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OldSalt · Post by **OldSalt** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:48 pm

I just started using my Respironics M Series Pro C-flex on Friday. My question is that the noise of the machine seems to keep me from falling asleep. Do you ever get use to it?

JZ · Post by JZ » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:20 pm

OldSalt,

I am a light sleeper and the noise of my machine made it hard for me to go to sleep. Over a fairly short amount of time, I got used to it. A couple of months ago, I put one of those oscillating fans in my bedroom and turn it on the medium setting at night. The white noise it produces covers up cpap noise nicely.

Welcome to the forum. Hang in there.

Janna

RAINSUX · Post by **RAINSUX** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:34 pm

My machine sits on a shelf in my nightstand. Only the front of the shelf is open. The noise has never bothered me. A couple of weeks ago we stayed at a friend's house, and the machine sat on the tile floor next to the bed. I was amazed at how much louder it was. Still not enough to bother me, though. Anyway, you might be able to reduce the noise level by partially enclosing the machine. And you WILL get used to it!

Sam

JohnDFW · Post by **JohnDFW** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:42 pm

I put mine in the middle drawer of my 3 drawer nightstand, close the drawer as far as possible and put a towel over the small remaining opening. Very quiet.

John

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:03 pm

Yes. It horrified me at first. I felt like I was trapped in that old horror movie with the dying guy in the oxygen tent with the gnarly nails... What was that movie? Anyway, it really bugged me the first few weeks.

I hardly notice it at all now.

I recommend you just keep plugging away at it. Try some ear plugs. I like those silicone plugs they sell for swimmers at Walgreens. They mold to my ear and stay in better than the foam ones.

I also recommend trying PurSleep. It seems "woo woo" and all that, but the pleasant aroma really does help. I use it every night.

http://www.pur-sleep.com

I'm partial to the Peace and Comfort mixed together. I also like Spice. I'm less a fan of Clear and Fresh. I really didn't care for Paradise. Still want to try Deep. Not a big rose lover, so I'm passing on Rosa.

Good luck and keep at it!!!
Babs

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:09 pm

I knew there was some reason to be old and at least half deaf. I can't hear the machine if I lay my head on it. There, now everyone has something to look forward to!!

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:14 pm

Try to get the machine below the level of the bed (or your ears). Make sure the filters are in place and there are no leaks.
The machine's pressure and C-Flex setting can also make a difference. The higher the pressure, the more noise and the higher the C-Flex setting, the more fan motor change will take place.
Other things can affect the accoustics, too.
In one of my machine locations, I have it sitting on two old (large) mouse pads. It helps deaden the sound and won't let the machine slip off of a night stand that has a slick surface.

Den

Vadim · Post by **Vadim** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:57 am

You can also place machine farther from your bed. This is what I do, noise bothers me, too. I got longer hose, 8 feet. You can get even 10 feet, it won't affect the pressure. Better do not cover machine with things, remember 1. It sucks the air in, before delivering it to you. 2. There is a motor, which cools down by the air. Adding more loud noises in the room, like fans...I wouldn't, but some people like it, no danger in it.

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:37 am

Everything they said, and:

When I started, and the machine noise bothered I discovered I was tensed up, and "waiting for the noise to stop" so I could relax and fall asleep. I had to tell myself "this won't go away, its hear to stay" and I also imagined I was near the sea, or alternatively in one of the most beautiful places I know - a bench near a Swiss stream (somewhere on the footpath between Wilderswil and Lauterbrunen) where you hear the water rushing incessantly, and yet it is so beautiful, and so quiet....

O.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:15 pm

1) turn on some Jazz
2) turn on some classical music
3) buy ear plugs

OldSalt · Post by **OldSalt** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:22 pm

Thanks for all of your input. I put my machine inside of the nightstand drawer and it solved the problem. I was able to sleep 5 straight hours without waking up.

babydoss · Post by **babydoss** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:32 pm

My husband has the same machine and at first I thought it was "leaking" because it makes a whistling noise. He has a pressure of 19. Yes! 19!

I slept in a separate room for about a month and now have resorted to having a fan next to my head on high to drown out the noise so we can sleep together again!

Keep plugging along and stay strong! You WILL feel better and you'll get used to it.

This is a GREAT message board and the people have been such a great support in my time of need as a spouse.

All my best,
Lee

SleepGuy · Post by **SleepGuy** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:40 pm

OldSalt wrote:Thanks for all of your input. I put my machine inside of the nightstand drawer and it solved the problem. I was able to sleep 5 straight hours without waking up.

Glad to hear it - just make sure you've got good airflow into that drawer!

sharon1965 · Post by **sharon1965** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:38 pm

I put mine in the middle drawer of my 3 drawer nightstand, close the drawer as far as possible and put a towel over the small remaining opening. Very quiet.

is there enough air flow this way?? just wondering

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:41 pm

I read on another forum about six months ago that some people there were putting cheap styrofoam coolers over their machines to absorb the noise (leaving enough room for air circulation and cutouts for the hose and air vent, of course). Many people who tried it said it worked great. It never bother me that much, so I never tired it, though. Cheap thing to try if anyone has problems with the noise. (It could also double as a way block out those blue lights on the M-Series machines, which really seem to bother a lot of people.)

Pam

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