Jeanette, as a fellow member of the forum I would like to welcome you to SleepGuide. I'm glad you've jumped right in to participating on the forum. That shows your determination to make CPAP wrk for you.
Sounds as if we share the same villian. Except I use the nasal pillows when I can keep the head gear on.
I have severe sleep apnea and am I trying to do something about it. Recently I started on Lunesta 3 mg and after a month I really don’t notice any difference. My Doctor reset my Respironics machine to full blast up in the 20’s later had to lower it to 14 that is when I discovered the ramp button. I can only keep my face apparatus on for only about 20 minutes then I throw it off. I have had several fittings with no avail.
I wish I could give you some positive hints, answers or remarks but not yet. I found out when I see my Doc it’s always the same visit. “How are you doing Jim?” “ Still can’t sleep Doc but hopefully I’m getting better. Then I tell her the same thing I always do that I wake up a lot at night and never reach Rem sleep. That’s when I got the scrip for Lunesta. Now don’t laugh but I also bought a Bushnell Trophy Cam, it’s a night vision camera. I am gathering 10 second movies of my sleep. Last night the camera caught 67 episodes. Let’s see if our next office visit isn’t a little more productive.
Mary Z
Jeanette, as a fellow member of the forum I would like to welcome you to SleepGuide. I'm glad you've jumped right in to participating on the forum. That shows your determination to make CPAP wrk for you.
Mary Z.
Sep 25, 2011
James R. Fairchild
Hi Jeanette,
Sounds as if we share the same villian. Except I use the nasal pillows when I can keep the head gear on.
I have severe sleep apnea and am I trying to do something about
it. Recently I started on Lunesta 3 mg
and after a month I really don’t notice any difference. My Doctor reset my Respironics machine to
full blast up in the 20’s later had to lower it to 14 that is when I discovered
the ramp button. I can only keep my face apparatus
on for only about 20 minutes then I throw it off. I have had several fittings with no avail.
I wish I could give you some positive hints, answers or
remarks but not yet. I found out when I
see my Doc it’s always the same visit. “How
are you doing Jim?” “ Still can’t sleep Doc
but hopefully I’m getting better. Then
I tell her the same thing I always do that I wake up a lot at night and never reach
Rem sleep. That’s when I got the scrip
for Lunesta. Now don’t laugh but I also
bought a Bushnell Trophy Cam, it’s a night vision camera. I am gathering 10 second movies of my
sleep. Last night the camera caught 67
episodes. Let’s see if our next office
visit isn’t a little more productive.
L8ter,
Jim
Sep 25, 2011