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by greatunclebill
Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Rem Sleep Disorder
Replies: 28
Views: 2421

Re: Rem Sleep Disorder

what drugs are you on? we went too high with my cymbalta i had similar reactions. we dropped the dose back down and all that stuff went away. I seriously think you need to see a neurologist. a neurologist should know what is causing this and how to control it. i just don't think it's an apnea treatm...
by greatunclebill
Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP users under the age of 30: where you at?
Replies: 20
Views: 1336

Re: CPAP users under the age of 30: where you at?

you have apnea at a younger age but just like glasses, most peoples bodies adjust for it but as we age the body quits compensating and we notice we're tired all the time. some people just think they are getting old and don't make the apnea connection til later in life. i noticed being tired at 35 an...
by greatunclebill
Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:16 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hitting Wife While Sleeping
Replies: 10
Views: 1003

Re: Hitting Wife While Sleeping

Acting out your dreams can also be caused by certain anti-anti-anxiety drugs like cymbalta.
by greatunclebill
Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Gobsmacked-- had sleep study, and now I don't have apnea anymore?!?
Replies: 11
Views: 1243

Re: Gobsmacked-- had sleep study, and now I don't have apnea anymore?!?

I'm not a fan of neurologists & ent's and apnea. find a board certified pulmonologist that specializes in sleep apnea. pulmonologists are better schooled in the lungs and airway. that's their only job.
by greatunclebill
Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep Doctor doesn't look at data
Replies: 27
Views: 2353

Re: Sleep Doctor doesn't look at data

not too many years ago there was no data to look at, believe it or not. some machines are still prescribed that have no valuable data. many doctors are from that old school era where their only indicator was how you felt. if your doctor chooses to live in that era, about the only thing you can do is...
by greatunclebill
Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help getting my CMS50D+ to connect to OSCAR screenshot added to reply
Replies: 6
Views: 749

Re: Help getting my CMS50D+ to connect to OSCAR

your oximeter does not connect to oscar. you run the disk that came with it to set up the spo program. you download your data to spo and when you run oscar it finds your data ans imports it.
by greatunclebill
Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Wearing cpap after brain surgery
Replies: 10
Views: 776

Re: Wearing cpap after brain surgery

you had brain surgery 5 days ago and didn't ask your doctor about wearing your cpap?
by greatunclebill
Thu Dec 03, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pressure Of 12 - Is Ramping Advised?
Replies: 21
Views: 1137

Re: Pressure Of 12 - Is Ramping Advised?

if you are having trouble with straight 12, forget the ramp and start at a pressure you can use all night. then go can slowly start raising the straight pressure in increments up to 12. in no time you will be up to 12 and all will be well in sleepyville with your doc.
by greatunclebill
Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Doh! Bleached my mask
Replies: 11
Views: 843

Re: Doh! Bleached my mask

I would be scared to death to use it. if you can smell bleach i guess its little bleach particles in the air. you have to decide if you want to take the chance that some form of bleach will go through your nose to the olfactory epithelium and down into the lungs all night. I would personally put it ...
by greatunclebill
Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cleaning Your Gear
Replies: 11
Views: 1594

Re: Cleaning Your Gear

I wash the water tank out if i see any floaters. other than that i refill when it gets low because i use it non-heated pass over. i wipe my face and the mask with baby wipes before bed.
by greatunclebill
Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can CPAP Affect Singing?
Replies: 50
Views: 21602

Re: Can CPAP Affect Singing?

I can't carry a tune in a bucket, am tone deaf and one of my vocal chords is held at mid-line permanently. No karaoke for me.
by greatunclebill
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Billing issue /question
Replies: 11
Views: 1062

Re: Billing issue /question

You have to call your insurance company with this kind of question. they are the only ones that can answer this question.
by greatunclebill
Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Old equipment
Replies: 8
Views: 415

Re: Old equipment

My DME gives donated CPAP's to people that need one and can't afford one. Call the DME's in your area and find one that does this.
by greatunclebill
Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Medicare that gets supplies free?
Replies: 9
Views: 639

Re: Medicare that gets supplies free?

you're welcome. the part people don't understand about a military career is that you start when you're say 20 and retire with half of your pay at 40ish. but, there's always a but, unless you learned some kind of a trade that you can transfer to civilian work, when you're looking for work you're comp...
by greatunclebill
Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Medicare that gets supplies free?
Replies: 9
Views: 639

Re: Medicare that gets supplies free?

I am so grateful for tricare for life which of course is a government program for retired military and not really an insurance program. i pay my medicare part b premium and nothing for tricare for life. Then medicare pays their 80% and tricare for life pays the other 20% plus the medicare deductible...