CPAP vs APAP (My Experience)

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:56 am

Hi All. Last night I changed my APAP to a CPAP to test the results of a MyEncore chart. I know that one night isn't a conclusive test, but Man do I feel different today.

I'm titrated at 7, and my Auto 90% pressure runs between 6 and occasionally 8, so I set the CPAP for 7 with a ramp of 5. I had no problems sleeping - I always sleep very well. And I slept for my normal 8 hours.

As we say down here in the Ozarks, I'm in a Hog Fog today I can't believe how crappy I feel; my eyes feel swollen, my head feels heavy, and I just can't wake up.

Obviously, if I had to choose between CPAP and APAP, it's no contest.

Just thought it was interesting to pass on,
Linda

diddler · Post by **diddler** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:38 pm

Hi Linda,

Thanks for sharing your experience. But I wasn't clear on which came out on top. As I understood your post you slept just fine on CPAP alone. You implied that as you went through the day though, you felt "crappy." But i couldn't be sure.

Did you stick with CPAP or return to the APAP.

I have had various up and down adjustments to my cpap lately (due to being on/off steriods for another condition) to get rid of some residual symptoms and wonder if APAP is a solution. So your experience is helpful to me.

Thanks for sharing,
Barry D

Darth Vader Look · Post by **Darth Vader Look** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:08 pm

Sounds to me or reads to me like the APAP won out.

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:36 pm

Sorry I was unclear. APAP won by a mile

capt · Post by **capt** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:38 pm

So as my good folks in Benton would say, you are now in hog heaven!

glenwood73 · Post by **glenwood73** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:55 pm

hi
i have a terrible time with my cpap,but do not know what apap is...
i am a mouth breather which is not good...help!

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:56 pm

Benton, Arkansas? Then what the heck you doing up there in the cold, frrrrigid northland?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:45 pm

Hi glenwood 73,

An APAP is an automatic CPAP. It gets set with a lower and an upper pressure limit and will then move between them according to your breathing. Hope this makes sense. You might want to use the "search" function ....you will get lots more information. Probably the CPAPopedia also.

I am also a mouth breather and use an APAP.

I am much happier with the APAP than with a CPAP. Also have C-FLEX which gives you pressure relief on exhalation.

Good luck.

Nan (Sleepy gal)

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:25 pm

Linda,

I remember my first couple of nights now on my cpap at a pressure of 10. I felt the exact same as you described! I just figured I was like in a 'sleep hangover' from sleeping too deep- my first night I woke up in the morning and my hip was so sore I could hardly move. My wife said it was because I didn't move all night

I havn't had the type of fog since. I always wondered why.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:26 pm

[quote="glenwood73"]hi
i have a terrible time with my cpap,but do not know what apap is...
i am a mouth breather which is not good...help!

frostman · Post by **frostman** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:30 am

Linda3032 wrote: As we say down here in the Ozarks, I'm in a Hog Fog today

Where in the heck do you live in "Rural Arkansas" I live in russellville

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:53 am

SW Arkansas. About 30 miles south of Mena in a little town of Grannis.

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