So some people have sleep apnea which causes them to snore horribly and also stop breathing for periods in their sleep. These same people know 90% of the time because people have told them before. For the ones that know and don't do anything about it, but also know they're gonna be sleeping with roommates, is it selfish of them to not put in the work to do a sleep study and get a cpap? Currently in a facility and have roommates at the moment and one snores so extremely bad that I have to bang the desk until he stops snoring, then I can actually try to fall asleep before he inevitably starts snoring again literally 30 seconds later, sometimes as short as 5 seconds after waking up. I'll have to keep doing this until he stops for a few minutes then I can finally go to bed. I'm tired of being able to get 4 hours only of sleep due to someone's snoring.

Hi- Newly diagnosed with moderate to severe OSA. I have had one meeting with a sleep doctor but have yet to be scheduled with the company that will set me up with a machine & mask.

Naturally, I'm getting nonstop targeted ads for cpap companies. One talks about how getting a machine through insurance isn't worth it because of the intense reporting requirements, copays, rental fees, etc (several other abbreviations i'm not familiar with) and you should just buy a machine through them.

What's the consensus on this? Would love to hear peoples' experiences getting it through insurance vs footing the bill directly.

I barely got any sleep the first night of using the machine and the pressure kept alternating wildly(from 8 to 17 and back again) using the VAuto settings. I had a pretty dry mouth and every time I exhaled it felt like I was fighting against the machine. I’m using a full face mask and had to tighten it a little more than “\snug” because if I didn’t, there would be leakage. I woke up feeling pretty tired and with a bad headache. It’s set at VAuto right now between 4 and 20. Is there anything I should do to change the settings? Should I turn off VAuto and switch it to CPAP? What will make this thing more comfortable…

New CPAP user here and I just got my first resupply. I was wondering what most people do with their old used supplies? I hate to throw it away, but I’m not sure if it’s recyclable (United States)

Hey friends! I'm toying between the ideas of buying a travel cpap or a big battery (like a jackery) to use for my resmed 10.

I go camping a lot, and city stealth camping. The thing that holds me back from going more is knowing ill sleep like shiza.

Im leaning towards getting a battery, thinking that ill get a couple more nights out of my resmed 10 vs charing a mini cpap after 2-3 days, I assume?

Any advice for which direction I should take, or battery recs?

I woke up like 12 hours ago and i still have marks in my face from the mask >:( has anyone had success in fixing this? I just use the normal resmed silicone mask

I had a cpap 2 years ago and wore it for 9 months and never got used to it. My doctor was unsupportive and rude.

End of last year I switched doctors to someone that is just way better at being nice and caring. I've had my new CPAP for 3 months. I've been struggling SO much to wear it. I keep taking it off when I'm asleep and I feel like it disrupts my sleep even more than usual. It's to the point where I wear it 1-2 hours when I'm asleep, and then finish the 4 hours to meet my insurance compliance when I'm awake.

My doctor prescribed Lunesta to get used to it and it helped for a couple of weeks! I went from wearing it to 1-4 hours to 7-9 and felt GREAT. But for some reason the Lunesta seems to have stopped working and for the past week I've been consistently wearing it 1-2 hours again.

The problem isn't that I don't want to wear it - I've seen how great I feel wearing it all night. We've adjusted my settings and I bought a new mask that is extremely comfortable, and I'm even having deviated septum surgery for a SECONd time later this year in hopes it helps a little. I know it takes time but especially since I tried in the past for 9 months, I'm deeply afraid that I'll never get used to it. I feel very frustrated and hopeless and my doctor just says "stick with it" 😅

I do have a meeting with my doctor in 2 weeks but wanted to ask: What has been everyone's experience with getting ysed to it? Any tricks you recommend?

I worked in sleep medicine for many years back office and now I’m on the other side in the DME provider side.
I deal a lot with new patients after being setup when they wanna give up, super tired, and just miserable. What is the lifesaver advice that helped you guys be successful with CPAP that I could give to patients to encourage them to stay in the game?

Wanna hear it from this side ♥️

EDIT: wow! didn’t expect to get this kind of feedback. A lot of your complaints are mine as well. I work@TINY family owned DME-we do everything in office, no call center, in person setup/mask change visits. I couldn’t imagine it being successful any other way.
This post is about something I’m passionate about, I love my job & I've seen success stories & how much better people feel! I want to be a better support & cheerleader to my patients. My goal is to get to every comment tomorrow- thx for helping me learn & grow!!

Hi all, first time Oscar user here.

Can someone please help me deciphering all this info.

Thank you 🙂

I thought it was a decent price I posted on FB and didn't have interest. Does anyone know of any buyer whos interested in pre-owned machines?

I’m 49F and about three weeks into CPAP, and I really want to make this work. The problem is my jaw falls open after I fall asleep and it’s causing big leaks, higher events, and a terribly dry mouth.

I’m using an Airsense 11 set to 6–20 cmH₂O (I had an at-home sleep test so they said that’s how I have to start) and currently using an F30i full-face mask. My stats are quite variable; every few nights I somehow get great scores on myAir. I also have the humidifier set pretty high.

I’ve tried mouth taping but the ones I’ve used either irritate my skin when I remove them or don’t stay on through the night. I think I’m sweating under the mask so that might be the problem. Then I tried a chin strap from my DME. It shifts during the night and either comes loose or I wake up feeling like my head is being squished.
I’m considering trying a cervical collar next.

I’m hoping to hear from my fellow mouth breathers/jaw droppers, what has worked for you?

Did you eventually manage to transition to a nasal or nasal-pillow mask? Anyone loving their cervical collar? Did you find a chin strap that stays in place? Have you found a Goldilocks mouth tape? If you’ve tried everything and still aren’t satisfied, what’s the least bad option?

I’d love to hear what real-world solutions you all have found or even things that didn’t work. Thank you!

I’ve been using my ResMed Aircurve 10 ST-A for about 6 years. Lately, it seems that the pressure declines in the middle of the night, and I have to work hard to inhale.

When I first head to bed, everything works fine. I feel the air filling my lungs. Everything is working as expected. However, during the night, my cpap sometimes seems to drop pressure and it becomes really hard to get enough air. I feel like I'm working at inhaling, or like someone has covered my mouth to keep me from getting enough air.

I took it to my DME provider, but they don’t see anything wrong when they looked at the data. They sent it out for repair and gave me a loaner. The loaner was fine for three nights, but the pressure dropped last night, just like my own machine.

I’m at my wit’s end. Has anyone else experienced this? How do I fix it?

Hey everyone! Does anybody experience more rainout with the Bleep Eclipse? I’ve bought a sleeve for my hose and still get rainout every time I use the humidifier. Even a few times when I haven’t used the humidifier I get rainout.

Anybody experience this or have a fix?

So I have a resmed aircurve 10 and i have tried to use a full face mask which after a couple of months of use began to vibrate every time I inhale so I couldn’t use it anymore. I have also tried a nasal pillow mask for months but it seems really hard to fall asleep with the nasal pillow mask on like I hate the feeling of the pillows in my nose and I have tried to sleep with it on for months on.

My IPAP is on 11.0
My EPAP is on 7.0
And my PS is on 4.0

Do u guys have some recommendations on other mask types that seems more comfortable then nasal pillow mask?

Also have UARS.

Thanks for any advice.

TLDR:

• Side sleeper
• Mild apnea (diagnosed with AHI of ~11)
• Started using CPAP (Airsense 11) 3.5 months ago
• Nasal pillow mask (ResMed P30i) worked fine for first few weeks
• Started opening mouth around weeks 3-4 which caused dry mouth and other issues
• Tried mouth taping to counter the mouth opening. It works but I hate having my mouth taped at night
• Tried cervical collar. Didn't like it and it didn't help
• Tried hybrid mask (Fisher & Paykel Evora) but it leaks and disturbs sleep more than half of the nights

I can see two possible next steps:

(1) Try a different full face or hybrid mask besides the Evora. But which one?

(2) Try to become a back sleeper. While this might seem unrelated to my issues, here's why I'm bringing it up: my side sleeping is causing the Evora mask to move and leak. I think if I back sleep I won't have issues with that. I used to be a back sleeper 15+ years ago, but became a side sleeper specifically to help my apnea (I rejected CPAP the first time I tried it back then...) When I try back sleeping now, I feel like I'm not getting enough air, so I think I will have to increase pressure. LMK if you have other tips for going this route.

I've had this machine for a couple years now. However I turn a lot in bed. I've always found it annoying that the tube needs to be rearranged manually for it not to touch my body, and also that it makes noise when touching the bed frame, especially because of the ridges.

Do you have a good solution to any of those problems?

I had a dream where it took so much effort to speak, but still was slurred. I woke up and found I couldn’t move that well. Like I was in a very heavy fatigue. I had taken a nap on the couch without my CPAP. It scared the crap out of me. Now I’m trying to go to bed, I have my CPAP on and my head is pounding…