GrizzlyBear
Old Mossy Horns
Pressurize your mouth/nose/both.
What exactly does the CPap Machine do?
Gave me the gift of actual rest. Apparently if your breathing pressure isn't right, a lot of your body reacts during "sleep". It is supposed to kind of equalize that pressure I believe.
And then I just read MR Gadget's post
Now I'm wondering mine is all mental? The guys at my clubshouse would disagree though
When I was at the ENTdr they did say that with allergies your glands can become swollen making it harder to breath through your nose. Maybe that is why you had a hard time breathing through your nose.
Wife went in a week back.
Said she kicks at night no other problems, never stopped or held her breath and never had an O2 drop.
They said she was fine and no problems.
She gets a call this week saying she has sleep Apnea. WTF
They said based on he form that she is tired in the day time she has mild sleep Apnea and they wanted her to com in and get set up with a Cpap...
What a load of BS, called her doc to look over the report and the doc said BS, and they would talk it over in 6 month when she goes in next time for meds update....
I feel the same about my test them telling me that nothing really then I get a call a few weeks later to say I had it and it could kill me and so on, they wanted me in for another test and it did nothing other then keep me up all night long.
They tell me I need brand X and they will call me to come get it after insurance.
Weeks later I get the call to come in, they wanted 750 or more from me and wanted me to rent for 2 months first.
I looked it up on line and found it for 325, same Mod and all.
Wonder what they billed the insurance? or would have.
Still have not done anything and it just pissed me off...
Why not lone or rent me one for a week or two to make sure it will work or give me the facts behind the testing as they would not tell me anything really said I need to talk to my doc and have him read the info to me...... BS...
I had a friend get a machine and he lost 45 pounds right off the bat using the machine. He then lost another 25 pounds and he now says he hasn't used the machine in months. Wondering if you just loose weight that you could do without the machine. Is it something about heavier people their neck being enlarged chest heavier that causes sleep issue? Is the machine a sales pitch?
Astute. My passages are narrow and when I went to the ENT they prescribed Flonase.
I supposedly have sleep apnea. I'm still waiting for the Fayetteville VA to call me back. It's been 3 years since I had the sleep study. Apparently, I snore extremely loud. I don't wake up, and don't really feel tired until the afternoon - and that's mostly from boredom.
I have had my machine about a month now. I hate the way the mask feels. Mine is set on a ramp where it starts low and builds pressure over about an hour. I can fall asleep fine but wake up later in the night to find that I have removed the mask. I guess it just gets too uncomfortable with the pressure.
It does help the snoring because I've snored my wife out of the room once as compared to it being every night before. I cannot tell a difference in the way that I feel...not one bit.
I have to give it a fair trial for about 90 days though. I have no idea if it is related at all, but I am battling a sinus and ear infection right now....haven't had one in years so I can't believe its just a coincidence.
I mean this very seriously, if you suffer from sleep apnea then never ever go to bed after drinking one too many. I know someone who died from the combination of sleep apnea and being drunk. Too much alcohol caused him not to wake up when he stopped breathing from the apnea.
Wife went in a week back.
Said she kicks at night no other problems, never stopped or held her breath and never had an O2 drop.
They said she was fine and no problems.
She gets a call this week saying she has sleep Apnea. WTF
They said based on he form that she is tired in the day time she has mild sleep Apnea and they wanted her to com in and get set up with a Cpap...
What a load of BS, called her doc to look over the report and the doc said BS, and they would talk it over in 6 month when she goes in next time for meds