Comments on: Don’t Be Afraid Of Your CPAP Mask http://beatsleepapnea.howitsdone.net/dont-be-afraid-of-your-cpap-mask/ Get Your Life Back Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:26:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nancy Anderson http://beatsleepapnea.howitsdone.net/dont-be-afraid-of-your-cpap-mask/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Nancy Anderson Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:40:53 +0000 http://beatsleepapnea.howitsdone.net/?p=8#comment-18 Just a quick note that if you just can't seem to do well with the CPAP, it also might be that you have a different form of sleep apnea, CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA. I could never seem to use the CPAP, and finally went to Mayo Clinic, where I found I have CENTRAL sleep apnea, and I need a CPAP SV machine, which actually forces air into your lungs when you do not breathe. It uses progressively greater pressure to fill your lungs. I used to stop breathing more than once a minute with the regular CPAP, but did not stop at all using the CPAP SV. The odd thing is that I do not mind using the new machine, where I hated the old one. I guess I did not see a use for a machine that did not work. However, I now find that when I sleep and feel as though I am resting comfortably, I still am in an awake state. Has anyone had this experience? I used a wrist monitor for a week, and that was the outcome. Just a quick note that if you just can’t seem to do well with the CPAP, it also might be that you have a different form of sleep apnea, CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA. I could never seem to use the CPAP, and finally went to Mayo Clinic, where I found I have CENTRAL sleep apnea, and I need a CPAP SV machine, which actually forces air into your lungs when you do not breathe. It uses progressively greater pressure to fill your lungs. I used to stop breathing more than once a minute with the regular CPAP, but did not stop at all using the CPAP SV. The odd thing is that I do not mind using the new machine, where I hated the old one. I guess I did not see a use for a machine that did not work.

However, I now find that when I sleep and feel as though I am resting comfortably, I still am in an awake state. Has anyone had this experience? I used a wrist monitor for a week, and that was the outcome.

]]> By: Helene http://beatsleepapnea.howitsdone.net/dont-be-afraid-of-your-cpap-mask/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Helene Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:34:25 +0000 http://beatsleepapnea.howitsdone.net/?p=8#comment-12 Thanks for providing this well written article on CPAP masks to the Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival. Thanks for providing this well written article on CPAP masks to the Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival.

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