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That said, it's not always a magic bullet. I got a cpap after a sleep study found I had 80+ breathing interruptions in the short overnight test window. It eas

That said, it's not always a magic bullet. I got a cpap after a sleep study found I had 80+ breathing interruptions in the short overnight test window. It easily brought them down to <10, but I feel no better in the morning, and it makes the occasional nap much more of a hassle. The value is absolutely there in the greatly reduced likelihood of death in my sleep, and the white noise is better than snoring when sleeping around others. But I wouldn't want to get people's hopes up about it providing them the bad sleep panacea they desire.

spease 6y ago
Did you ever figure it out?
PhantomGremlin 6y ago
Read forums http://www.cpaptalk.com/CPAP-Sleep-Apnea-Forum.html http://www.cpaptalk.com/CPAP-Sleep-Apnea-Forum.html and http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-Main-Apnea-Board-Forum http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-Main-Apnea-Board-Foru... often CPAP requires fine tuning with most doctors can't be arsed to do. Get OSCAR software it will help you fine tune the CPAP settings. https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ Often people are given the cheapest CPAP machines that won't auto-adjust themselves. Guess what, at least for Medicare it's all the same price so the cheaper the machine the more profit for the DME! The forums will guide you to how to get the best from your machine. I fine tuned my CPAP based on what I learned and it really improved my AHI. You say "<10" but if you mean AHI that's not good enough. Even doctors want <5. Mine is <1.
- bitwize 6y ago
  > Guess what, at least for Medicare it's all the same price so the cheaper the machine the more profit for the DME! The forums will guide you to how to get the best from your machine. Medicare is not "for all" yet, so a lot of people won't be helped by this.
pwdisswordfish2 6y ago
Did you get see different sleep docs after you realised the change with the CPAP was not as dramatic as you had hoped?
irlib 6y ago
Yeah, I've been provided with a CPAP machine for a week, and although it reduces the breath interruptions, just like in your case, it does not improve the quality of the sleep perceivably, just like in your case. So I decided not to buy it after the week of the free test drive.

spease 6y ago

Did you ever figure it out?

PhantomGremlin 6y ago

Read forums http://www.cpaptalk.com/CPAP-Sleep-Apnea-Forum.html http://www.cpaptalk.com/CPAP-Sleep-Apnea-Forum.html and http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-Main-Apnea-Board-Forum http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-Main-Apnea-Board-Foru... often CPAP requires fine tuning with most doctors can't be arsed to do. Get OSCAR software it will help you fine tune the CPAP settings. https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ Often people are given the cheapest CPAP machines that won't auto-adjust themselves. Guess what, at least for Medicare it's all the same price so the cheaper the machine the more profit for the DME! The forums will guide you to how to get the best from your machine. I fine tuned my CPAP based on what I learned and it really improved my AHI. You say "<10" but if you mean AHI that's not good enough. Even doctors want <5. Mine is <1.

bitwize 6y ago
> Guess what, at least for Medicare it's all the same price so the cheaper the machine the more profit for the DME! The forums will guide you to how to get the best from your machine. Medicare is not "for all" yet, so a lot of people won't be helped by this.

pwdisswordfish2 6y ago

Did you get see different sleep docs after you realised the change with the CPAP was not as dramatic as you had hoped?

irlib 6y ago

Yeah, I've been provided with a CPAP machine for a week, and although it reduces the breath interruptions, just like in your case, it does not improve the quality of the sleep perceivably, just like in your case. So I decided not to buy it after the week of the free test drive.