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That is awesome. CPAP did fuck all for me. And they won't let me have the surgery. FML. OP, get tested, it could be life-changing.
by ta0987 7y ago
That is awesome. CPAP did fuck all for me. And they won't let me have the surgery. FML. OP, get tested, it could be life-changing.
- Blakestr 7y agoThere is a sleep/cpap technician who has a youtube channel. Try it again, seriously, change something but don't just accept it as "FML". https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLankyLefty27 https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLankyLefty27 that's his Youtube Channel Have enough patience/motivation to experiment until it works. You'll know when it does. You might need a different mask, a refit, switch from nose to full-face, something. My problem was I'm slightly claustrobic - and wearing the full mask reminded me of my mask I wear at the Fire Department. There I can always mentally power through it and focus - but with the CPAP, you literally can't focus while you are TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP. I ripped the damn thing off my first night. I watched that Youtuber's videos and found one of the tips about relaxing and used it on the 2nd night and have never looked back. I'm talking "from my cold dead hands" will you take my cpap away.
- ta0987 7y agoI appreciate the encouragement, but I flew out to Stanford on my own dime and they gave me a pressure over 20. (22 maybe? I can't remember.) They told me 'this still isn't high enough but if we set it any higher the pressure itself wakes you up so that's as good at you're gonna get'. I've tried plenty of masks.
- Blakestr 7y agoCrap, that sucks. Unless you can pull a Vader and perhaps have a room with negative pressure it seems like the surgery is your best bet.