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Pokey49, I get it . Thankfully cpap isn't making your life much worse, like it was not so long ago. Hopefully you get relief in the gut issue.
On a similar note, long ago, my doctor said that I had to give up Mediterranean food, my Scotch-Irish body couldn't handle it.
I told him to just shoot me now. Not giving it up .
J Doug since you are Scotch- Irish I figured your doc would have told you to give up the McClellans or Guinness I use to be a single malt lover, but can't hack it anymore. Yes, CPAP has aggravated my stress bone. Hoping I have found some semblance of a path forward now.
Well I made it through 7 hours of cpap last night without ripping the mask off in the middle of the night Results were not as good as the previous night. I'm curious why some nights are diamonds and some are stones, what makes the difference all things being similar. The 2nd screen shots shows some pretty raged flow rates at times. Other times they look OK to my eye. Ive had 2 successful nights with the P10 not leaking and waking me up. I think that is the mask for me. I also have been looking at the Respironics Nuance pillow mask. It appears more state of the art with nasal cushions less likely to rub ones nose raw. Have any of you heard anything about that specific pillow mask?
when I woke up before taking off my mask I felt more clear headed than I have been without pap. Not as tired!! More rested. Like mentioned earlier I have a medication issue that I think is complicating things so its hard to tell what all is affecting what at times. But in general I think pap does help me sleep better when it goes according to the preferred protocol/outcome
Aren't the pressure spikes because there is a demand for increased pressure to prevent an OA???
My chronic flow limitations will spike pressure to its max. That is one of the reasons I reduced max. The spikes caused leaks that woke me and did not address my apneas.
I only give suggestions from experience as a fellow CPAP user, not professional advice.
03-31-2025, 12:55 PM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2025, 12:57 PM by super7pilot. Edited 1 time in total.)
RE: Pokey49 - Therapy Thread
Been doing a lot of reading and video watching about some of my issues with flow limits and flow chart patterns. I show as class 6.
Been eye opening as to how OVER REACTIVE the resmed algorithm is to flow limits. So have switched to cpap mode as an experiment.
POKEY, my sleep Dr. said that being on pap doesn’t mean all sleep will be good. You will have good nights and bad nights just like non-pap users.
I use to be a single malt lover, but can't hack it anymore. Yes, CPAP has aggravated my stress bone. Hoping I have found some semblance of a path forward now.
Results were not as good as the previous night. I'm curious why some nights are diamonds and some are stones, what makes the difference all things being similar. The 2nd screen shots shows some pretty raged flow rates at times. Other times they look OK to my eye. Ive had 2 successful nights with the P10 not leaking and waking me up. I think that is the mask for me. I also have been looking at the Respironics Nuance pillow mask. It appears more state of the art with nasal cushions less likely to rub ones nose raw. Have any of you heard anything about that specific pillow mask?
