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This Is For Those That Have Sleep Apnea. How Do You Get Used To The Cpap Machine?
By administrator | June 2, 2009
I am having a sleep apnea test done soon and may have to use the machine. I had the sleep apnea long time ago but I couldn’t get used to the machine so I sent it back.
Topics: Sleep/snoring | 4 Comments »
May 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
They also have TAP devices that fix onto your teeth and hold your jaw so you won’t snore. They work wonders.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
Well, since I’m at work in a sleep lab right now, I’ll try to answer. You need to try a variety of masks, and make sure you are fit with the right size. Also, if the pressure is not correct, it won’t do much for you. You might consider a repeat study with a technologist who can best help you with the above concerns Good luck!!
May 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
You do not have to settle for a mask anymore. They also have nasal pillows that you can use. That is what my husband chose. Since you already know you have sleep apnea from previous testing you need to change you mindset so to speak. Think of this as something like diabetes. If you needed insulin shots in order to control you diabetes would you tell you doctor you can’t do it and not take the insulin and risk losing you limbs or worse yet your life? Think of the C-Pap machine in the same way. Using it is helping you and helping your health. If you have trouble adjusting to a c-pap call the medical place that supplies your C-Pap and get help from the people there. Sleep apnea is serious and needs to be treated. Good Luck.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:03 am
Sleep apnea machines and masks have come along way in the last 2 years. 1st make sure that the home care co. that is setting up the equipment will work with you, if they aren’t willing to, go to another company! You are the customer and they CAN get you comfortable with something. There are so many different masks & nasal pillows available, not to mention what they are doing with the machines now! Puritan Bennett has a machine that is about the size of the 1st personnal CD players they came out with in the 80′s, and Respironics has machines that work with your breathing pattern!(check out their web sites)
This is something you need to be pro-active about. Lack of sleep does so many bad things to your body- poor memory, weight gain, depression, etc. Not to mention what the lack of oxygen in your body when you don’t breath at night does to your brain and heart.
Good Luck!