I sympathize. I can relate to your tired feelings. I too have increased exercise and improved diet, just to feel sleepy in afternoon. This site has already helped tremendously. I am new but..... the PLM idea seems a good possibility. Also, (and I throw this out there), what about your folates. I (an...

An Update...not much to tell, but continuing saga interesting. My hubby talked to a dr friend and to his urologist. Dr friend used to the term "breach of ethics", as he felt that my dr was trying to blackmail me with Pubertal withholding. He added that he has treated many patients with CPAP and slee...

Thx one and all! Well, sadly, this is pretty much how things go here in SC. I am a native. Traveled round the state. Bozo is a good ole boy. Obamacare(no politics here, just quoting them) made them mad, so them that can go boutique and the big practices just test ya penniless, unless you are a relat...

" I have been using that original prescription to purchase machines, and masks ever since, and with the information available from this forum I have been successfully treating my Sleep Apnea ever since that initial diagnosis from 2004 with no need for further sleep studies or any additional prescrip...

Just As I thought...cause and effect reversed. thks so much. I think I will have to get new dr. When my mask broke last fall, he wrote an Rx back for "CPAP supplies". Six months later, I request another Rx as my Forehead support broke. He says he doesn't know what to write. I tell him CPAP Supplies,...

I entered the world of CPAP on my own. One day I tried my Hubby's CPAP on and took a nap. I mean, he had tried to get me to use it before and I resisted after just a few seconds with it blowing air in my face and then strapped on. But this time, I was alone. No expectations. Just me "playing", tryin...

I have only been on this site a short while. But I have read so much. This site is very helpful, but meshing all the info and fitting it together with the everchanging protocol of sleep science is difficult. Everybody seems to want their cut...the business of sleep is overreaching the treatment of s...

Was reading this thread. So much help and info. (Shedding a tear) Kind community. Then I saw mask fit. Since I am gearing up to monitor myself, exactly for this reason, I was very grateful that there are such good people on this site. Good luck! Looking forward to getting comments on my post as to h...

...am happier! firstly, emotional stress is problem. Spouse is OCD. Lunesta seems to help with restless legs, but there are other drugs for that. I read DME in glossary and am thinking I could research. Negotiate with dr re: mask fit and monitoring on my own. Thx

(Not sure if I am doing this right) Thx for info. DME means the store that sells the equipmt, right? Yeah, original sleep study done by local hospital dr. They gave me a list. I didn't ask questions(stupid)....I truthfully have been "making do" with mask scripts from dr friends. Decided to get under...

I love my CPAP. but, new GP says that poor fit and Lunesta can result in death. He is refusing to prescribe Lunesta unless I go to referred sleep center. I fear the costs of a sleep center. Checking my fit is one thing, but from what I read, they start the monitoring and the visits/costs increase. T...