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When first starting to use a cpap machine how long does it take to start feeling the benefits of using one please.
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Permalink Reply by Kath Hope on
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I'm looking forward to hearing how you get on with the mandibular device at the same time as CPAP Roz, as it's rare to find someone using both. You have a good consultant in Mr Oko :-)
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Permalink Reply by Roz B on
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i'll let you know. hopefully it will be ready for me on 23rd of this month…well thats the plan. they said two weeks after the impressions were taken.
Mr Oko even wrote in the letter to the GP that he would like me to use both :( so there's no getting away from it, is there lol
He reckons my jaw is rather recessed and this would give a little extra help to keep my airways clear. Also will help keep my mouth shut :lol:
I have no idea how i am going to talk to the dog in the night when she wants to go out!! I understand that i'm likely to have plenty of jaw aches and headaches to begin with too :( xx
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Permalink Reply by Terry Vella on
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Roz,
Keep at it, it does take time but you will notice it when it happens.
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Permalink Reply by symmit on
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Hello and welcome!
For some it's immediate, for others it takes time! My apnoea was quite severe and I took quickly to CPAP, and the first day I woke having had nearly four undisturbed hours of sleep for the first time in ages, and my head was buzzing and I couldn't stop doing stuff all day.
Keep in contact with your clinic / provider, and with other users here and elsewhere to get all the hints and tips if you're finding it a struggle, until you get a good cycle of sleep going and the mask fit and pressure to suit you.
As Kath says, you probably shouldn't be snoring if all is working correctly, check back with your clinic, and maybe prop yourself up a bit more in bed in the mean time.
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Permalink Reply by Mike reed on
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Thanks all for the sound advice my friends i have since phoned papworth sleep clinic and they have upped my pressure to 11.0 i do not know if this is a high or low pressure can someone tell me them norm please i think it will differ from person to person but just wondered is 11.0 high. My sleep is being affected with mt ashtma at the moment i am on steroids and antibiotics at the moment but my breathlessness is making me very tired during the day.
Thanks for all your help.
Mike.
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Great news Mike and hope it helps. 11.0 isn't particularly high and an average seems to be around 12. My APAP often goes up to 18.0. It must be hard dealing with the asthma as well, and quite a lot of people with severe asthma used oxygen with their CPAP.
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If you bear in mind that's still only about 1% above normal atmospheric pressure it's not a lot, I am told many clinics just send machines out set to 10 and don't do any more than that!
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Mike, it's not too high at all, I have an auto machine and mine is set to 4 - 12, so we are about average, the maximum is 20, so you are a bit over half way. It all depends on what pressure you need rather than what your on, keep at it.
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For the past 3-4 days especialy in the morning i have found my chest feeling tight and i cough up a clear congestion like phlem i do have asthma but could this be one of the side effects of cpap please. If so is there a way to help with this i have been to my GP as mentioned in a previous post and i am on prednisone steroids and antibiotics.
I do appreciate all the help you guys have given me and thank you all sincerly.
Regards Mike
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Quite a number of people suffer from this complaint at first, but it usually wears off. However, I've dug this information up from my computer (something I once came across on some forum or other, which if I remember correctly was written by a sleep doctor):-
During the winter months the air is much drier than normal and tends to increase the viscosity (thickness) of secretions (saliva, post nasal drip, nasal secretions) quite a bit; that is why humidification is essential within CPAP devices for maximum benefit and comfort.
However, when the temps in the bedroom are lower in the winter, mid 60’s and below, there is a tendency for “condensation” and “rain out” within the CPAP hose that most CPAP users compensate by lowering the humidity setting on their machines that then leads to an increase in viscosity of any normal/usual secretions.
You need to keep the humidity settings up to a level where you go through at least 25% -33% of your water each night.
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Kath i dont have any water device with my machine all i have is the machine, hose and mask what should i do i am worried about this congested chest.Thanks Kath
Kath Hope said:Quite a number of people suffer from this complaint at first, but it usually wears off. However, I've dug this information up from my computer (something I once came across on some forum or other, which if I remember correctly was written by a sleep doctor):-
During the winter months the air is much drier than normal and tends to increase the viscosity (thickness) of secretions (saliva, post nasal drip, nasal secretions) quite a bit; that is why humidification is essential within CPAP devices for maximum benefit and comfort.
However, when the temps in the bedroom are lower in the winter, mid 60’s and below, there is a tendency for “condensation” and “rain out” within the CPAP hose that most CPAP users compensate by lowering the humidity setting on their machines that then leads to an increase in viscosity of any normal/usual secretions.
You need to keep the humidity settings up to a level where you go through at least 25% -33% of your water each night.
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