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- Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Thinking of a cruise for our anniversary - problems??
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8555
Re: Thinking of a cruise for our anniversary - problems??
I have been on 23 cruises, four or five since starting on CPAP including Princess. First you will not have any issues with power compatibility. Cruise ships see many CPAP machines on probably every cruise since most cruisers, especially on longer or out of the country cruises, are older and more li...
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:10 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Thinking of a cruise for our anniversary - problems??
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8555
Re: Thinking of a cruise for our anniversary - problems??
I have been on 23 cruises, four or five since starting on CPAP including Princess. First you will not have any issues with power compatibility. Cruise ships see many CPAP machines on probably every cruise since most cruisers, especially on longer or out of the country cruises, are older and more lik...
- Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:58 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Hiatal Hernia Causing Aerophagia?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2261
Re: Hiatal Hernia Causing Aerophagia?
I have a small HH and do not have aerophagia. A guestion not a statement, but is aerophagia more a problem for mouth breathers vs. nose breathers? I am a nose breather and use a pillow mask. Any connection?
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:19 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How much time to fall asleep
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1552
Re: How much time to fall asleep
For me, 30 to 60 minutes if I am lucky. Never have been a quick to sleep person, seldom get more than 7 hours of sleep, and never take naps. I would love to be able to fall asleep in less than 30 minutes. Not a CPAP issue, it has not changed sleeping times. ====== do you wait until you are sleepy b...
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 4:03 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How much time to fall asleep
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1552
Re: How much time to fall asleep
For me, 30 to 60 minutes if I am lucky. Never have been a quick to sleep person, seldom get more than 7 hours of sleep, and never take naps. I would love to be able to fall asleep in less than 30 minutes. Not a CPAP issue, it has not changed sleeping times. ====== do you wait until you are sleepy b...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How much time to fall asleep
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1552
Re: How much time to fall asleep
For me, 30 to 60 minutes if I am lucky. Never have been a quick to sleep person, seldom get more than 7 hours of sleep, and never take naps. I would love to be able to fall asleep in less than 30 minutes. Not a CPAP issue, it has not changed sleeping times.
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Are any of you also on Apneaboard?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2118
Re: Are any of you also on Apneaboard?
I am a member of both Boards, but prefer this one. The Apnea Board is "non-profit", which restricts what can be posted (for one, no posts with links to sites that may have some commercial content buried within it). I have been dinged twice for accidentally breaking this rule. The "non-profit" rule c...
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Interpreting AHI
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4829
Re: Interpreting AHI
Remember that the calculated AHI is the total number of apnea events (of all types) divided by the hours of sleep (including the fraction of an hour). These two numbers when divided can, and usually do, lead to odd AHI numbers. A couple things to keep in mind. 1) You have no choice but to accept tha...
- Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:42 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: The Absurdity of Shopping for CPAP Equipment
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4123
Re: The Absurdity of Shopping for CPAP Equipment
I am sure that most folks on this Board know that the owner's of cpaptalk.com have a B&M store in Stafford,TX (next door to Houston). It was very helpful seeing XPAP machinces side-by-side when I bought my ResMed machine. A picture may be worth a 1,000 words, but actually seeing what you are buying ...
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:57 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Is any body happy with cpap
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4388
Re: Is any body happy with cpap
I would love to hear about it if you have gotten past all the problems and are a happy snoozer. TY. I love it. Before CPAP I used to wake up 2-3 nights and go to the bathroom. Don't know the correlation between that and CPAP, but now I go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning. Nothing in bet...
- Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:58 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Can Vitamin D Improve Sleep?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1255
Can Vitamin D Improve Sleep?
Below is an article/study that shows the results of how sleep is either improved, or not, by increasing Vitamin D supplementation. It is well worth the time to read the study results. https://examine.com/nutrition/can-supplemental-vitamind-improve-sleep/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_ca...
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:49 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Amitriptyline experiences anyone
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8646
Re: Amitriptyline experiences anyone
My husband had back problems and I had shoulder problems. His was fixed by outpatient surgery; mine was helped by physical therapy. [[[PITA, but totally worth it.]]] IMHO, drugs should only be used as a last resort. They open a Pandora's box of nasty things . . . I think that you are opening the wr...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Amitriptyline experiences anyone
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8646
Re: Amitriptyline experiences anyone
10 mg is a lot and it's good that you only took half... I know neurologists who felt that patients prescribed Elavil (ami..) for pain became depressed on it and prescribed something else when possible. 10 mg is not a lot, it is the bare minimum. It was originally developed and prescribed as an anti...
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:41 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Amitriptyline experiences anyone
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8646
Re: Amitriptyline experiences anyone
I have taken amitriptyline for both sleep, and more recently, to reduce chronic nerve pain. Several years ago I took 10 mg at night for sleep and it worked great; no noticeable side effects at all. A few years later a new doctor got the great idea that one of the new sleep medications (Ambien, Lunes...
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:56 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: what does a sleep study cost
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3391
Re: what does a sleep study cost
Mine cost $30. Somehow my doctor billed the insurance company as an "office visit". The really weird part was that between the sleep study and what would have been my follow up visit, my doctor got ObamaCare'ed and I never saw him again (2 1/2 years ago now).