Keeping the weekly post warm until @alyaza comes back 🙂

What’s everyone been up to? Any plans for the weekend?

  • borkdd@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    It can be really tough adjusting to the CPAP. And even if you’d slept with it properly, there’s no guarantee you’d feel great in the morning. Many people take weeks or months to see significant results as they make for lost sleep. That was the case for me. I still struggle with it but I’m doing better now.

    I’m not sure what you mean by the machine suffocating you, but it could be a couple of things. One, if you don’t have ramp on, it’ll turn on full blast first thing which can be…jarring. It’s possible that your mask isn’t fitted correctly or that it just isn’t a good match for you. That’s ok! That’s why we have people to help us fit them and many masks to choose from.

    I’m not sure what machine you have, but if you can put an SD card in it, you might be able to get more detailed data from that.

    • YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for the kind words. When I say I feel like I’m suffocating, I mean that I feel like I can’t exhale properly, which to me feels like suffocating. But it’s only my first night with the machine and I don’t intend to give up. Ramp is turned on, and the device says I have the nasal pillows placed properly. The device has an SD card and I plan to install OSCAR to get better data, but because of the way the system works where I live, it’s better for me not to take out the SD card every single day if I can avoid it (I don’t own the machine, it belongs to the health service).

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        1 year ago

        Try experimenting with turning off the ramp. I always felt like I was struggling to breathe until I turned off the ramp on mine, it was so much easier to breathe with it turned off.

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          1 year ago

          I think that may be a good idea, because I noticed that when I get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, then come back and reattach the hose, the higher pressure is actually more comfortable.

          Last night I slept a little better and didn’t push the nasal pillow off in my sleep, so there’s some progress.

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        1 year ago

        It definitely takes a bit to get used to that, especially on the exhale. I found that it became better over time, especially once I was able to stop focusing on the mask and my breathing. I don’t use the ramp up personally, as I find it more comfortable for me. Definitely keep at it, and you should be able to talk to your provider if you keep having issues. I had to go through a few settings/mask types to find the right one.