hard to breath during the day tight heavy chest feeling?

hi iam new to this just got a cpap machine about 2 weeks ago and feel better but during the day i cant breathe very well my chest is heavy and tight i was told the pressure is to high my pressure is at 10 i was also told that the humidifier is not good for me? can anyone help me on this one or if ya have the same symptoms please help ?

can you edit your machine info in your profile maybe someone can help a little better. are you using the ramp feature does that help you fall asleep better? if it continues i would call the DR ASAP and let them know you are having this problem.

spoon1279 wrote:hi iam new to this just got a cpap machine about 2 weeks ago and feel better but during the day i cant breathe very well my chest is heavy and tight i was told the pressure is to high my pressure is at 10 i was also told that the humidifier is not good for me? can anyone help me on this one or if ya have the same symptoms please help ?

10 is not an abnormally high pressure. I believe most people on this board are at pressures of 10 or higher. Chest pressure and hard to breath are not symptoms to take lightly.....see your doctor!

ya thanks guys i have seen my doc and just waiting for the phone call to see what he says i have gone to my family doc and the hospital and they see nothing wrong with me they dont know whats causing this so they think its the pressure on the machine causing these symptoms

Hi, it's not that the pressure's too high, but that your chest muscles are not used to being 'exercised' as they are now with Cpap, and it could take a little while until you adjust. That's often what happens to people new to the machine.

I've got the same problem, doctor reckons it's "excess air" in the diaphraghm pushing against everything. Tried me on Losec for indigestion but didn't work - surprise, surprise! I think the diagnosis is right, as burping relieves the pressure a bit - but doesn't clear it completely until a big burp occurs - I try and bring this on by drinking a fizzy drink - sometimes works. Seems to me that it's just like "wind" that babies get if they're not burped - can get very painful.

spoon,
I had similar feelings when I started cpap. I think Julie is right, it's just that those chest muscles are not used to working all night long. Mine got better, and I'm guessing yours will to (since you've already checked with your doctor).

cdhill,
Your problem sounds a little different. I'm guessing it might be aerophagia that you are dealing with. It is not a problem that I have experienced, so I'm not really much help, but if you search the site, and probably even the wikki (light bulb up near the top of the page), you should have plenty of information to look at. Basically, aerophagia is air that gets into your stomach while you are sleeping with cpap.

Good luck to both of you!

I had some of the same chest discomfort when I first started. It went away after a while. They did run all sorts of cardiac tests on me to make sure though.

Depending on where you are this is also the start of allergy/asthma season so you may have some asthma symptoms coming on. I don't wheeze with my asthma. I get chest discomfort. I didn't get diagnosed with asthma until I was about 36 so you never know. If I went the the hospital every time I had chest pain I would need an apartment there. Get it checked out though.

Edit: Also, my pressure is 15 so 10 isn't anything really unusual. There are lots of folks on here with higher. As far as the humidity thing goes you just need to play with the settings and find what works for you best. Everybody is different. I don't think I could tolerate the cpap without the humidifier. I have accidentally forgotten to fill it up before and when the water ran out I woke up almost immediately with my sinuses burning from being dried out so badly.

I never had chest "aches" on 10, but when I gained weight I requested a pressure increase to 12, I started having these "aches" in my chest after I woke up and they would last for about an hour ----FA

I had chest discomfort for about the first week or two. It subsided as I got used to the machine. Epr and ramp might help until you get used to it.