Just a little update... First nite I got geared up, adjusted the nosegear to get it a little more comfortable - big mistake. Loud whistling wind escaping and I'm frantically trying to get nosepiece back in original position when gale force winds felt like they reamed my sinuses. Snatched facegear of...

Well, here I sit temporarily with a ResMed Auto Advantage/Spirit. This was my doc's attempt to pacify my insistence that I needed answers about my concerns over continued problems. First of all, I never achieved full compliance before. I would take the mask off in my sleep and not know it till morni...

Been trying all evening to find a previously viewed technical site with study results comparing EDS of snorers with OSA and snorers without OSA, but haven't located it yet. I do remember that the study indicated that snoring alone had comparable impact on quality of life to that of snoring with apne...

At least you've got a sense of humor about it. I had to laugh at the image in my mind of the scene. (Kinda like when someone falls down - you wait to see if they laugh first.) Thanks for sharing. P.S. Hint of the day - When table space is at a premium, anything flat (like a clipboard size or longer)...

Were your legs wired to specifically look for restless legs or was it a tech's incidental observation? Your stats are proportionately similar to mine before treatment for RLS and PLMD. My first test was negative for sleep apnea, although I KNEW I'd had classic episodes. Turns out my repeated awakeni...

Brasshopper, I like your creativity! (I started to say you're "a real opportunist" but realized that carried a different tone. lol) Most health appliances are real reasonable at the thrift shops I've visited also. Who knows, if someone advertised on Freecycle if it's available in their area, there a...

Has anyone seen any studies on it NOT related to the doctor who is selling it? (Red Flag!) I want to see his results duplicated by an independent sleep lab. Maybe they're out there and I didn't search deep enough. Anybody on this forum with auto titrating and reporting equipment who has the pillow a...

EDS - just excessive daytime sleepiness. I'm taking the iron 3 times a day and Vitamin C 1 time a day. Per the doc, the body needs Vit C to process the iron. If your routine test done at blood banks showed you were low on iron, then who knows how depleted your Ferritin (storage iron) is. I was instr...

I'm wondering if we'll see a name change, like maybe...

PADAFACE - Keeping pace in the race for a facegear Ace.

PADAHEAD - When you wouldn't be caught dead with a red face.

I too take Mirapex for PLMD. What is your dosage? My REM dramatically increased with treatment of the PLMD, but is still far below normal, I guess due to the REM dependent OSA. I have pervasive EDS. Have you had your limb movements tested while on the medication to see if they've improved? Also, has...

Caroline, My sleep times are wacky also. If they were at least somewhat consistent, even if not at the times one would expect to sleep, I would plan around them, but they're too erratic. I'm going to take one particularly wise piece of Karen's advice for myself, and that's to work on the evening tim...

Though I'd had symptoms of sleep apnea for some time, my first study was negative. Reason - PLMD was keeping me from getting to the stage of sleep where the sleep apnea was happening. After treating the PLMD, the apnea reared its ugly head. I'm not up on the sleep meds since I'm the opposite - can s...

I'm all for the tags. While I like seeing everything at-a-glance the first time thru, it does get a bit cumbersome or time consuming with subsequent passes. (Always was told I liked to have my cake and eat it too.)
Kathy

Mike, Thanks for your post. It's good to be reminded that the occasional "snipes" that evolve out of different opinions comprise such a miniscule part of this forum. I so enjoy reading everyone's writings (love the humor) and interjecting a few lines of my own. Like most who end up here, I was at a ...

offerocker. I look forward to hearing from you after your return from Philly. Since you mentioned your husband has Parkinson's, I probably take the same meds. Took Sinemet several years, now take Mirapex for my RLS and PLMD. Ironically (pun intended) for 8 years no doctor tested my ferritin level ti...