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I hope the mouthpiece works for you. There is a lot of good information on those in this forum. Did you ask your doctor for medication? I have a friend with mild apnea and her doctor put her on Ambien. I did a search and found that some people do that. I have no idea how it helps apnea, but it may be the central apnea type, not sure. Best wishes you get this figured out
Even with my cpap, I still get up to 7 events per hour some nights. Seems really mild to me and I think not connected to your waking. Are they putting you a cpap? If they do and your early waking stops great, but I think I would ask for some help sleeping if not. Like an anxiety pill or something along those lines. If you had help sleeping, I suspect just a short term use would get you past that habit of waking then. Your body has a real habit developed now. Almost every day for weeks now, I have woken at 5:15 to use the bathroom. Exact same time for days and not a thing to do with my apnea.
Thank you for your input. No one ever told me I didn't have to wash the hose. I am going to the supply center for a new hose soon. I will ask them about that. Washing with vinegar is what they told me to do. My paperwork has instructions for this and says mild soap is the second choice. It does say no bleach or anything harsh. I do use wipes on my mask and nasal cushion daily. Maybe I am cleaning too much. Trying to figure this all out.
Yes I use one by them called Dream Wear. It sits under the nose, does not go inside nose.
Thank you so much for your reply. I too thought others might reply as everyone has to clean their equipment. I did use white vinegar, but it still smells. I have not had my equipment long enough to have extra parts lying around. It is the hose that has the smell trapped in it. I do use distilled water in the tub part. I am going to get new parts today and will be back on my machine tonight hopefully. How I will be cleaning it, I don't know? I don't want to spend $300 on So Clean. I am not even sure how good it is.
I am having issues with the weekly cleaning. I was told they wanted me to clean with vinegar. I felt good about that, but have trouble getting all the vinegar smell out. I asked the technicians what they recommend. I was told to try baby shampoo. This has pretty much ruined my hose and I have not been able to use my machine since Wed. I am feeling really bad due to that, so I really need help. I only used a small squirt of the baby shampoo, yet I cannot get the smell out. I have soaked in plain water. I have soaked in vinegar several times, then plain water again. My husband suggest peroxide. Tried that and soaked in water after. No better. I soaked it all night last night in clean water, and still it smells like baby shampoo. While that is nice smell, I am very sensitive to smells and need my air to have no smell at all. I guess I will be getting new hose, etc tomorrow. I would like to hear how you all clean your equipment. My husband thinks I need to invest in the So Clean. I have read good and bad reviews on them. They cost $300, so that is a major decision. If anyone has thoughts on the So Clean, I would love to hear that too. Thanks in advance for any advice anyone has for me.
No doctor for my lab test either. Techs were there, but no doctor was on site at all. I asked about it.
True but the home studies cost less. The one I linked only costs $250 a night. I had to pay nearly $1200 for one night at home with equipment form my local lab, and over $4000 for one night at the sleep lab. Not possible for everyone.
I almost had a home study form this company http://sleepmedinc.com/ I was told it would be $250 per night. I ended up going with the one my insurance would pay for. That cost me nearly $1200. I should have paid cash for the one for $250. Try checking out some sites like that. I would assume they will give you prescription if you need one. Then you should be able to buy a machine here instead of taking your chances on one from China. It might be a fine machine, but we just don't know. Best wishes!
I found since getting mine that 5 or less apneas per hour is considered normal. I think that is the goal. I have never had a night with none but I am usually under 5 and often near 1.
