With any machine, the most positive treatment is using the machine in the first place.
I was asked to talk to someone that was having problems with his machine ans was still very tired.
So I spoke to him just asking no real questions that put him under pressure.
He was concerned he would loose his driving licence, which can happen here in the UK.
I was just asking about his equipment and what sort of mask he was using and where he had the machine mounted.
After he relaxed a bit I was just saying that I didn't listen to them where to put the machine, down on the floor was not the best place for dust and bugs.
He said, he always put his up on the cabinet at the side of his bed.
Then came the statement "I can't stand the bloody thing, it make a noise and I can't sleep for it!"
What I do is use it for a couple of hours then turn if off, then when I come home at night I go uo and turn it on and run it so they thing I am using it".
I told him it is not much wonder he was tired, he was not using the machine, he needed to use it every night and if he had a problem, to ask them out there for help. He said they were just bullies and wouldn't listen to what he was saying, he couldn't use it.
After a while I got him a long hose, a new mask that actually fitted (A full faced one) and made sure he knew what he had to do to use it.
This was n the old days when all the machine told you was the amount of hours the machine ran.
Anyway, I found out he was an HGV (Truck) driver and was terrified he would loose his licence.
After I helped him he started using the machine every night and although he did loose his licence for a while (he was to late in getting help) he did get a job in the yard until he got his licence back. I told the clinic (there was an old doctor who did listen to people at that time) just a nurse these days who thinks she is God! So when I told him he had to see if the guy improved and to make sure if he was feeling a lot better to make sure he backed the guy up in getting his licence back. The doctor was as good as his word and he was back driving in around nine months, this is when they were not giving people their licences back for trucks and buses. It has changed now and it is a lot easier to get it back if you follow the treatment.
With a little help and a bit of time (and a few phone calls from him at night!) we were able to get him using the machine.
As soon as a better machine became available he got one, but by this time he was so used to the old machine he complained.
But they had to say to him that they had to see how his treatment was going so he could keep his licence and if anything happened on the road they could show he was compliant with treatment. Not seen or heard of him for years, but I have s]moved house and so has he a few times.
Data protection in this country would prevent me from finding out where he is now, be ok with the old staff, but the new staff is all by the book.
So no mater what machine you use, use it, some might be better for some people, others might be better for some, I just liked the ResMed Airsense10 because it was small and better to get on with, but it might not be someone else's preferences.
If we were all the same if would be a strange word and a bit creepy to be honest!