Anyone tried a Winx?

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Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by Too tall » Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:56 pm

My doctor offered me one of these to try. Anyone know about these things called a Winx. See video below:

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by BlackSpinner » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:31 pm

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by SleepingUgly » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:33 pm

Yes.

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by Stormynights » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:59 am

SleepingUgly wrote:Yes.
Did you try this? If so, tell us more.

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by chunkyfrog » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:05 am

Xney tried it awhile back:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85470&st=0&sk=t&sd= ... winx+trial
He took some very clear photos, and shared his experiences candidly.

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by SleepingUgly » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:59 am

Stormynights wrote:
SleepingUgly wrote:Yes.
Did you try this? If so, tell us more.
What specifically do you want to know?

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by Stormynights » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:22 pm

SleepingUgly wrote:
Stormynights wrote:
SleepingUgly wrote:Yes.
Did you try this? If so, tell us more.
What specifically do you want to know?
How did it compare to your cpap machine? Better worse same etc.?

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by SleepingUgly » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:55 pm

Stormynights wrote:How did it compare to your cpap machine? Better worse same etc.?
Both failure experiences in terms of helping my EDS, and that's as far as I assessed it. But if it hadn't been a failure experience, I would have preferred the Winx to CPAP with Hannibal Lecter chinstrap. If I could have used just pillows and nothing else, I'd say the Winx and pillows would have been about equal.

I think the Winx is worth trying for others having difficulty with CPAP (or who want to avoid CPAP).

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Re: Anyone tried a Winx?

Post by Stormynights » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:26 pm

SleepingUgly wrote:
Stormynights wrote:How did it compare to your cpap machine? Better worse same etc.?
Both failure experiences in terms of helping my EDS, and that's as far as I assessed it. But if it hadn't been a failure experience, I would have preferred the Winx to CPAP with Hannibal Lecter chinstrap. If I could have used just pillows and nothing else, I'd say the Winx and pillows would have been about equal.

I think the Winx is worth trying for others having difficulty with CPAP (or who want to avoid CPAP).
Thank you for the reply.

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