Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi, I just wanted to try and help you all out since I actually work for a sleep doc.. CPAP machines are often hard to get used to at first so please give it a few weeks of trial to adjust before giving up. While your awake and not all the way asleep the machine may seem like alot of air because you really only need it once you fall asleep.. It is very common that people new to CPAPs take their masks off in the middle of the night.. Just keep trying and see your doc if things aren't better.. There are tons and tons of masks out there so go to manufactures websites and have a peek then ask you doc or homecare co. about them.. 2 very large manufactures are www.Resmed.com and www.Respironics.com. About the machines .. there are several kind of machines and you may have different ones.it depends on what took your apneas away the best at you sleep study. APAP- is auto-PAP has a range of pressure such as 5-15 for people who did not have a great titration night.. CPAP- has a set pressure such as 9cm BIPAP- has 2 pressures such as 13/8 where yopu inhale at one rate and exhale at another rate.. there are also CFLEX, BIFLEX, and VPAP etc. all of these machines have ramp usually 10-20 or 5-15mins which is just a timed period of adjusting to you set air pressure.. hope this helps.. thats pretty much what I know.. AJa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 AJA, Wow what a lot of information - I've printed it up for future reference. I don't think it's the idea of a mask on my face that is bothering me, it's the fact that there are times I can't seem to get enough air, and I feel as if I am being smothered. At the sleep study he tried only one machine and I was fighting it all night because I wasn't getting enough air. Every time it would ramp up it would feel so good and I'd start to fall asleep and then it would cut way down. This went on all night. When I asked about it in the morning (5 a.m.) the technician told me that every time he ramped it up I would wake up so he had to lower it. Hard to believe he thought I was asleep. Thanks again for the information. Margaret B > Hi, I just wanted to try and help you all out since I actually work > for a sleep doc.. > > CPAP machines are often hard to get used to at first so please give it > a few weeks of trial to adjust before giving up. While your awake and > not all the way asleep the machine may seem like alot of air because > you really only need it once you fall asleep.. It is very common that > people new to CPAPs take their masks off in the middle of the night.. > Just keep trying and see your doc if things aren't better.. There are > tons and tons of masks out there so go to manufactures websites and > have a peek then ask you doc or homecare co. about them.. 2 very large > manufactures are www.Resmed.com and www.Respironics.com. > > About the machines .. there are several kind of machines and you may > have different ones.it depends on what took your apneas away the best > at you sleep study. > > APAP- is auto-PAP has a range of pressure such as 5-15 for people who > did not have a great titration night.. > CPAP- has a set pressure such as 9cm > BIPAP- has 2 pressures such as 13/8 where yopu inhale at one rate and > exhale at another rate.. > > there are also CFLEX, BIFLEX, and VPAP etc. > > all of these machines have ramp usually 10-20 or 5-15mins which is > just a timed period of adjusting to you set air pressure.. > > hope this helps.. thats pretty much what I know.. > AJa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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