Can anyone explain the O2; like what the highest and lowest was and what is considered normal? Thanks

In the afternoons, I'm exhausted. I have no energy, and could easily take a nap every day. Why am I still using this thing?

Just recieved a brand new phillips dreamstation off of Marketplace, what are some things I need to buy in order to get started? I have already bought the mask, and I am looking to buy an SD card but haven't found any yet. Any help is appreciated.

Hello guys , i am a 25 m international student living in the uk and i was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea of 8 ahi 4 years ago. However i lost 5 kg and even started to sleep while sitting two years ago and it cure my apnea although i gained weight. However 10 days ago my apnea got worse and i can barely sleep, so i ordered a cpap online. What advice do you have for me which involved setting up the machine withouth consulting a sleep specialist ?

Is there anywhere that I can get the exact measurements for the various CPAP masks? I am working on some sewing patterns that work in conjunction with the masks and straps but I only have the Air fit P30i in small.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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What am I doing wrong?

Hi there I just started to use cpap after been measured at 46 episodes per hour so really need this. The machine that is given here is a Lowenstein medical Prisma Smart. The masks initially were f&p simplus full face. Comfort was ok but in the middle of the night they started leaking badly and no adjustment would make it better. Now trying a Lowenstein Cara nasal mask. It's better but still it leaks and I wake up. I would like some help figuring out how to go about getting the perfect mask for me: sleeping it's a very important part of life and I have spent too many years already constantly waking up during the night. Any help understanding the factors at play would be appreciated: choosing the right size, the right material (memory foam vs silicone), nasal vs full etc. Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to reuse of things rather than just throwing away. I have salvaged the magnets from retired headgear. Does anyone have any idea for uses for the hoses? I have a hard time throwing them out but they're beginning to accumulate.

Hello r/CPAP . Hoping there is someone that can help me. I have been using my ResMed Airsense 10 with the F30i mask for 3 years and 8 months. Insurance has decided to cut off my resupply for insufficient usage. I have been using the mask daily from 11pm-5:45am. Sometimes more, sometimes less. The MyAir app constantly reads roughly 3 hours less than what my sleep time is. If i get 9 hours for example(rare) it will say I am in compliance with 6 hours of usage. On my normal nights of 6-7 hrs, it tells me 3 -4 hrs. Usually under 4 which is the compliance rate.

I have an SD card in the CPAP and just recently took the device and card to my DME. They compared the data on the card and it lines up with the MY AIR app. I DON'T have a computer to download OSCAR, which sounds very detailed but if the machine lines up with the app, I'm not sure OSCAR would say much different.

So, my question would be, can anyone define USAGE in the app. Is it the amount of time the mask is worn and machine is running? Is it when the machine detects you sleeping? I need to get into compliance to get resupplied and not 100% sure that the machine isnt defective due to it being a consistent 3 hour differential.

Thanks for any input!

I've had a CPAP since ~2018. My doctor requested a ResMed but Medicare wouldn't cover the cost. I want to get one while sales are offered online. How would a new machine be set up? My current machine syncs to the DME supplier, who changes settings via cellular or WiFi. Can a new machine from an online supplier be set to my local DME for management? I don't want a logistical nightmare if I need settings changed and the machine's tied to where I bought it.

Been using CPAP for about a month. Airsense 11 with F40 mask. Last night something strange happened, and I'm trying to figure out what went wrong.

I woke up and noticed it was slightly difficult to breathe. I realized that the machine had turned off (the light on top of the machine was green, indicating it's not running). And after waking up a bit more, I noticed I was breathing through the flap in the mask that opens when it is not connected or when air is not flowing. I just reached over, turned it back on, and went back to sleep.

I checked the OSCAR data this morning, and it looks like it was like this for about 10 minutes. So my questions are,

(1) how could it have turned off on its own,

(2) why did it not turn back on (since I was breathing through the mask the whole time, which should have activated it), and

(3) would the OSCAR data show any information about why it turned off?

My wife suggested maybe I got up in my sleep to go to the bathroom, and might have turned it off without realizing it. That's possible, I guess, but I doubt it because I usually don't do things in the night without waking up. And I had no plans to get up to pee or anything.

Very strange. And I'm glad I have the F40 with the flap. I was previously using a nasal mask and mouth tape, and if this had happened while using that, I would have had an even harder time breathing before waking up and taking the mask off.

Any ideas?

Hey, cpap user, for 6+ months. Been trying to use it consistently however every single night I rip my mask off after 2-3 hours. I have severe nasal congestion which makes it so I can never breathe. We still dont know the cause however I've tried every possible solution with no benefit.

When I wear the cpap my apneas improve, however my mouth, no matter what mask I use, full face, nasal, pillows etc, I figure the main reason im waking up after a couple hours is because im SOOO dry and dehydrated.

If I increase the humidity I get rainout and still am too dehydrated. It gets so bad I rip off my mask in the night for water. Without cpap I will usually drink 3-5 full large bottles of water per night while im asleep.

So if increasing the humidity isnt an option what exactly can I do to prevent crazy amounts of dryness.

This dryness happens even with nasal only masks. My cpap doctor doesnt know what to do and has no answers.

I've been using mine for about two months now and I love it in every way except that every so often, I wake up with the center of my back being "out" and SUPER stiff/painful, theoretically because I am not moving around as much as I did before I used my machine. I also think that I may subconsciously try to hold myself in an awkward position to keep the mask from leaking (since I am a face/stomach sleeper), or I'm sleeping more deeply/not moving around as much, and am sleeping 'frozen in place' for many hours and it's creating back tension. I have a relatively new/good mattress so it's not that. Just wondering if anyone else has had this experience. Nothing like this ever happened before my CPAP.

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I just started using OSCAR and these are my most recent results. I have been feeling extreme fatigue lately and I think its because of hypopnea, how do I reduce these events? I didn't start having them until recently. Also I dont know what any of this orhter stuff means. thanks in advance :)

Woke up desperately catching my breath. I’m certain I wouldn’t have been able to be without breath for even a few more seconds.

I had an extremely disturbing nightmare to accompany the experience. In my nightmare, I took an elevator down to a lower floor. When the doors opened, the entire floor was painted deep black, and the paint was so harsh-smelling that it suffocated me to the point that I was crawling on the floor. Once I was nearly completely suffocated in my nightmare, I woke up gasping.

First time this has happened to me in a while. I went to sleep really late and had to be up early which is unusual for me.

Can lack of breathing during sleep apnea kill you?

Last night was much harder. The aerophagia was much worse, and I found the whole experience really anxiety-inducing. Still preferable to apnea so far!

Has anyone else struggled with aerophagia? Does it get better? My pressure is pretty low (minimum 6, maximum 7).

Update after my first night using my CPAP machine. My AHI last night was 32!!! I can't believe how low it is! I dropped nearly 100 on my first night. The mask didn't bother me at all. Breathing was still a bit weird but not problematic. I'm sure I'll adapt. I already feel a significant difference waking up feeling like I actually woke up. Will my AHI continue to drop, or is this where I can expect to stay?

Mid Day Update: I'm well past nap time, and I'm still wide awake! I worked out earlier and I was able to easily push myself harder, and recovered from getting winded quickly. I know it takes time to fully recover, but I'm already happy with the improvement. Who know breathing was so useful?

I have seen mask liners on Amazon for the F30i. Reading the comments, however, are discouraging because many report that the holes don't line up, the material is cheap or flimsy, and the value for price is poor. I found a maker on Etsy who had good reviews, so I ordered from the maker. Same issue: holes too small and not aligned. The Etsy maker offered a lot of different products, so perhaps the good reviews were for those other products.

I would love some recommendations for a mask liner for the F30i that really fits: from your personal experience, please. I watched a YouTube on Pad A Cheek that looked promising. Has anyone had experience with that one?

So I’m going overseas within the next few months for about 3 years. My cpap supply provider stated I can’t have more supplies than what insurance will allow at this time.

Currently I have a little under 2k in my HRA (health reimbursement account) I was debating purchasing some supplies that would last me 3 years, I was wondering if anyone could give me some useful information as to how much I would need? I was planning to buy like 10-15 nose cushions and some hoses etc.

I still plan to have my family ship me my insurance paid supplies but unfortunately to the island it does take at least a month for standard shipping.

Any help is appreciated thanks!

Hi everyone. I am a new CPAP user and travel a lot so I plan to get a travel CPAP next year with my new FSA. But I wanted to know what holiday or time of year is best to purchase or has the most deals on the bundles.

I cannot get it for Black Friday or Christmas deals this year because I spent all my FSA money already.

Thank you!

Anyone ever ran distilled water and vinegar in the water tank, and dampened the filter with distilled water and vinegar to deep clean cpap?

I have a resmed 10 here recently it keeps saying I have a high leak but when I run mask fit it says it's a green face. I recently got a large mask and new tubing idk why its doing this been about 2 weeks of the red Seal face when I stop my CPAP.

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Hello, I'm hoping someone could help me. One year on and I'm still ripping CPAP off in my sleep or waking up extremely tired the next day. Would anyone be able to provide any insight into my results? Totally disheartening - didn't expect to wake up a different person once starting treatment, but a year later and still not feeling a whole lot better.

This is the second time my resmed 10 has acted like it’s processed. I use it ever night but for some reason I put it on last night and the thing was possessed. The air setting was somehow turned to the max 10 and blew it right off my face. My setting is a steady 4 and for some reason I can’t get it to stay at a 4. I can’t sleep with this thing acting crazy like this. It’s like it has a mind of its own and idk what to do.. anyone else have this issue ?