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What is more important: treating sleep apnea or insomnia?
Sleep Health | Last Active: May 18 10:08am | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
The biggest problem is the sleep position I have had all my life -- like a starfish; on my face. I try to sleep in other positions, but even when I can get to sleep, I wake up back in the usual. So I stay half awake to prevent the mask being pushed off. The over the nose is working better as the head gear does a better job of holding it in place. Plus this has a vent for the extra air to escape through.
Are we discussing the same machine? Mine is called a CPAP. Yours is an Apap? I was told my doctor set the levels.
Anyway thank you for your suggestions and your response. I will look into all you have suggested.
Cheers,
Dana
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Yes, I think we’re discussing the same machine. They’re all cpaps; apap is just an alternate mode a cpap can be set to. ResMed is the most common brand I think.
I use a ResMed airsense 10; I briefly used ResMed Aircurve ST, the bilevel that for me was such a disaster.
Is that what you have?
Don’t know what to say about your sleep position; I’ve been told position can be a big part of it.
I know there are devices to keep back sleepers on their side, but face down I don’t know.
PS: yes, your dr does set the levels based on the sleep study results, but I found that doesn’t always work in the real world.
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I'm a side sleeper so the mask isn't too much problem. I tried some different masks but find the full face with the memory foam to be the most comfortable. Airsense F20 I think. It doesn't fit quite right but it is the best of the ones I tried (pillows, etc). Many setting changes have been made and while a little better, it is still not working (meaning I don't get more than 2ish hours of sleep). Oddly enough, when I was in the lab doing the titration with bipap (not cpap or apap) I slept the longest (about 5 hours). I was super happy and thought that this was the answer as the cpap didn't work for me. But, alas, the home machine is nowhere near the lab machine even though they say it is the same. I don't believe it.