Hi Newbie Here

clancy2 · Post by **clancy2** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:35 pm

Just Started therapy in February, was diagnoased in nov but they had trouble getting me to sleep long enough for a tritration so in Feb gave me a machine to start with at pressure 6 to star with.

In march with the help og ambien was able to sleep long enough to get a reading of 10 for them to set the machine at.

I still don't sleep trough the night my sleep specialist is giving me sleeping pills amiltiptyline to see if that will help what I'm wondering is that a good idea.

gasparama · Post by **gasparama** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:58 pm

Welcome to this forum! The archives here are extensive and ever so helpful (even if it is a bit difficult to use the search feature.)

If you have questions, feel free to post them. There is a host of people around here who can help you with all aspects of your therapy.

sleepydoll · Post by **sleepydoll** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:53 am

clancy2 wrote:
I still don't sleep trough the night my sleep specialist is giving me sleeping pills amiltiptyline to see if that will help what I'm wondering is that a good idea.

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I know that a few members of this board-room have discussed it a while back, but I couldn,t find the tread that leads to it..

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clancy2 · Post by **clancy2** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:50 pm

Thanks for the welcome and for the link to the information.

sleep apnea is not an easy thing to get used to or to figure out thats for sure I appriate all the help I can get and I'm sure I'll ask some silly questions here and there.

larbabe · Post by **larbabe** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:05 pm

Welcome to the group!

Sleep meds can be a good friend. They can give you a chance to ease in to therapy and let your mind and body start sleeping like it should have been for years. Just follow your doctor's advice so you get the best benefit without getting dependent.

And don't worry. Most of us took awhile to adapt. Becoming Darth Vader every night isn't so easy. But it sure is worth it in the long run. Hang in there!

birdshell · Post by **birdshell** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:25 pm

clancy2 wrote:Thanks for the welcome and for the link to the information.

sleep apnea is not an easy thing to get used to or to figure out thats for sure I appriate all the help I can get and I'm sure I'll ask some silly questions here and there.

Any "silly" questions that you may be able to think of have probably been asked here before, MANY, MANY times.

They have probably also been answered, but there are always new things, research, equipment, and people who are also new and have expertise and/or knowledge to share. We may all learn from the new answers.

So, please--ASK AWAY! That is why we are here. Many of us were helped so much by others that we try to do the same.

Any question to which you do not know the answer is one that is important to you. I am pretty certain that you will get some kind of response!

Karen
Who used to be shy...

alnhwrd · Post by **alnhwrd** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:56 pm

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for registering! If you have some time, click on the big yellow light bulb at the top of the page and read the articles you will find there. They may answer any questions that you have, or make you think of some others to ask.

IMHO, you would be better served by a machine that records more than just compliance data. If you could get one of the better Respironics or Resmed machines they will tell you if you are leaking air and if you are still having excessive apneas or hypopnea's. I have the Resmed Elite and like it very much. I just have to push a couple of buttons and my nightly data comes up on a screen for me.

I hope that you are successful in your treatment and that you can train yourself to sleep more. Best of luck.

RipVW · Post by **RipVW** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:19 am

Hello & Welcome, clancy2! Glad you found this forum--SO much useful info and SO many helpful people here!

Regarding alnhwrd's "IMHO, you would be better served by a machine that records more than just compliance data," I think all of us agree that a fully data capable machine is a must have!

Re sleeping aids, I think the key is to avoid using them every night long term if at all possible.

"You are getting sleepy . . ."

bap40 · Post by **bap40** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:36 am

I have taken Amiltiptyline 50mg for several years. Not I might add for sleep but for tension headaches. I take it before bedtime and literally sleep like a log. As soon as my head hits the pillow I am out. This is a very versitile drug used for many things... bed wetting in older kids, sleep, depression, tension headaches and I am sure many other things. I take it about an hour before bedtime and by the time I hit the bed I am gone.

Just my experience with this drug.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:56 am

Thanks for all the info.

I wish I had known about machines you can get all the data from when I got mine so I could have told the doctor what I wanted.

you guys are a wealth of information thats for sure and I read everything here I can so I can learn.

clancy2 · Post by **clancy2** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:06 pm

That was me that just post I thought I was logged in sorry.

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