Biguglygremlin

Hi cristi229

It's a hard place to be in but if you persist it will get easier.

Many Apnea sufferers seem to go through similar experiences in the beginning.

Sometimes it's harder to get to sleep when you are worried about it and trying too hard.

Perhaps you should try something quiet like a dull book until the next wave kicks in.

I think that even restless sleep might be better than no sleep at all.

I get the impression that really low doses of Melatonin might be useful in your circumstances.

It might be worth reading up on.

The following observations are based on vague memories and general impressions.

I understand that this series of surveys is a sequence of preexisting questionnaires but there is something wrong in how they connect and how they function in conjunction with one another.

In three or four of those surveys I felt that I didn't belong, that the survey was asking the wrong questions or offering the wrong answers.

One simple example is a comprehensive series of questions about snoring which I simply cannot do whilst I am using a CPAP machine, which is all the time. This survey (from memory) is well before any surveys to do with CPAP therapy or compliance.

There needs to be a clear delineation at the start for CPAP users so that surveys like the one about snoring could be bypassed or replaced by equivalent CPAP user queries.

The survey related to removing the mask presumes that it is only with intent or due to forgetfulness or neglect and not due to simply knocking it off during the process of sleeping. The wording or the frequency options needs to be adjusted.

The questions about compliance penalties/rewards were totally irrelevant in my world and I don't want anything to do with the system that invokes it.

Emotional consequences are too subjective and too easily misconstrued. These surveys do not effectively allow for real limitations both in practical life and because of other health issues and although there is a box for 'other' health problems I doubt that they are taken into account when the scores are being generated.

The medical advice surveys toward the end were inadequate and vague in view or their potential applications. They needed to be far more detailed and more purposeful.

I may be an oddball but I am most certainly not the only one and it would only take a few minor adjustments to make these surveys feel more relevant and comprehensive and less intent on policing compliance.

One of those old fashioned tin whistles with the cork ball might make an effective air flow diffuser ....... and the good news is that it's fair game because the patent ran out before young Thomas was born! :)

I think there are laws about using your wife as a guinea pig.

Apparently it's all ok as long as you deck out the laboratory with roses first. :)

Lol I don't think Taylor Somerville envisaged anyone doing box breathing with their masks on.

I can imagine it causing the auto machines to go into panic mode. :O

Would the striped one be too much do you reckon?

You are a very sick puppy Sierra! :O

I thought this was a particularly succinct article.

Stress, what does this word mean to you?

A quick read with lots of good advice.

I finally got around to doing the surveys and was somewhat disappointed by what seemed like inadequacies in the design.

Another conspiracy perhaps? :)

I think I might take out a patent on that white elastic with the button holes and a nice new red sock.

The ultimate fashion accessory for modern CPAP users so they can mix and match their headgear.