got my Amazon Echo to cooperate, I was able to move my bedside lamp to the dresser and voice activate the on/off. So, moved it back to the top of the nightstand.
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Re: may have found out why still tired after using cpap

Post by crappyman » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:06 pm

I feel like I am getting better, more energetic each day.
Before that, I was constantly feeling tired.
It is quite a different feeling.

I just wonder if the cpap effect kicks in or airflow inlet really matters.
or just some random effects.

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Re: may have found out why still tired after using cpap

Post by zoocrewphoto » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:44 pm

SewTired wrote:
Goofproof wrote:I used another approach, I trained mine not to jump off the table in 2005, I told it if it fell off, I'd go out to the maple tree in the front yard, pull off a switch, and beat it until it got smarted. Seeing as how it stores full data, it was smart enough to test me, 11 years and it has not jumped off that table or left any puddles.

A lot can be said for proper training...
Apparently, mine is of the wild variety. It behaves at home, but the moment we go somewhere!? My cpap has fallen off nightstands (not at home) 3 times so far. Fortunately, it always falls humidifier side first, so water didn't get in. This thread is a good reminder - I was going to stop at the hardware store and buy some rubber feet for the next time I'm away from home.

I switched to a nightstand similar to crappyman's first photo for awhile. I liked having it on the lower level, but it wasn't so easy to change out the water when I was having trouble bending. A slide-out would have been helpful, but I work with what I have. Now that I got my Amazon Echo to cooperate, I was able to move my bedside lamp to the dresser and voice activate the on/off. So, moved it back to the top of the nightstand.

When I travel, I either put my machine in theopen drawer of the night stand, or I put it on a cat carrier (chair would do) with it sitting on a towel to keep it from sliding around.

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