Feeling worse on cpap.

[Rookieapap]

Hello everyone

I used to have Phillip's remstar cflex with a 11.5 as the fixed set pressure and it was great and I felt better. Recently the doc switched me over to dreamstation apap and I dont feel as great. I wake up with headaches i toss and turn alot and i feel very groggy in the mornings. Really the only good thing about my new machine is that it comes with a 6ft tube my other one was 18 inches which was very uncomfortable at times. My apap range is from 0 - 20 so I did some research and I narrowed it down to 11-12 but I still dont feel as I did before.

[zonker]

Hello everyone

I used to have Phillip's remstar cflex with a 11.5 as the fixed set pressure and it was great and I felt better. Recently the doc switched me over to dreamstation apap and I dont feel as great. I wake up with headaches i toss and turn alot and i feel very groggy in the mornings. Really the only good thing about my new machine is that it comes with a 6ft tube my other one was 18 inches which was very uncomfortable at times. My apap range is from 0 - 20 so I did some research and I narrowed it down to 11-12 but I still dont feel as I did before.

welcome rookie! please feel free to start your own thread, so as not to disturb this one. here's a link to get you started-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

good luck!

[palerider]

Hello everyone

I used to have Phillip's remstar cflex with a 11.5 as the fixed set pressure and it was great and I felt better. Recently the doc switched me over to dreamstation apap and I dont feel as great. I wake up with headaches i toss and turn alot and i feel very groggy in the mornings. Really the only good thing about my new machine is that it comes with a 6ft tube my other one was 18 inches which was very uncomfortable at times. My apap range is from 0 - 20 so I did some research and I narrowed it down to 11-12 but I still dont feel as I did before.

welcome rookie! please feel free to start your own thread, so as not to disturb this one. here's a link to get you started-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

good luck!

Feel *encouraged* in fact.

[the baker]

Good day some questions.

I'm trying a different mask from what is listed on my profile, I do not like my mouth covered, going with a resperonics nasal mask do I have to make any changes to my pressure etc. ?


I also noticed since I've been using the machine I have terrible heartburn at night...which I didn't have before

After a rough start with my posting ( to which I apologize) I've included a screen shot from my machine
Feeling worse on machine but my numbers seem good am I correct....in that assumption.

Thanks

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[Pugsy]

No, you don't need to make any changes in the pressure setting when changing mask types.
Now sometimes people find that when going from a full face mask to a nasal mask that they can reduce the needed pressure to obtain good results but it isn't always the case and certainly not mandatory that the pressure be change.

[the baker]

Thanks

[the baker]

Have you had your oxygen levels at night tested lately with using the machine?
Maybe get an overnight pulse oximetery test done to make sure that there isn't still something going on with O2 levels just to rule out.

While we don't expect immediate improvement we certainly don't expect to start feeling worse with cpap use and especially markedly worse unless people simply aren't able to sleep using the mask and machine.

So I'm getting a finger top oximeter, one of the models listed as compatible with sleepy head, anyone have any advice for securing it on my finger,

I was thinking I would wear a latex exam glove with it on underneath... Any help greatly appreciated..

[Julie]

The finger grips are textured to help with holding on, but a bandaid would be less problematic than a latex glove which might affect the reading.

You've apparently developed GERD (gastroesophageal reflux) common to many of us - I just take 1/2 a Tums before bed to avoid it and also avoid caffeine for hrs before, along with any especially acidic food, but others take various OTC and prescribed meds to help with it.

[the baker]

The finger grips are textured to help with holding on, but a bandaid would be less problematic than a latex glove which might affect the reading.

You've apparently developed GERD (gastroesophageal reflux) common to many of us - I just take 1/2 a Tums before bed to avoid it and also avoid caffeine for hrs before, along with any especially acidic food, but others take various OTC and prescribed meds to help with it.

Thanks

The heartburn is annoying I'm up taking tums alot. The other medications are not good for you, reading about some of the long term effects of using them really put me off them.. I avoid taking drugs when ever possible...once my sleep is better I'm getting off clonazepam..though I take very little I want off..

[Muse-Inc]

...heartburn is annoying I'm up taking tums alot...

Get some ginger candy. Chomp on one a few mins before brushing teeth (very sticky candy). Friend with SA and diagnosed with GERD years ago swears by it. Having spell of acid reflux recently (rare for me) and had some ginger candy...it works! Typically, just ginger, sugar, gel agent, and coated with cornstarch or powdered sugar.

[the baker]

...heartburn is annoying I'm up taking tums alot...

Get some ginger candy. Chomp on one a few mins before brushing teeth (very sticky candy). Friend with SA and diagnosed with GERD years ago swears by it. Having spell of acid reflux recently (rare for me) and had some ginger candy...it works! Typically, just ginger, sugar, gel agent, and coated with cornstarch or powdered sugar.

Thanks

But I cannot have anything sweet or sugary, but I bet those work really good...

[the baker]

Question for everyone.

My AHI 's are good and I was looking at my sleepy head data.. I have more RERA's than anything else, how can I lower that number or do anything about them. Thanks

See screenshot a few postings up.

[Pugsy]

Usually RERAs are dealt with by increasing the pressure.
Seeing them flagged means the machine is thinking that your breathing pattern is similar to the breathing pattern of someone who is having respiratory related arousals. A sign of poor quality sleep that might be related to airway issues.

[the baker]

Usually RERAs are dealt with by increasing the pressure.
Seeing them flagged means the machine is thinking that your breathing pattern is similar to the breathing pattern of someone who is having respiratory related arousals. A sign of poor quality sleep that might be related to airway issues.

Based on my screen shot a few posts above are my rera numbers high or average...And when sleepy head posts the percentage what does that mean

Thanks

[Pugsy]

Percentage of what??? PB or Large Leak??? That's just the percent of time you might have spent over the entire night.

RERAs...we actually like to see none or maybe one. For sure don't like to see groupings.
I suspect you are having a lot of arousals which the machine can't flag because it really can't tell if you are asleep or not.
The arousals you may or may not remember and they may be related sometimes to airway restrictions or they may simply be spontaneous arousals and we don't know the cause.