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One quick follow up question.

When you described "brain zaps" as one of you symptoms, would you care to elaborate a bit? (Hope this isn't prying.)

Thanks muchly - - Capt Midnight

Hello ZZZZ - - You said I'll be honest...I'm in total denial about being on "The Machine" for the rest of my life. I'm waiting for surgery or weight loss to cure me. I'm floating in a pool of DENIAL. And I felt the same way about a year ago. My plan was to use the CPAP as a temporary fix, until surg...

Thanks much for the timely post.

I'll be using the Xerox link, and also sharing it with others.

Regards all - - Capt Midnight (a Marine Dad)

Colorado - - Here are some exercises to help prevent snoring (apnea is only mentioned in the footnotes). http://www.smile-on.com/articles/article_view.php?article_id=521 I've been doing these a few times a week for the past year, and I can say that it hasn't made things any worse. I suspect, however...

It's an interesting question. I actually came down with the flu on the very day that I started CPAP last year. I stuck with the PAP therapy on the notion that if I reduced my AHI, my NKT cell titer would be higher, and I'd get better sooner. Yes, it was yuckky. I was sure to wash the mask and hose d...

I've been successfully doing CPAP therapy for about 11 months, and most of my health-related symptoms due to about 40 years of undiagnosed OSA have gone away. CPAP is a true miracle machine for me. I really only have one symptom remaining, white coat hypertension. Ugh. White coat hypertension is whe...

I've been using CPAP for 9 months now, and I experienced something similar to what you describe after about 2 months of pappery. Luckily, I read some posts about this phenomenon, and I knew to anticipate it. One poster had relayed what his DME told him, (and I can only paraphrase) which was that a l...

Rich, you wondered if other people on CPAP have noticed they are remembering dreams less. Yes, it's true. My pre-pappian dreams were often turbulent, conflict laden dramas, and I would wake up in a gasping sweat, not realizing that I was just nearly smothered. My fight-or-flight response which arous...

DME guy, you said, "...there are too many variables to determine how much pressure we need. Body position, diet, alcohol intake, illness, weight change all play a factor in how much pressure we need. Some nights, my pressure is close to 11 but usually its at about 7." And, I agree. Since December I'...

Hi Swordz- - Is my life completely different after 3 months on PAP therapy? Well, not to parse words too finely, my life is nicely different. It's not just a matter of being more wide awake and yet less tense. I can also think a little more deeply, and I'm slower to anger. (I'm not an angry guy anyw...

Hawk - - Early in my PAP therapy (beginning in December) I would occasionally wake up to Hurricane Rita doing a U-turn where my tonsils once were. Little-by-little, I was able to train myself to keep the mouth closed (I'm a pretty good clincher.) What has totally eliminated my problem, however, is t...