I went to sleep Psychologist to get my sleep patterns right again, it was discovered after doing a sleep dairy that I was having my 1-3 stage of sleep REM or light sleep but I was missing out on my stage 4-5 sleep [deep sleep] So we went thru it all, my napping during the day, how groggy I was when...

I do not use a humidifier on my cpap and it has been like that for few year, I think I got used not using one because I have been thru few different cpap machines and they didn't have that option so I got used to going to sleep without it. I have only tried it once, but I couldn't use and adjust to...

D o ps: on't ya hate it when the power cuts out and your cpap cut out!!!!!! What a way to wake up, instant suffocation!!! [/color] Donn't you hate it when....people SHOUT their messages I always thought larger font is okay and not shouting, But I do know if did it in all caps then it is shouting......

One thing I hate to say... Why are you shouting? Oops!! I didn't mean to shout, I often use big font, as I can't small font as I have really bad eyesight, so I opt out the bigger font. Which I thought was not shouting.......I thought doing caps lock is shouting not big font.....then again I could b...

One thing I hate to say is Diazepam is a actually the the generic name of Valium!!!! So it's not doing you any favors jumping off the usual Valium on back to generic version off the same medication you are trying get off!! Not nice to find out that benzos is the same as the one you are trying to qu...

I have been overseas with cpap as the only I needed was a plug adapter to suit that particular country, A lot international airport sell power adapters suitable for various power voltages plugs for other country's power supply. Plus try to take cpap as on board luggage so it doesn't get damaged as ...

One thing I hate about the cpap is there is not back up so if the power blackout happens, it wakes me up and I hate been woken up!!!!! I wonder if there any alternate power supply that can be hitched up to the cpap so it keeps working despite power blackout as I travel around alot and I notoriously...

Well you have do what best for YOU......People tell you to jump off a cliff,would you do it? Certainly not! But do the sleeping test so one can be treated as untreated sleep apenoa can cause death....As I fell asleep waiting for the walker light change to green and started walking, but was turning r...

[s ize=150]My preferred mask so far is LX Swift nasal pillows.....The previous ones which are nasal always slipped of my flat nose, as majority of us have flat bridges and it seals poorly due our facial features. Plus made use air leaks due poor fitting and I am trashed up by midday despite sleeping...

I did not cheat a sleep apenoa test,I found out I had found about having it at the most scary way, fell asleep trying cross a road and nearly walked into a stream of cars!!!! What a way to find out that I needed a sleep test pronto! They found I had moderate to severe sleep apeona so on the cpap I w...

Hello, I too use nasal pillows.......The best mask I have got, as nasal mask gave me a truckload of problems of air leakage as I have a flat nose, been a Asian as many of us have flat button noses!!!! Yes, I realized nasal pillows was the right choice for me as it suited my facial features. When a ...

I, snuffle nose Have been on cpap for quite a few years.......the sleep study show I had moderate to severe sleep apeona. I was then hooked up to a cpap at the second sleep study and the sleep technician fiddle around with air pressure until they found it kept my airways open. I slept like a baby fo...

Helllo, I sleep on my back quite often with my nose pillows and I always make sure the tube is above my head.....I haven't many problems with sleeping on my back or my side on cpap,I have been traveling a lot with my cpap with me. I have adapt to various sleep environments and where to plug my cpap ...

O Opsie !!!!!! It seems that your husband has gotten the ends of human body muddled up slightly!!!!!! Pap smear is done and located in totally different area of the body compare where you are going to get your sleep apeona treated , as this the TOP end of the body on your face, the cpap mask will on...