CPAP Sucks!

[DurocShark]

I've been trying for 5 nights now to use my RemStar Pro machine. I can doze off with it on the ramp mode, but as soon as it hits the target setting (set to 9) I can't exhale and it wakes me up.

After 4-5 times of doing this I can't take it any more and I rip the mask off and finally go to sleep.

It seems I'm not able to change the target setting, but instead have to first make an appointment with my doctor, get a prescription for a new setting, then make an appointment with the vendor to change the setting.

WTF?

I think I could work up to the 9 setting over time, but with all these hoops... Screw it. I'll just do the surgery to shrink my turbinates and be done with it.

Bah!

 

[SampSon]

Sleep apnea sucks eh?

 

[Sluggo]

I actually thought they blew, more of a forced air system

 

[venk]

<---- 12


weenie.

 

[StevenYoo]

n/m

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: venk
<---- 12


weenie.

Dayum! At 9 I have to think about exhaling. How can you sleep with it at 12?!?!?!

 

[SLU MD]

As hard as it is to say (being a future surgeon) the surgery isnt usually all that effective. Most of the time you can call the company to look at the machine and change the settings without seeing your doctor.

Another thing, if you are overweight (most people on CPAP), losing weight is the best method to decrease sleep apnea.

 

[Aquaman]

CPAP is awesome....... I was 14........ had an operation......... now down to 7.............. no need for it anymore

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: SLU MD
As hard as it is to say (being a future surgeon) the surgery isnt usually all that effective. Most of the time you can call the company to look at the machine and change the settings without seeing your doctor.

Another thing, if you are overweight (most people on CPAP), losing weight is the best method to decrease sleep apnea.

Not overweight. The problem is my turbinates are swollen hugely. Steroid sprays are only partially successful. But I'm down to 60% oxygen when I sleep, so I need a solution.

Where are the stats on that surgery? Do the turbinates grow back to full "fillthesinuscavities" size?

 

[Aquaman]

I had an enlarged adanoid.......... blocked 80% of my sinus passage when I lay down.

I took it out & bam.......... no problem.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[SLU MD]

while i dont have exact number off the top of my head, the success rate is definately higher for people that are not overweight. I would definately consult a surgeon and see what they can do for ya, each case is different depending on the sizes of everything in your mouth and throat.

But I would try adjusting the settings on the CPAP as a first alternative. G/L w/ everything.

 

[DurocShark]

My adnoids are cool. My daughter had that surgery recently. I just have these stupid turbinates.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: SLU MD
while i dont have exact number off the top of my head, the success rate is definately higher for people that are not overweight. I would definately consult a surgeon and see what they can do for ya, each case is different depending on the sizes of everything in your mouth and throat.

But I would try adjusting the settings on the CPAP as a first alternative. G/L w/ everything.

It was funny... The tech I got the CPAP machine from kept commenting on how I don't "look" like an apnea sufferer. I finally asked just what one looks like.

"You know, very overweight, fat neck, that sort of thing."

:roll:

 

[venk]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: venk
<---- 12


weenie.

Dayum! At 9 I have to think about exhaling. How can you sleep with it at 12?!?!?!

i have powerful lungs

Besides I start at 6 and am long asleep by the time the machine hits 12.

 

[Aquaman]

When I was at 14........ I had no problems just turning it on and going to sleep. I guess because ramping up did not work for me since I could not breath through my nose when I was on my back.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Captante]

My wife uses a CPAP & its a gift from god as far as I'm concerned ... she used to snore so loud it woke me up just about every night! Hers is user adjustable within a small range so she can limit the maximum pressure it produces ... she had a lot of trouble fallinga asleep when she first got it, but after a few weeks she slept MUCH better, I suggest you stick with it.

 

[Vich]

Dont rush it duroc. Go with a setting you can sleep with, and gradually, more slowly then you have been try to increase the setting. Now i understand its automatically set how u have it, and that you cant change it. But try to speak with your physician about a regimen that graudally takes you up to 9 ( over a few weeks) Meaning week 1 you do t at 6 next week at 7 etc etc until u can tolerate 9.

 

[SophalotJack]

wtf are you internet people talking about?

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: SLU MD
As hard as it is to say (being a future surgeon) the surgery isnt usually all that effective. Most of the time you can call the company to look at the machine and change the settings without seeing your doctor.

Another thing, if you are overweight (most people on CPAP), losing weight is the best method to decrease sleep apnea.

was just about to say that, thanls...

 

[hemiram]

My mom is 81 and has recently gotten a CPAP machine, and so far, it's a joke. It wakes her up more than the snorting did, and she finds the air going in very unpleasant and cold, even though the heater is all the way up. She has tried 3 different ways of using it, with the nose thing, a full face mask, and a partial face mask, and all three are a failure. She ends up taking it off after a few hours and getting some real sleep.

I tried it a couple of times, and couldn't sleep at even the lowest settings, it was just plain annoying having the air coming in all the time. I was so tired the one night after using it for 4 hours, I thought I was going to have to go to the ER, I was a mess.

 

[DurocShark]

Well, I tried it again last night. Again, after battling it for a few hours I gave up.

My Dr actually isn't a fan of them. She's on of those Drs that wants to fix th underlying problem, not the symptoms. She only gave it to me because I asked for it and the insurance requires it before paying for surgery.