Questions and no idea where to start

[BanOne]

I was prescribed a cpap several years ago by my doctor. I finally gave up wearing it because I couldn't tell it did anything other than make me wake up congested with a dry throat, and many nights I'd wake up with the hose wrapped around my neck or by the thud of it hitting the floor being pulled off my nightstand.

Fast forward to now and I took a new job that required me to take a DOT physical. Stupid me I answered the question about being prescribed a cpap as yes and they won't pass me until I get a certificate of compliance.

Where and how do I get that? Im assuming by the name they need proof you wear it. How do they even know? Luckily my dad still had my old one so i'm getting it set back up tonight. But I no longer go to the doctor I went to who sent me for the test. Im not even local to him any longer. The place i did the test is no longer in business, and I don't have a primary physician to even go to.

Im dreading putting this thing on again as it did nothing but cause me problems. What can I do to actually force myself to wear this?

[LSAT]

They will require proof of compliance...usually data fro the SD card in the machine. If you don't have an SD card you will need to get one.

[LSAT]

I was prescribed a cpap several years ago by my doctor. I finally gave up wearing it because I couldn't tell it did anything other than make me wake up congested with a dry throat, and many nights I'd wake up with the hose wrapped around my neck or by the thud of it hitting the floor being pulled off my nightstand.

Fast forward to now and I took a new job that required me to take a DOT physical. Stupid me I answered the question about being prescribed a cpap as yes and they won't pass me until I get a certificate of compliance.

Where and how do I get that? Im assuming by the name they need proof you wear it. How do they even know? Luckily my dad still had my old one so i'm getting it set back up tonight. But I no longer go to the doctor I went to who sent me for the test. Im not even local to him any longer. The place i did the test is no longer in business, and I don't have a primary physician to even go to.

Im dreading putting this thing on again as it did nothing but cause me problems. What can I do to actually force myself to wear this?

Think about losing your job...or worse yet...dying

[BanOne]

I was prescribed a cpap several years ago by my doctor. I finally gave up wearing it because I couldn't tell it did anything other than make me wake up congested with a dry throat, and many nights I'd wake up with the hose wrapped around my neck or by the thud of it hitting the floor being pulled off my nightstand.

Fast forward to now and I took a new job that required me to take a DOT physical. Stupid me I answered the question about being prescribed a cpap as yes and they won't pass me until I get a certificate of compliance.

Where and how do I get that? Im assuming by the name they need proof you wear it. How do they even know? Luckily my dad still had my old one so i'm getting it set back up tonight. But I no longer go to the doctor I went to who sent me for the test. Im not even local to him any longer. The place i did the test is no longer in business, and I don't have a primary physician to even go to.

Im dreading putting this thing on again as it did nothing but cause me problems. What can I do to actually force myself to wear this?

Think about losing your job...or worse yet...dying

Yeah i'm not worried about dying and there's other things I can do at work that don't require a physical. Thanks for being a smart ass however. Maybe somebody who has a legitimate answer can be more helpful.

[Miss Emerita]

Hello, BanOne. You mentioned dry mouth, hose management problems, and machine falling on the floor.

About the last two, I recommend using a hose stand (aka hose lift). The one I use is a Hose Buddy -- very sturdy, available via Amazon. It gets the hose up out of your way, and it anchors the hose so that you can't pull the machine off of its perch. I put a hose cover over the hose, which adds some additional friction between the hose and the straps that keep the hose on the hose stand.

About the dry mouth: what kind of mask were you using? Full-face (covers mouth and nose)? Nasal pillow mask (has two little mushroom-looking things that fit on the end of your nose), or nasal mask (no mushroom dealies, covers nose only). Once you let us know, we can give you some advice.

It'd be great if you'd put the information about your machine and mask in your profile so that forum members can see it whenever you post a message.

I've known other members who quit CPAP the first time around but came back to it later and figured out how to make it work, so I hope you'll feel some optimism that it can be better for you. We'll certainly try to help, and the more you can describe your problems, the better we can do.

[Janknitz]

I don't know how long "several years ago" was, but that may make a big difference on the machine you have and how to access data. Some of the older machines used card readers that aren't readily available. It would help if you let us know your equipment.

You are going to need 90 days worth of data and use it at least 70% of the time in that 90 day period, minimum of 4 hours per night, so this isn't going to be something you can do just using your old CPAP for a few days. https://urgentcarementor.com/cpap-compl ... l-drivers/

You will probably need to replace the hose, the filter, and the mask, maybe the humidifier chamber, and in most cases you will need a prescription for those items. In addition, it's likely that your pressure needs have changed over "several years" and if you think you were miserable when you tried CPAP before, it's only worse when the settings are way off. This means you will probably need to have a titration test again. While you can do it yourself with an auto-titrating machine with accessible efficacy data, that may interfere with your compliance stats, taking even longer to get good numbers.

I don't know you, so I may be wrong, but it sounds like you want a quick fix. Meet the compliance so you can get the job and then never use the CPAP again until you have to show compliance again. But I hope you will consider the danger to your own health and to others when you are driving even your own personal car with untreated apnea. The very best thing you can do for yourself and others is to get optimal treatment and stick with it from now on. We can absolutely help, but if you're just wanting to game the system to get this job and then abandon your CPAP again this is not the place.

[CynthiaR]

I'm no expert on masks, but I know there are nasal pillow masks where the hose extends from the top of your head. That might help some.