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Wulfman wrote:Yeah, I'm wondering how they came up with that pressure, too.
Did you sleep on your back during your titration portion of the sleep study?

Yes, I was sure to sleep exclusively on my back for the study.

Wulfman wrote: There are a lot of people who have positional sleep apnea (their apnea is worse when sleeping in certain positions.....usually on their backs), but they have overcome it by training themselves to sleep in other positions.

Yep, back is bad for me yet it is the only comfortable position.

Wulfman wrote: I still think it would be advantageous to set the machine in CPAP mode at a single pressure, but to make every attempt to sleep on your side......and then see what the numbers look like.

I did manage to sleep on my side much of last night and got my AHI down to 28.3 using the prescribed pressure of 14. Better than it was (in the 50's), but it still sucks...

Just wanted to post a followup in case it helps someone.

Turns out I needed a lower exhale pressure. I titrated at 20/15 at my follow up study and will be switching to a BiPAP.

Last night I got an AHI of 2 with my CPAP by running a pressure of 20 with C-FLEX set to 3.

MGoBlue wrote:Just wanted to post a followup in case it helps someone.

Turns out I needed a lower exhale pressure. I titrated at 20/15 at my follow up study and will be switching to a BiPAP.

Last night I got an AHI of 2 with my CPAP by running a pressure of 20 with C-FLEX set to 3.

It sounded like you were needing more pressure.
Glad to hear you're making some headway and that they're switching you to Bi-PAP.


Den

Hey Mgoblue,
I'm new to the hose myself and quite frankly freaking out over this treatment....wish I never went for the study. But I developed atrial fibrillation which was caught during a stress test and sent to a sleep clinic AHI 57 but I tool ambien that night during study
I'm a young in my earl fifties work out with guys half my age, weight lift with the best of them. I saw you also weight lift so hence this post. Curious how old you are? Sleeping with a mask on my face the rest of my life is freaking me out....I feel like jumping off my terrace....seriously! Real romantic too!
My pressure is only 8 so is that a good thing....anyone?

Mac33 wrote:Hey Mgoblue,
I'm new to the hose myself and quite frankly freaking out over this treatment....wish I never went for the study. But I developed atrial fibrillation which was caught during a stress test and sent to a sleep clinic AHI 57 but I tool ambien that night during study
I'm a young in my earl fifties work out with guys half my age, weight lift with the best of them. I saw you also weight lift so hence this post. Curious how old you are? Sleeping with a mask on my face the rest of my life is freaking me out....I feel like jumping off my terrace....seriously! Real romantic too!
My pressure is only 8 so is that a good thing....anyone?

Well, without it, you would more than likely be "sleeping" inside a coffin much sooner.

GOOD GRIEF!!!......this isn't that bad! Get over it! Do you have children? What would you say to them if they said they felt like jumping off the terrace?

The prescribed pressure is no indicator as to the severity of one's sleep apnea. CPAP pressures range from 4 cm. to 20 cm.


Den

What would you do if you developed diabetes and had to give yourself daily insulin injections to stay alive?

Mac33 wrote:Hey Mgoblue,
I'm new to the hose myself and quite frankly freaking out over this treatment....wish I never went for the study. But I developed atrial fibrillation which was caught during a stress test and sent to a sleep clinic AHI 57 but I tool ambien that night during study
I'm a young in my earl fifties work out with guys half my age, weight lift with the best of them. I saw you also weight lift so hence this post. Curious how old you are? Sleeping with a mask on my face the rest of my life is freaking me out....I feel like jumping off my terrace....seriously! Real romantic too!
My pressure is only 8 so is that a good thing....anyone?

I'm only 39, but I don't mind using CPAP one bit. Compared to the snoring the mask probably is romantic -- at least in my case. I suppose if I was single and dating I might feel differently, but probably not. After all, if the mask were a show stopper for anyone I was seeing then they wouldn't be anyone that I was interested in anyway.

I feel great and couldn't be happier and my wife feels the same way. She probably would have married my anyway, but I think that my beginning CPAP therapy (and resultant lack of snoring) made her decision much easier.

Mac33 wrote:I'm a young in my earl fifties work out with guys half my age, weight lift with the best of them. I saw you also weight lift so hence this post. Curious how old you are? Sleeping with a mask on my face the rest of my life is freaking me out....I feel like jumping off my terrace....seriously! Real romantic too!
My pressure is only 8 so is that a good thing....anyone?

Mac,

Well, I was diagnosed within six months of cancer surgery, so another major health challenge was not something I was quite ready to face. I'm claustrophobic, so the idea of sleeping with a mask freaked me out.

If you've got a good partner, though, romance is not an issue.

Yesterday morning, I was bipaping away, and I felt a hand on my shoulder. Just a brush, a gentle "You awake yet?" I reached over, turned off the machine, undid my mask and slipped it off. Then I rolled over... and well, the rest is nobody's business except ours. Suffice it to say, we were plenty romantic.

No, I didn't want to wear a mask. Things were much less complicated when it comes to travel and planning for hurricanes before Bipap. But I have more energy, I'm not in pain all the time, and I'm not nearly as stressed.

Xpap is not the end of the world... unless you choose for it to be. Not having xPap CAN be the end of the world. Me, I've got better things to do with my next 30-40 years.