I have been using CPAP for a year now, but my pressure levels keep getting higher, and I'm starting to get frustrated with it...It would be so nice to sleep without the ridiculous jerry-rigged set up I have! My husband and I were brainstorming, and I mentioned that my fatigue started at the same time that I could no longer sleep on my belly, which was always my preferred sleeping position. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which means that my joints are unstable, so I can't sleep normally - with my head turned to the side - on my belly without dislocating something, or causing pain. The same goes for side-sleeping: my shoulders and hips sublux/dislocate whenever I accidentally end up on my side.
In any case, I was searching for ways in which I might comfortably sleep on my belly, by using a mattress - or some other contraption - with a hole for my face, and discovered that some doctors have actually studied this, and are suggesting sleeping on the belly (face down) as a treatment for sleep apnea! Has anyone tried this? How have you set it up? I'm so curious if anyone has had success with this! I certainly can tell that my airway doesn't collapse nearly as much (if at all?) when facing down.
If there's been another thread about this, please let me know. I couldn't find one... :-)