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When to stop using CPAP
When can I stop using CPAP?
Will I be able to stop CPAP if I lose weight and my health improves?
Has anyone been able to stop using CPAP?
Has anyone had a doctor tell them they didn't need to use CPAP anymore?
Will I be able to stop CPAP if I lose weight and my health improves?
Has anyone been able to stop using CPAP?
Has anyone had a doctor tell them they didn't need to use CPAP anymore?
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Permalink Reply by sleepycarol on
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Thanks Chris for pointing that out. I just got on the forum and when I read his reply I knew that his Doctor title was from having a graduate degree and not a medical degree as such. You beat me to the punch -.
If you read his profile it indicates that "he refuses to use his cpap." Interesting since above it let's you believe that he was somehow "cured".
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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Never get electrical advice from a plumber, no matter how good a plumber he is
It's a rule.
i love that analogy and other analogies that you use where do you get these hidden gems
do you have a book i am always on the look out for somethings like that
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Permalink Reply by Yorkieman on
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I've had sleep apnea overweight or not...I can't sleep without it!! welcome to the hotel California....
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Permalink Reply by JanSaysHello on
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Thank you all who responded to this discussion topic.
I heard from a lot of you!
Only my respirologist would be able to tell me if my sleep study results suggest I stop CPAP therapy.
Very few people have been able to stop their CPAP therapy even with surgery and weight loss.
There are a few lucky ones.
In the mean time I am still trying to get used to my CPAP and mask and waiting for that burst of energy I had one day about 4 weeks after starting therapy.
Wish me luck!
And good luck all the other masked people!
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HibackJan, Good Luck!!! It takes time but you will get there!
JanSaysHello said:Thank you all who responded to this discussion topic.
I heard from a lot of you!
Only my respirologist would be able to tell me if my sleep study results suggest I stop CPAP therapy.
Very few people have been able to stop their CPAP therapy even with surgery and weight loss.
There are a few lucky ones.
In the mean time I am still trying to get used to my CPAP and mask and waiting for that burst of energy I had one day about 4 weeks after starting therapy.
Wish me luck!
And good luck all the other masked people!
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Permalink Reply by GerryMooreRRTdotcom on
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CPAP Can be stopped at a point through our your life if loosing weight solves the problem. Sometimes even if you loose weight it maybe still there. However like some of the common info already posted I agree that you shouldn't stop before you are retested, polysom.. is the best but overnight oximetry can be a screener if you intially had one. Ultimately you are looked to keep your best health so continuation of cpap is very important, there are so many other significant problems associated with non-cpap therapy if you have OSA, not worth it. However, work hard and get re-tested. As for an insurance company that re-tests ever 5 years, I think that is just stupid. If you have diagnosed with OSA and nothing has really changed I think they are waiting their money.
I would encourage you to do all you can to loose weight and be healthy. gerry
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Permalink Reply by Jenny Foerst on
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New here . . . just diagnosed with severe OSA end of September. I had no idea, since I didn't consider myself excessively sleepy . . . Anyway, the reason I asked for the test was that I recently had a couple of nights in which I kept waking up gasping and panicky. I thought they were panic attacks, but friends on Facebook described the same thing as caused by OSA. Almost everyone I have met with OSA, all severe, got off CPAP, were cured. So, I'm pretty much assuming I can, too. One friend got his deviated septum fixed, lost 40 pounds, and no more OSA or CPAP. Two others in my office building went to a surgeon at Duke who routinely performs 4 or more surgical procedures at one time. Both people in my workplace say the pain was brutal, but they would do it again, in a heartbeat, if they had to in order to feel as they do now and be off CPAP.
My neuro thinks mine is being caused by out of whack thyroid and when that is corrected there is a good chance OSA will go . . .we'll see, I guess.
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Permalink Reply by Bradley Dean Moffatt on
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Ricky L. Johansen, Jr. said:I stopped CPAP, why? Sleep Apnea is a misnomer because the epiglotis (not sure of spelling?) gets in the way of breathing creating the snoring affect; has little to do with air exchange (see studies) and with GERD (Acid Reflux) the only time that issue can cause problems with breathing is if you experience the reflux while asleep (like sleeping on your belly). So yes, you can go off of CPAP. Dr. Ricky L. Johansen, Jr., Ph.D.
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Sorry Ricky, I don't buy it. Use your machine. Mine has become my "BFF". One of the biggest changes is that I fall asleep very quickly EVERY single night. My O2 level was 63% in my sleep test. I am not taking the chance.
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Dr. Rickie, my wife said I stoped breathing in my sleep.....That's why I had the sleep study done...Really don't want to die in my sleep!!!
Bradley Dean Moffatt said:Ricky L. Johansen, Jr. said:I stopped CPAP, why? Sleep Apnea is a misnomer because the epiglotis (not sure of spelling?) gets in the way of breathing creating the snoring affect; has little to do with air exchange (see studies) and with GERD (Acid Reflux) the only time that issue can cause problems with breathing is if you experience the reflux while asleep (like sleeping on your belly). So yes, you can go off of CPAP. Dr. Ricky L. Johansen, Jr., Ph.D.
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Permalink Reply by Andy on
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Hi Kelly,
I'm confused about what you're saying here:
There is a CPAP combination therapy that combines CPAP therapy with Dental Device Therapy. This is used for the severe cases of Obstructive Sleep Apnea ... it allows you to get rid of the mask portion of the CPAP ....you keep the hose and the machine and it works together to treat the obstructive sleep apnea. The dental device is used to help open the airway with a no-mask option.
How does the dental device work with the CPAP and hose? Does the CPAP hose somehow hook into this dental device?
Do you have any links to photos and/or description of how this works?
Thanks!
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I had a Sleep Study one year ago and have been on CPAP since Dec. 30, 2008. I have lost 75 pounds since May. About a month ago, I started feeling that my CPAP air pressure was too high. I started burping air and it started hurting my lungs. I had to stop using CPAP and slept sitting up for a couple nights until I could see my sleep doctor again. He could not change the pressure on my machine without having another sleep study done. After the sleep study, he was able to lower the pressure on my machine from a 9 to a 6. The pressure now is so little that I forget it is even on. My sleep doctor said that he was hoping to eliminate my need for CPAP. I have 65 more pounds to go to lose all my excess weight. I am staying on CPAP until my doctor says I no longer need it. He said that my insurance would pay for a new sleep study after losing 20 pounds or more. There are many causes for sleep apnia. Mine appeared after gaining a lot of weight. Never stop CPAP therapy without being retested and given the OK by your sleep doctor.
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