Sleep Apnoea and CPAP

@drunkmonkey Like you, I have hit the end of the road with CPAP. It is too expensive considering I can't keep it on for more than 30 minutes to an hour. I contacted the consultant but was sent back to Resmed. I told both I have really tried for 6 months. Eventually the consultant said I should try a 'Mandibular Advancement Device'. I have to get one made by a dentist apparently, so I have an appointment with my dentist next week to discuss it. If any of you out there have used one please let me know what you thought of it.

Here's one of his videos, worth a listen before spending anything....interested to see what people make of it...

I'm the same, 4 Xmas nights out and the dose finally caught up with me, hopefully be able to breathe properly in the next few days.

I done his hold your breath test at the start of the book, managed 9 seconds, up around 20 now. I gave the extra few quid for the 14 day plan then I got the cold.

I noticed from uploading the cpap stats to the cloud when the cpap has to start the heavy lifting I was over 40 breaths per minute. Samsung app is now showing me around 20 so something has changed. He might be right about the fast breathing causing the airways to get tighter when the oxygen dips.

From the extra tests it's my neck and soft palate need the most work according to him.

I wouldn't worry about the 1 - 5yrs, you mustn't have held out for the good news bit.😀

I was thinking about a CPAP memory foam pillow for side sleepers.

same here. Told that if I lose weight that I may not need to use the machine. I found out this to be true in my case . I went from 94 kg to 83kg over one year.

Hi all. Looking for some feedback

I have a DeVilbiss SleepCube with a humidifier for nearly 10 years now. Until recently, I didn't really have any issues with 'rainout' ie condensation in the tube and mask.

It's been happening more frequently. I have adjusted heat, moved to the floor etc. I have the tube covered.

Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue.

I own the machine as opposed to renting.

It might be worth getting a personal trainer to get you started, they're not cheap but you need them for the motivation, I shed nearly 20kg in 3mts with one, it was all litrealy diet (hard to call it a diet, i've never eaten as much), weight lifting 3 days a week and trying to get 10,000 steps in a day(no running, I hate it). I've fallen off the horse since november but the strenght is still there and i'll try and get back into it the next week once the routine settles in. Probably about the same weight as you starting off and i've a good bit more to go.

Diet is simple as long as your not a vergetrarian, Bacon & Eggs, toast with real butter for brekfast. Chicken kebab for lunch, steak and spuds with more butter for dinner etc. It's simple enough just to keep under how many calaories you need. If you want a pint you might have to swap the steak out to keep under the calories for the day.

Your body will start to change shape after about 7/8 weeks maybe sooner which feels good when it happens.

If I was getting tested again i'd find someone that does a drug induced test, so you know exactly what is the problem. There's a whole heap of things that could be causing it, an ent will be able to observe you when you're knocked out to see where it's going wrong and potentially find a fix other than cpap.

These are 2 channels worth checking out on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/%40VikVeerENTSurgeon

https://www.youtube.com/%40dylanpetkusmd

I don't know of any but there surely must be. A blood oxygen/sleep monitor is essential a lot of smart watches have them.

There's little tweaks you can make yourself that can vastly improve things and you'll be able to see the differences on your sleep data every morning. Simple things like sleep position, treating any nasal congestion, cutting out certain foods, having a good sleep environment, weight loss, vitamins, supplements. Breathing and tounge exercises (both doctors I linked to have videos on what to do for tounge exercises). I'd get working on those things while waiting on a test.

Careful of some supplements if your not actively monitoring what's happening at night, I tried Magnesium Glycinate for 8 days straight until Monday and it really destroyed my sleep and it's meat to do the opposite, my REM and Blood oxygen was terrible on it. I kept taking it just to be sure it was that causing it.

Trying a moderate dose of NAC supplement for the next 14 days, 1st night was last night and I'm slightly optimistic but it's way to early to tell but last night was a good night, I hit all the sleep stage time goals, blood oxygen did dip below 90 but no major swings. Anyway bacon and eggs time (choline😉).

Apologies if i missed this earlier but what NAC supplement are you using?