Muscles of exhalation compromised with CPAP

lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:25 pm

Well. You’re right I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to sleep apnea and the CPAP. Which is why I joined the forum! Silly guy.

Ignorance can be fixed, there's no shame in admitting you're ignorant of something.

lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:25 pm

My 12 posts pale in comparison to your 29,370 posts. You’re like the CPAP god. Pretty cool. I understand why you scoff at my ignorance.

Your attitude however, that's going to need some work.

lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:25 pm

But I do sense some issues. Maybe you didn’t receive proper love as a child. Maybe bullied.
But that is for another forum. I hope you get to the root of it. As for me I’m done entertaining you and your immaturity. Sending you lots of love, hugs, and kisses.

You certainly ACT like a troll.

Only time will tell.

lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:56 pm

Curious, how do you know that your exhalation setting is higher than mine?

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lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:56 pm

States (sic) from last nights use are: Pressure: 9.4 AHI:

Janknitz wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:16 pm

In reality, it's 14 psi (Normal air pressure) PLUS up to 20 to 30 cm H2O added by the setting of the XPAP! Jim

Ooops! Forgot about that.

In any case, I'm sure we are perfectly capable of 20-30 cm H20 in addition to normal air pressure with passive exhalation. Otherwise CPAP would be a very dangerous thing!

Dogs get way more pressure hanging their heads out of car windows at 60 MPH, and they Love it!
Jim

Goofproof wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:32 am

Dogs get way more pressure hanging their heads out of car windows at 60 MPH, and they Love it!
Jim

OSCAR doesn't work above 55.

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:49 pm

Goofproof wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:32 am

Dogs get way more pressure hanging their heads out of car windows at 60 MPH, and they Love it!
Jim

OSCAR doesn't work above 55.

Do you mean OSCAR, or do you mean YOURCAR? Jim

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:49 pm

Goofproof wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:32 am

Dogs get way more pressure hanging their heads out of car windows at 60 MPH, and they Love it!
Jim

OSCAR doesn't work above 55.

I don't remember a single person coming in here and complaining about their tongues flapping in the "gale force winds" from cpap', now that you mention it.

You mean there's no excuse for the flapping that goes on here all day?

Sheesh!

Julie wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 4:20 pm

You mean there's no excuse for the flapping that goes on here all day?

Sheesh!

You just now figuring that out? What you been doing lately? Sleeping?

I lost my Cpap!

palerider wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:34 pm

I don't remember a single person coming in here and complaining about their tongues flapping in the "gale force winds" from cpap', now that you mention it.

Give it time.

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:29 am

palerider wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:34 pm

I don't remember a single person coming in here and complaining about their tongues flapping in the "gale force winds" from cpap', now that you mention it.

Give it time.

"I turned on that blasted demon machine and I felt like my dog with his head hanging out the window, my tongue was flapping and there was slobber everywhere!"

Yes, I believe you're right

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:29 am

palerider wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:34 pm

I don't remember a single person coming in here and complaining about their tongues flapping in the "gale force winds" from cpap', now that you mention it.

Give it time.

there's quite enough tongue flapping around here and it's not caused by cpap.

Hi All - I finally got to posting my results from Oscar. What pushed me is that my Apnea seems to have gotten worse over the last 2 weeks. The only thing that changed for me is that I am on vacation from flat humid Florida to the West dry mountains. I have also been doing a lot more neck exercises to re-establish the curve in my neck as I suffer from a cervical kyphosis/military neck.

My AHI has been higher when it typically ranges from 0 to 2.

My experience has been very upsetting:
I wake up around every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Often with my heart pounding and with the sensation that I was not breathing. I will lay in bed and take slow deep breaths to try to get myself back to feeling normal.
Sometimes I can go back to sleep right away. Other times, like last night I lay wide awake for 1-2 hours with my mask on.

My central apnea number seems to have gone up recently. While I lay in bed during that twilight phase before passing out, I usually catch myself not breathing but not because of an obstruction but because I just randomly don't breath if I don't consciously tell my body to breathe.

So here are my results from Mar 15 - Mar 22 with 2 days skipped as I didn't keep it on for the full night.

Thank you in advance for your help.

continued...

lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:16 pm

I wake up around every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Often with my heart pounding and with the sensation that I was not breathing

For the two highest AHI nights, click on the Events tab and see how long those Clear Airway events are.

lovehatemyCPAP wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:16 pm

I am on vacation from flat humid Florida to the West dry mountains.

In the West, what elevation are you sleeping at?