MemoryWorry

Sierra, I'm far less educated in a medical profession (never before seen or read what you sent) ....... BUT ...... My question was related to what is happening during CPAP Therapy itself. My wife apparently had been getting "events" in the 30's for quite a while, whereas I was very low and only got the CPAP to see if it improved my Night Sweats. Also we are several years apart, and RIGHT UP TO THE TIME WE STARTED THERAPY, we BOTH got complements on our Memories. NOW, as above, I have to believe that the Therapy is harming our Memories !!!

Sorry Sierra but I don't understand your 2nd paragraph ?? Are you saying that Apnea THERAPY Does or Does Not help the Brain LONG(OR SHORT) Term ?

When I google things like CPAP and Apnea I often see comments about Apnea Therapy helping the Brain recover.

Well, my wife and I have been using ResMed CPAP equipment for about 9 months, and seeing the exact opposite. We both had excellent Memory, but now we BOTH find it difficult to remember NAMES of People/Places/Vegetables/Medicines etc etc. If it were just one of us I could understand, but BOTH suffering in the same way at the same time seems VERY COINCIDENTAL !!

Does anybody else suffer in this way since starting Apnea Therapy ?

Must admit I am scared to try taping my mouth. My nose is often very blocked - wondering if one night I will never wake up again !!!!!

The monitor people contacted me yesterday and I reminded them how the Half and Full Masks gave me dents AND affected my teeth, so I was currently using a pillow mask with the straps way down near my neck, where I get Good Event Numbers, but leakage in 25-30 range.

They just replied that they had a Swift FX mask WITH AN ATTACHMENT CALLED BELLA LOOPS that go round the ears costing an extra $20.

Has anybody tried this ?????

I'm 77 years old.
Even though I didn't have any symptoms, apart from Night Sweats, I was tested for Apnea 9 months ago with an event count of 14, which I was told was in the low area, but still recommended an APAP. Over the past 9 months I have tried all 3 types of Mask. ALL 3 of them have caused Dents in my skull. I am convinced of that as I have often changed the strap locations to test it out.

HOWEVER WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT OVER THE TIME I FEEL AS THOUGH MY MEMORY HAS BADLY WORSENED AS FAR AS REMEMBERING NAMES OF PEOPLE, FOOD AND PLACES. COULD IT BE THE DENTS CAUSED BY THE STRAPS AFFECTING MEMORY ??????

I started with Half Face Mask, which after a while started to cause me to one of my lower my lower teeth was coming Loose. So I switched to Full Face Mask. It also made my lower teeth feel loose, but also, for some reason the APAP would regularly reach a very high pressure. When I told the ResMed person, he told me to just press the button to reset it back to 4.0 However I found myself doing that 3 or 4 times/night and therefore causing interrupted sleep. So then I switched to the Nasal pillows despite knowing that I am an Open Mouth breather. This was by far the most comfortable, no teeth problem but still dents and the LEAK measurement was around 25 each night. I also I woke up with a very congested nose. So I got a Chin Strap and tried it a couple of times. Yes I got lower leak numbers but each night I could only stand the chin strapping for 3 or 4 hours.

Right now I'm back to the Pillows with Leaks about 25 but Events below 1.0. Thinking seriously of stopping usage of the APAP and buying Prevagen !!!!