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hi Bigfootbitme thanks I will look into that.....
Sierra and (others) I have finally reached 9.5 but for some reason with the 9.5 last night I slept for ten hours and dreamt a lot which is weird because I never sleep that long but I woke up like at truck hit me (have been feeling horrible last few days even at the 9) - I thought I slept well but woke up feeling like a truck hit me... my throat is swollen from all the acid being sucked up even though I'm on Nexium... not sure where to go from here... I did switch from my nasal pillows to a cushion the pillows were bothering me... im wondering if that's the case even though I felt more comfortable with the cushions.. Also had two periodic breathings not sure if I should be worried I took a screenshot.. thank so much for your time!
Oh ok I had no idea I could choose the mask type I'll figure that out tonight and slowly raise pressure ... thanks so much you have been a life saver...
Hello,
So here are some updates: First I'm not sure if am reading my charts correctly... for example on this May 8th (see attached) I had four or five hyopneas in a row (5 am)but pressure was at 9.6 so I am wondering does this mean I still am not at the ideal pressure…. Also between 12:30-1:30 barely had anything pressure was at 10 I am assuming is this why? I want to know if my readings are correct…. I went back on Nexium on May 8th I highly suspecting my GERD is not helping at all …. the headaches magically disappeared since going back on the 40 mg dosage.. I still have symptoms though but the headaches went down significantly... I also couldn’t handle the c flex off but I might try going down to tonight and see if I can handle it…. Its either do that or try to go up from 8 to 8.5 - I think tonight I will turn off the c flex or increase to 8.5 ... Now the problem I am facing is on the 9th and 10th I didn't use the Cpap because my eyes were so dry I felt like my eyes were gonna crack open and my forehead was all irritated - so I used my MAD device instead... was ok first day but second day a bit of jaw popping... I made sure last night I slept without a pillow in front of me are anything that could direct air back into my face... but my eyes are bad again tonight... I thought bringing pressure down from 8.5 to 8 would help but it didn't.. I am gonna switch to my nasal pillow tonight instead of y nasal cushion and see if that helps but im also suspecting that im opening may mouth (is this possible considering I don't have significant leaks) was thinking of taping my mouth to see if that resolves.... I just have this feeling the cpap isn't recording my mouth leaks.. also on the 12th I have this stopping breathing thing which is quite odd.... - I uploaded a close up of the flow rate im suspecting mouth breathing...
Thanks so much !
ok sounds good! thanks so much
Hi Sierra
So I reduced my Nexium dosage from 40 mg to 20 mg a few days ago but I also turned off the c flex and took a melatonin last night. Now I feel horrible again any idea to which one is causing this? I literally have had a racing heart all day and a migraine tmj that's when I know I had a horrible night - which makes sense cause I have more events on Oscar.... this is the second day I feel horrible so I am suspecting its not the c flex but maybe either the melatonin or the Nexium.... I usually have had a history of bad LPR ...
will try to turn off flex today and report back soon with results. as for the periodic breathing I just checked it happens like once a month so I am assuming that is ok. I will try to turn the leak feature on I have a Mac so I need to fiddle with it a bit.
Thank you so so much
Thanks so much for sharing your experience - when do you recommend I raise it more though? I could do 0.5 increments. every week or two by a 0.5 cm maybe? thanks so much its been about 5-6 days on pressure 8. so for April 30th I woke up at 5:45 no idea why... and for the third woke up at 7:06 for no reason... my biggest problem is waking up at around these times and not being able to sleep it happened even before the pressure thing.. I think I am ok at 8 right now in terms of falling asleep with pressure and ramp at 7.5 - the question is do I bump it up a 0.5 for another week perhaps with a ramp at 7.5 again?
yea I still can't sleep that well even at the 8 but wow I feel so much better in terms of the migraines and tmj and energy. im sleeping less like 6 hours which is weird that I have more energy but still waking up around 5 or 6 and then can't go back to sleep - I am hoping I will adjust I might take some melatonin in the meantime see if that helps.
thanks so much this information is ten times more helpful than any doctor has ever provided me. I will look into this today. any advice on what to do if im snoring (not too much just a few times per night (last night was twice but one time it woke up) I rinse with netipot nightly so im not sure if I should go back on cortisone sprays or try mouth taping (I only tried most taping for two nights so not sure if it works for me) or try a full face mask? or just leave it alone for now and maybe as I increase the pressure this might help?
Yes I have a ramp I will set it at 7. ill increase it by 0.5 cm every week and see... and ill try the no flex first... thanks so much
