Handling the pressure
Handling the pressure
Reading the posts here on the boards I notice some ppl might wonder about what it's like to breathe pressurized air all night long. My experience has been as such: I always put my mask on and then start my CPAP machine right up at full pressure. At first it's a bit awkward exhaling against pressure, but if I take a few deep breaths and exhale it helps. Usually within the first two minutes my lungs get used to the change and I don't notice the pressure anymore. Every morning when I wake up I find I'm respiring completely normally and were it not for my mask on my face I wouldn't even know I was breathing pressurized air. So, for me anyways, breathing the higher pressure air is pretty much a non-issue.
Anyone else care to comment for the "newbies" out there?
Anyone else care to comment for the "newbies" out there?
- rock and roll
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I am still pretty new -- 1 month, but I HAVE to use the ramp feature, I feel like a fan is blowing in my face at high speed if I try to put the mask on at full pressure (and mine's only 8 cm).
Ramping is the answer for me and I'm usually asleep before it hits 8. But if I awake during the night, I have to turn on the ramp again to fall back asleep.
Different strokes for different folks I guess... thank goodness for the ramp feature for me right now... maybe in the future, it won't bother me as much. Right now, it's nice to have the option.
Ramping is the answer for me and I'm usually asleep before it hits 8. But if I awake during the night, I have to turn on the ramp again to fall back asleep.
Different strokes for different folks I guess... thank goodness for the ramp feature for me right now... maybe in the future, it won't bother me as much. Right now, it's nice to have the option.
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I too have to use the ramp feataure on my CPAP, as I very senstive to pressure in my nose. I am on 8cms as well but it seem that my machine is doing more then 8cms at times, as I often catch it with 5 lights on, instead of they usual 4 lights on [rectangle lights] I wonder if my CPAP's mulfunctioning or not.
But I use the ramp and I too sleep like a baby......I sleep long heavy and soundly, alot better before I started the CPAP treament for sleep apeona. I like wearing the mask, but after a few days the mask gets a bit stinky! I have to wash it before I get it put back on my face after 3-4 day's time.
I am another so called "Hose head" OR in my terms, "Snorkle mask user".
But I use the ramp and I too sleep like a baby......I sleep long heavy and soundly, alot better before I started the CPAP treament for sleep apeona. I like wearing the mask, but after a few days the mask gets a bit stinky! I have to wash it before I get it put back on my face after 3-4 day's time.
I am another so called "Hose head" OR in my terms, "Snorkle mask user".
Been on CPAP for a while.....I had moderate apenoa
mask easier than nasal system?
Is a mask easier to breathe with when compared to a nasal system as far as the strong air flow?
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