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on Wednesday
a few years, why do you ask?
on Wednesday
How long have you been on PAP?
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i never felt fully rested, even on CPAP, and now i'm just noticing it more
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Is this a new feeling, or something that has been recent?
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Well, PD, you've been around here nearly 10 months and if you've been compliant all this time I would expect you should be feeling better. Are you sleeping well? For about a week I've been having insominia and don't wake up feeling refreshed, either…
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I've been consistently using my CPAP machine every night, and it's perfectly comfortable and I sleep throughout the night with it.  I also have the latest equipment, and have been checking my numbers and my AHI and leak are low.  Still, I'm not waki…
on Tuesday
The docs are at a disadvantage if all they have to make judgments on pressure settings is the one night of the titration. If the doc has machine-estimated data over time, then a better pressure may be found. The patients who know they have central…
February 27
That would be great, but I haven't heard of this type of help, unless, perhaps one is entirely dependent on government support already, as in full disability-SSI with no other means of support. From what I have heard, it is a long slow, painful path…
February 27
Thanks for your perspective here jnk, and I do agree with you about giving it some time to see if the centrals resolve and working with the therapy protocol as is. I was wondering if they would set the APAP to steady pressure, but they didn't, so I…
February 27
If the centrals during a sleep study were from 'clinical intolerance' of PAP therapy (in other words, pressurized air itself seemed to trigger centrals), then it makes sense to let you use CPAP for a while to see if the centrals go away on their own…
February 27
here in britain those on oxygen concentrators have a discount with the electric used you can make enquireies do they do a discounty on your electric bill as it is a medical nessesity
February 27
Thank you jnk & Judy, It is also my point that "idiopathic" is just a fancy term for "we don't know". I can appreciate that, but I hope to help them figure it out, if not make it go away! I have considered that there is the potential that my undiagn…
February 26
One night's data from an oximeter is useful info, although desaturations are only part of the problem with sleep-disordered breathing. Often the bigger problem is that the changes in breathing disturb normal sleep architecture. The oximeter used at…
February 26
Is one night's data from an oximeter enough to indicate if someone is desaturating, even if they aren't desaturating significantly?
February 26
RL, As a patient, I'm not sure I believe in "idiopathic" central apnea. To me, that is a fancy way of saying "we don't know why they are happening, so we'll just say there is no reason." Sometimes centrals occur in reaction to PAP therapy but then…
February 26

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At 10:17pm on July 7, 2009, Judy said…
PD, I got an e-mail from sleepguide that you had replied to my Tech Notes post. I'm sorry I was posting it as practice, wasn't satisfied w/it, and deleted it w/o noticing you had posted a reply.
At 8:29am on March 22, 2009, sleepycarol said…
Welcome to the forum!!

We are glad you joined. You will find informative information about sleep apnea, treatment options, and other information to help enhance your sleep.

If you are fairly new to the world of sleep apnea, please check out the new users group and the collective wisdom section. In those groups you will find informative discussions that maybe of interest to you.

If you have been around the world of sleep apnea for a while, we hope you still find the site informative and of interest.

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