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That's per hour, so yeah, it's on average.
I just got my total face mask and last night was MUCH better. Best event score yet!
I had a question: how does the mouth guard keep your mouth shut? Is this something used along with something else? I feel confused.
I just started my CPAP. But my sleep study said I had 14 episodes per hour and now I have 2. That seems pretty significant. Plus I'm not snoring. I'm still having trouble with my eyes and mouth being dry but I guess that happens to everyone? That has been pretty rough at times but there are lots of articles online as to what you can try. Like I said, it's only been a week and a half but it seems as if there's progress. I'm sleeping 6-8 hours a night and I feel fairly good. Some days are better than others.
Honestly, I just don't want to end up in the ER with chest pain again. If being on this thing does that, the difficulties are well worth it.
My sleep dr. told me they have camping machines that are battery powered. Haven't looked it up yet but that might be worth looking into.
Thanks for the welcome.
I'm a mouth breather at night so I have a mask that covers my mouth and nose. I don't know what my pressures are - I'm supposed to see the RT on Monday so I might ask about that then. Hopefully the total face mask will help with the problem, which is air coming up through my tear ducts.
I got some eye ointment which helps some, and some dry mouth rinse, which I'm not sure helped or not. I'm also working on increasing the humidity in my room. Last night wasn't so bad as usual so there seems to be some progress.
One day at a time I guess. I never thought I'd be on a machine for the rest of my life so it's an adjustment for sure.
Hi, I was just diagnosed with moderate OSA and got my CPAP a week ago. I got into all this initially after ending up in the ER with chest pain and palpitations. $2000 in co-pays later I found out my heart is fine but my family got in an uproar because I snore super loud (over 60 decibels which is fairly embarrassing) and my daughter says I stop breathing so I broke down and went in to the sleep doctor. I was desaturating down to 72%.
I feel somewhat better as far as sleepiness, but have been having a lot of problems with dry mouth and can't tighten the straps much because when I do the air feels as if it's coming out my eyes. This has happened in the past when I have bad allergies and blow my nose too hard. Getting my respiratory therapist to believe me was a major struggle but I go in next week to try a mask which covers my eyes too to see if that helps. I was determined to do this anyway - I've never been sick, so ending up in the ER was a major wake-up call - and then hearing about Carrie Fisher dying of sleep apnea just sealed it for me. I have to make this work as I'm not interested in dying just yet. ;)
Anyway, that's how I ended up here, looking for help. I didn't expect to find a forum! Nice to meet all of you.
