Hello, New here, CPAP Issues

To the OP. This is what I've taken from this thread

You feel you have a machine problem
You do not want to bring it back to your money grubbing, useless, unknowledgeable DME (IYO)
You do not wish to post data so the learned users on this forum can help you
Your issue appears to be with Remstar itself.

Here's an idea. Contact THEM!!

I had a problem with my machine from Resmed when I got it (within a week). DME really was useless in figuring out the issue told me to live with it. I contacted Resmed directly. Had a new machine the next day.

bbc3,

What you don't seem to be understanding is that people have been trying to help you. As JohnBFisher said earlier, there are usually three reasons that the machine is turning off:

1) Large leaks. This is the most common problem. Leaks can be coming from your mask or from therapy air escaping through an open mouth, often while you're deep asleep. That's the first thing to check on your machine to eliminate that as the cause.

2) You stop breathing for so long that the machine thinks you are no longer wearing it. This can happen with central apneas. I believe that shallow breathing can trigger this as well. Sleep-onset central apneas can occur in perfectly normal people due to how our bodies handle CO2 during the transition from awake to sleep. Or central apneas can be due to other causes--in response to obstructive apneas, machine pressure too high, neurological or heart problems, for example.

3) The machine has a mechanical problem. This could be something as simple as a loose power connection.

I will add one more possible cause. Sometimes when people are taking certain sleep medications, they do things without realizing it. If that could be a factor in your case, you'll want to consider that and make sure that you're not turning the machine off yourself during the night.

I suggest that you eliminate each possible cause systematically. If it is determined that your machine is stopping because of your breathing pattern, you and your doctor will need to work to resolve that, as a different type of machine may be necessary for you.

If you don't already have a copy of your sleep study, I suggest that you obtain that so you can completely understand your sleep problem. For example, did it show a lot of central apneas or only obstructive apneas? (Forgive me if you already gave that information in your earlier posts. I may have missed it, as there was a lot to read and I was tired when I read this thread initially last night.)

Best wishes to you. I truly hope that you get the problem resolved so you can sleep well and feel better during the day.

Do any of you bother to read anything prior to tooting your posting horn??

"too late", it was too late when I arrived here. IQ left this building a long time ago.

Suck it up IMBICILES. You can be assured I will not be back to view your jibberish post this post......

I sometime forget the stupid nature of humanity as I typically frequent higher level forums. You have made you mark. Eat up creatons..... Thank god we are past the 15th century as I would surely be burning on a stake in the center of main street whilst you stood around enjoying the moment figiting with yourselfs....

bbc3 wrote:Do any of you bother to read anything prior to tooting your posting horn??

"too late", it was too late when I arrived here. IQ left this building a long time ago.

Suck it up IMBICILES. You can be assured I will not be back to view your jibberish post this post......

I sometime forget the stupid nature of humanity as I typically frequent higher level forums. You have made you mark. Eat up creatons..... Thank god we are past the 15th century as I would surely be burning on a stake in the center of main street whilst you stood around enjoying the moment figiting with yourselfs....

bbc3 --

My goodness -- what in the world is the matter with you? Is this some kind of stupid joke or something? I find it very hard to believe that these posts of yours are in any way serious. At first I did, but now I just think this entire thread is a joke.

bbc3,

I truly don't understand why you're being so hostile with people who only have good intentions of helping you to figure out your problem.

First you talked about how your breathing stops, which leads me to believe that you may have central apneas. As I tried to explain, those may either be the more "normal" sleep-onset type or they may be due to other causes and occur throughout the night. That's why it's important to understand what your sleep study report said in detail. If you're having central apneas that are causing your machine to shut down, then you and your doctor need to figure out if you need a different type of machine, such as a BiPAP.

Then you went on and on about how your machine may be defective. In all your rambling dialogue it never was clear to me if you've been checking the leak results on your machine. We can sleep right through mouth/mask leaks without knowing it. If you need help in learning how to check your machine results, just ask clearly and we'll help you with that.

Sorry, I don't have the time or patience to re-read everything you wrote earlier. We're all volunteering our time here. If you can clarify any specific questions that you need help with, we'll try to help with that, but you need to be respectful. If not, I'm outta here....

bbc3 wrote:Do any of you bother to read anything prior to tooting your posting horn??

"too late", it was too late when I arrived here. IQ left this building a long time ago.

Suck it up IMBICILES. You can be assured I will not be back to view your jibberish post this post......

I sometime forget the stupid nature of humanity as I typically frequent higher level forums. You have made you mark. Eat up creatons..... Thank god we are past the 15th century as I would surely be burning on a stake in the center of main street whilst you stood around enjoying the moment figiting with yourselfs....

I'm pretty much left speechless. I don't even know where to begin ... Oh, wait! I remember something my mother used to say:

When you don't have anything good to say, don't say anthing.

Silence can be deafening!

Well, I am already regretting the helpful PM I just sent you. I wish I could take it back but you've already opened it. Please don't contact THIS "imbicle" again.

(But you gotta love the irony of someone who calls you names which impugn your intelligence and can't spell them correctly! )

I had unsubscribed this thread as I am not going to continue this chain of insanity. I looked back one last time as I realized it was the fellow that had actually been over the top helpful. I am disappointed that he would come back the judge me based on a few posts so I had explained my concern to him as copied. If he feels that I have not responded fairly then you all can have my apologies...

I really hope you are not serious. The intended targets of my animosity are clear. And you are not one of them. If you will please read my thread throughout. You will find that I have been nothing but treated like a fool and antagonized EVERY STEP of the way!!!! I made reference to you anonymously earlier as an intelligent “norm” found here. I pointed out 20 ways to Sunday that my grief was not with the forum, and it was only appreciated. They seem to have heard what they wanted to. I can only suspect that it is because of my quick start approach, and they are wanting to go through some insane N/M otions of having me beg for the biscuits one at a time. I just don’t get it. But they clearly are not reading. I think the whole thing lost track when the asked for my data and I assumed they were talking about a computer generated card read. If you look at the way it was presented, and then consider the way you logically asked me for it, you will see where the communication errors begin. Then lunacy ensues from there. I will actually post this as well as one last attempt at resolution and reconciliations…

I truly hope you are not disappointed as I have not been with you. I found you to be a ray of logical light in this as you had apparently seen the thread and understood the miscommunication. If you indeed feel you misread me then it is just another example of folks not reading the actual information. I hope not in our case. You will find merit to everything I have said to those who warrant. Its been like a looney bin since I got here. One after the next. A few have posted reasonably and helpful. But for the majority it has been just one quick read after another making summary judgment on me. To sit there an not acknowledge the questions, or the fact that I was only responding to a prior stimulus and then accuse me a being antagonistic, IS IN FACT THE DEFINITION OF ANTAGONISTIC…….

I just put it on my FOE list. My first one! Makes this thread a whooooooole lot shorter. Quite a verbose little buggar aint it!

After seeing at least 4 reasonable, sensible and helpful replies ignored I've come to the conclusion that it is a troll. Probably sent here by Resmed (Great products, Lousy company)!!

Anyway, it has received more than enough help and until it can deport itself with some decorum I suggest we leave it alone.

jules wrote:get the software and post a screen shot of a daily report OR take the card to the DME and ask them to print for you (or email to you would be better - don't have to scan it then) the full detail report off the card

there has been problems reported with auto off and as well as power block in the back on some machines here on the forum - we aren't the DME's -

this is my first post on this thread - then julie got attacked and I did too etc.

the OP never bothered to provide this and doesn't have any intention of providing it

I suggest the OP deal locally with the DME or the sleep doctor or get the software and get that information

they are using a nasal pillow mask and flying blind for a year now yet want to spend 2 days so far attacking us for their not taking control of their treatment / therapy back at the start

To the poster with the baby in the pic, IT SUITS IT. Tard.....

To jules. You really can help but try to be helpful, even in you slags. As I mentioned I appreciate you brand. BUT WILL YOU READ WHAT YOU JUST TYPED?? Yesterday was SUNDAY. The mood was set by the end of the day. MY DME would not give me a copy today. And they are as ignorant as I feared. I will probably have to videotape my unit acting up to prove it. They acknowledged that not only are there "reports" of the auto off not working, IT IS A CONSTANT AND THEREFORE NOT SWITCHED ON....

I still dont know why you would expect me to even understand half the terms?? Why dont you try being TRUELY helpful in the future instead of mastering the ART OF THE SETUP!! Try a PM with the UNSPEAKABLE reference to the UNOWHAT..... So you made a request for something I could not even tell what at the time on a day I could not have even attained it if they were willilng, and you hinted to an issue as a "maybe" to which turns out to be a CERTAIN CAUSE OF MY MACHINE TURNING OFF... And that was justification for you to swoop back in before the end of the day even and make your crappy comments in your second post?? What T.H. is wrong with you?? Your last post clearly only incriminates YOU... You clear sit perched around here waiting on a fight, not looking to help. Even if so its a steep price!!! Kodger.....

Back to babyface. I am sure you could find a better demigod to menion yourself to? As you are pathetic as anyone here who has dropped in just to take an unread stab at me, you probably dont even have the sence to choose a propery "daddy".. Wannabe.....

bbc3

I would check with your Medical team for some Manic Depressive tendencies on your part. I'm guessing your blood pressure is going through the roof and that can't be good for you or anyone else near you.

PLEASE... don't feel that you have to respond.

As you said... you were leaving this forum... and that's a great idea. This forum is used, enjoyed and helped by most people here. If you don't get anything worthwhile out of it, why would you want to continue ???

I am dropping in here to suggest to everyone that they stop posting in this thread. I've seen some extreme nastiness on message boards before, but nothing the likes of what the OP is dishing out.

Goes way beyond anything that should be tolerated or accepted.

Let's all just leave well enough alone and maybe the nastiness will stop.

Madalot wrote:I am dropping in here to suggest to everyone that they stop posting in this thread. I've seen some extreme nastiness on message boards before, but nothing the likes of what the OP is dishing out.

Goes way beyond anything that should be tolerated or accepted.

Let's all just leave well enough alone and maybe the nastiness will stop.

I agree. I am horrified by what I have been reading. Enough said by everyone and let this thread die in peace, if possible.