Please Success Stories

I have been suffering the cumulative exhaustion and physical breakdown of sleep apnea for months and hopefully now within a week or two will have a CPAP machine.

I am asking the good people of this forum to please send me their success stories with CPAP. I have been down so long I am losing hope and starting to doubt that there is any hope for me. I do have some comorbid conditions that might make CPAP complicated but I am sure I can use it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I’m a success story I’ve been using my cpap every night faithfully since June 2013. My AirSense 11 is now my 3rd cpap device in my history of my apnea. When I was diagnosed I had Ahi of greater than 100. Cpap does work it doesn’t come easy it takes some getting used too for a lot of people.

Excellent inquiry.

Over fifteen years ago I began having 10-30 minute episodes in which I blanked out while sitting. It was like the clock advanced suddenly. I wasn't tired, there was no yawning, and energy was good. It was freaky. My GF said I snore at night. A friend gave me his old Phillips CPAP machine and I arbitrarily set it at 8 max. OMG! The next day and from then onward, no more episodes. After several years of the Phillips, I got a sleep study (AHI was 25 and I snored most of test and had multiple wake-ups. I changed to ResMed 9 then 10. It's such a comfort to know the CPAP and mask are available and the electricity is on. The mask is like a comforting blanket.

Sure seems like many people have SA and don't know about it, or they get diagnosed and refuse treatment. Just read about the multiple dangers of untreated OSA which include increases in stroke, heart attach, CA, accidents, et. al.

No need to start or continue a new discussion here. There's already an ongoing thread with almost 800 posts linked in the forum's sticky, as Pugsy already helpfully linked to above.