New and having a look.

[zzaaronzz]

Hi All,

Just new not sure where to post. Having a look around.
Nice too see all the good stuff. I'll be back for more soon.


Regards,

Aaron

[LavenderMist]

Welcome to the board. You'll find lots of useful info here. You may want to start by looking at the yellow light bulb at the top of the page "Our Collective Wisdom" and the red question mark "Cpap FAQ". If you have questions or need help, just post on the board.

[Slinky]

Welcome to the forum! You've come to the right place to learn what your doctor and DME supplier "forgot" to tell you. And the things they don't know about unless they are on CPAP themselves.

[papdaddy]

Welcome to the best xpap board ever.

[sonadams1]

Rather than make a new thread I'll just post on this one, as the title applies to me too.

First some background. About 8 years ago in high school I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid (symptoms: lethargy, difficulty concentrating). After a year or so this seemed to fix itself (the blood tests were normal when off the medication).

This last year, after more issues with lethargy, trouble sleeping, concentration issues, etc. I was diagnosed with depression, which I was actually bad and didn't follow upon as I felt strongly the diagnoses went along the lines of the list being checked off and pills being prescribed. Just felt rather rushed and uncomfortable.

Well, then my mom was diagnosed with OSA (much better post machine). Suddenly my family history of depression on her side looked like it might be something else. (no bonus points if you guess her screen name on here).

She had a lot of symptom info from on here, and also had a pulse oximeter which I used to get an initial "are there any indications" reading. Signs were sufficient that my PCP and I agreed a sleep study was warranted.



I just got the results of my first sleep study:

During normal sleep I scored a 13.

To the best of my understanding <5 is normal, <15 is not really worth worrying too much about, and >30 is severe.

During REM sleep I scored an 82.8.



Titration was promptly scheduled for a week away. Looking forward to seeing how much difference the machine makes. It was kind of ironic that on the day of my sleep study, the song released on the FUnny Music Project was "Sleepwalking Zombies".

Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself and comment on the great information that's on here (and the great people giving information, and testing things like pressures at altitude and humidifiers in dry climates). Who knows, perhaps this can become a general introduce the newbie thread, as I didn't really notice any others floating around.

[kteague]

Sonadams1,

Oh, I think we can guess your mom's name -

Welcome aboard. Just want to suggest you copy your post into a new topic/thread. This one started with a generic guest post, and those usually turn out to not be a legitimate post. Many won't read past the first one. Wouldn't want to see yours get lost.

Hope your cpap therapy is quickly a blessing. Having someone experienced in the family should help.

Kathy