Changing The Pressure Of a Respironics Dreamstation APAP and CPAP, and DME Message
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How to change the pressure of a Philips Respironics Dreamstation CPAP and APAP machine. Please watch the entire video for important information. Then blow up the comment section!!
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After being unsucessful with cpap for years and ready to give up for good, it was this channel and changing my own pressure that finally got me to succeed.
That's great. I'm glad that you are on track and that we helped out with that.
EXACTLY!!!
Thank you so much for empowering me to adjust my Phillips DreamStation. I had been moved from 9 up to 11 pressure. I could not get used to the 11 and it aggravated a immune system dermatology condition I have because in addition to the DME company increasing my pressure under a doctor’s request ... they cranked up the heat and humidity too. I am an RN and have used all kinds of technology but to make us mushrooms in the dark about these simple machines makes me angry! Thanks again for empowering the consumer. It’s ridiculous that I should have to call my sleep doctor pulmonologist who then contacts the DME company just to change the pressure on my CPAP unit. No wonder our cost of healthcare is ridiculous in the US.
You are very welcome. Really glad to hear that the video was a help.
As a diabetic, I can tell you that the best advice I ever got from a Dr was when I asked him what to expect and he told me, I dont know, it's your body! And proceeded to teach me how to own my diabetes, make adjustments safely (something few Dr's will allow) and get the needed result. This video is the same thing. If you have sleep apnea, dont expect your Dr to know what is happening in your bed every night, don't expect them to believe what you tell them (They are Doctors after all). You have to SAFELY own your apnea treatment and this video is a great way to get on that road. Thanks Jason.
Thank you so much for posting this!!!! Not everyone can afford to keep going back to the clinic to have this simple adjustment made. I also appreciate your cautionary statements and suggestions for your viewers.
I was sent home with a pressure of 13 and woke up every morning feeling like an inflated balloon at 10.5 it works perfectly. Thank you so much for this information great video
I know this is rather old but if it makes u feel better they set me up with a pressure of 19 over 22 I wake up every morning with my face inflated like a damn balloon and a desert for a mouth when i told the sleep study people to please adjust it to something livable they said no and so i wake up every morning with a stomach full of air
@@ianrodriguez3944 I'm still trying to get mine right. The app shows it as going up to 20 and I just can't wear it.. I get a headache and it feels like my eyes are going to blow out of their sockets. I need to lower my pressure I believe.
Thank you soooo much. I am a nurse and a Veteran, I get my equipment and treatment thru the VA. Lets just say they are a little slow to answer texts or phone messages, but i appreciate the privilege of getting my healthcare from the VA. You have saved me so much time and saved me from losing sleep from fighting with this CPAP. Again, Thank you!!
You are THE MAN!!!! My ENT refused to adjust Rx pressure without a follow-up sleep study despite my complaints, etc. Here in the US, the sleep study would cost me close to $3K, and only partial insurance coverage. So ridiculous. Thanks for “cracking the code.” Cheers!
$3K???? Holy crap! You could fly to Australia, have the study and a holiday, fly back and not be that much poorer!
Brett Harrison Welcome to American healthcare. That the orange fuck nugget thinks its the best in the world.
@@DanaTheInsane is everything political?? I think healthcare in the US was way expensive before this person came into office, I'm not saying i support him but lets at least be honest about it.
@@larrycoffman4205 Take time to research the Canadian system. I'm not being political I just think you could see the difference between the U.S. and other nations around the world.
You need to change Insurance provider. I have Humana and I live in United States I paid $40 copay took care of everything.
Oh hell yes buddy,
For the last week I’ve been waking up two hours later to a hurricane. I have thought my 2 yr. old grandson had change my settings. So I thought I would do my own due diligence and I ran across you. Thank god!!!
The pressure was so high, I thought it was coming out of my ass. well thanks again I sincerely appreciate you and your very very educational video. Your friend ~Mikey
I’m a respiratory therapist 22 years at Yale hospital and you R so great!!!
It's crazy how much this machine is entangled in the bureaucracy. I can't get anything changed because the provider, doctor, and sleep study people just keep pointing fingers at each other and keep running endless tests.
Thank you!
Thank you for the video. My husband's doctor prescribed Philips Respironics Dreamstation CPAP machine with pressure to 12 cm which he could not adopt. He was getting up middle of the night extremely cranky. Sadly, his doctor's assistant refused to reset it at pressure which he can use the mask. Finally, i am able to reset it to the pressure which works for him. Great video.
change DRs
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My husband DID change doctors. It was a waste and cost us even more money. If you want something done right you have to do it yourself!
I really don’t need to change my pressure but I m a control freak. Thanks for showing me how. My life is much better now.
Thank you my pressure was so high my I had nose bleeds. Feeling so much in control now.. keep up the good advice I always learn from you. From Sydney Australia.
Hey man you helped me so much my autopap was set too low at 5 when I have severe apnea I bumped it up to just 9 and got so much better sleep thanks again
Thank you sooooooo much! My old CPAP was set to start at 9 and generally went up to round 12. My new Dream Station has been set at 5. I can't wear it because it makes me feel like I'm suffocating and just couldn't figure out how to get around the settings that have been pre-programmed. You've just saved me a lot of unneeded headaches. Thanks so much CPAP guru. : )
These reviews in them selves are so helpfull you all are heroes .
man, I have been following your videos for quite sometime...I was diagnosed 6 years ago, did not get enough info or support from 3 doctors and 3 DME trying to push me masks, supplies and not explaining anything, tried machines, tried masks...tmy prescriped pressure was 12 cm and I could not adapt to the nasal mask..nobody asked me if I was a mouth breather or anything...so I went and bought my Resmed Airsense on my own, downloaded Sleepyhead, and F20 full face mask, and a cerv collar...and by watching your videos..my AHI after 1 month is 1...consistent everyday for the last week..I am happy, my wife is happy, I feel better...thanks for the videos and info.
I GOT NO INFO AT ALL: DOCTORS SUCK
I have been on CPAP for the past 35 yrs with a ResMed pressure of 14. just did a sleep test and they set my pressure to 11 well my wife said I snore a lot with the new CPAP I called the CPAP company and they said WE CANT CHANGE THE PRESSURE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. BULL SHIT..... Thank you for this video I set my machine back to 14 and I sleep great.
My sleep doctor left my health system. Once you need a CPAP no miracle happens where I wouldn't need one. When my machine failed it was hellish to jump through hoops to get a new one. My setting had changed but the unfeeling health care system didn't care if I suffocated. Thanks to videos like this I could save myself.
Good stuff, seems to be a common question on the forums... ResMed A10s are basicly the same people .. Just the Home and dial button for a few seconds to get you into the pressure settings ... Keep on making vids man... Always so helpful!
I just had a sleep test and a charge of $8084 appeared on my supplement insurance. I never went back. I will buy my own equipment and rely on websites like yours. Very greatfull for what you do. Thanks.
I recently got a new machine and I have been very uncomfortable with it. I knew it was a pressure issue but didn't know how to change it. Thank you for this video. The gift of restful sleep is priceless.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! My doc set me up with auto starting at 5 which eventually ramps up to 12.8 after many many sleep events. Due to flow restrictions through the mask etc, the 5 setting feels like I am suffocating for what feels like an eternity before it finally reaches a level where I am comfortable and can breathe well enough to truly fall asleep and stop struggling for air. It feels like "waterboarding light". I had to fake apnea events to get the pressure up enough to breathe comfortably and sleep since I got this thing. I am ok with a high pressure out of the gate and don't need ramp etc.
Thank you for ending my torture.
I got send with 5 pressure as well. Had to bring it up because it felt like I was suffocating. This guy is a life saver 👍👍👍
Turned on my machine for the first time and it was jacked up to 20, felt like it blew my ear drums out! "Hacked" my settings and I'm at a perfect 10. Thank you for keeping things light but still technical, Aloha!
God bless you sir for sharing this info! My husband's CPAP settings were very wrong from the beginning. He stopped using it because the pressure went up too high and often flung it off his face multiple times a night. Getting his CPAP to work correctly has been a nightmare. Your simple instructions showed us that his pressure settings were maxed at 20 mm when his prescription was maxed at 15 mm! He even had another sleep study done and his new prescription is 5 mm to 10 mm but we couldn't get anyone to change the settings. He would fling the mask off or spasm awake when he wasn't using the CPAP so often that we couldn't even sleep together most of the night! Ever since he fixed the settings himself 2 nights ago he's been sleeping better and last night I actually was able to truly sleep next to him cause he wasn't waking up flinging the mask off. ENDLESS THANKS to you good sir!
My wife started using CPAP last week and after struggling with the usual start up difficulties we talked to her Dr. about reducing the upper pressure setting of her APAP range from 15 to 12. The Dr. said yes and prescribed the change. My wife continued to have difficulty using the machine again last night and when I checked her numbers in the DreamMapper app this morning, I found that her range on her APAP settings was NOT to 6 to 12, it was 6 to 6! And her AHI which has been in the in the 3 to 5 range with a max of 8 was 19! Someone obviously made a mistake. Using the information you provided has enabled me to set her APAP range to 6-12 as the Dr. prescribed. I'll be "talking" with my CPAP people today, but you have enabled me to protect my wife from what seems to have been careless incompetence. Thank you!
Your a freaking life saver! My mask stays on my face now instead of me throwing it off due to the pressure being to high! TY!
Nice!
You don't know how much I appreciate your help, you are definitely the best.
GBY.
Thanks for the video! My husband's doctor wanted him to take his machine back to the device company and have them bump it up. You saved me a trip to town.
I can't thank you enough for this. I've had the same ResMed unit for 15 yrs. Recently it has started to cut out at night. My oxygen company is requiring a new sleep study before giving me a new one. But I can't see the pulmonologist for 3 months. Luckily my best friend has a spare but I didn't know how to set it to the pressure I require. Thanks to your video I'm all set.
5:55 "Oh my God, my doctor is trying to kill me" ROFL. This was me exactly. I adjusted the max pressure from 20 to 12 which was above my 90% max pressure and the metrics all improved (AHI/usage/mask fit). My doc was cool with it and impressed with my initiative. I was concerned she'd be snarky about it. I'm sleeping so much better these days.
Great Advice! Started "tuning" my Dream Station to my comfort level and after 2 months my 30 day AHI average is down to 0.8 and I have recorded 3 "0.0 days".
I lost my insurance and my 4 year old cpap broke. Purchased a new one without a prescription and needed to figure out how to set my new machine to the original machine's settings. Thanks for this! Godsend.
Great Video. For information my hospital put me on a Phillips System 1 with a pressure of 11cmH2O , and for somone not used to this it felt like it was blowing my face off. I dropped this to progressively to 8.5 looking at the API values, currently at 1.5 for 30 days average. On a recent visit to check out my machine at hospital the nurse seemed amazed that I actually checked the API data held on the machine and sim card. Absolutely true that end users should be able to change their pressures in an informed way. If I had stuck with 11cmj I would have dumped the whole Apnea machine idea altogether. Just dropped to 7.5 cm to see what the API results look like. If the go to 5 or over I will increase the pressure again. Presumably Phillips want you to buy the auto Dreamstation at extra cost so they can do the adjustments for you.... Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the video! My pressure was too high initially, and I got aerophagia. I called the doctor, who wrote a new prescription and the medical supply company called me and walked me through what you just did. I didn't remember how to get back into those settings if I ever needed to, so it's great to have this video as a reference.
Totally appreciate you. My pressure was really low and you saved me a trip to the CPAP technician. You rock dude! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have sucked the life out of two bipap machines in the last ten years, bipap cured my cronic AFib, after four cardoversians. Thank you for your help setting my used spare machine. (Receiving my new third machine tomorrow)
Thank you for this!!!!!! My doctor takes forever to get things done risking my life after I bought my cpap and sit waiting for him to change pressure setting. I fall asleep driving I cant wait!
Thank you for this. I recently lost 40 pounds and knew my pressure needed to be adjusted. In two years, I never once saw my “doctor”, although his assistant was very nice. However, after collecting from my insurance and me making my copays, they tried to collect even more money, so I haven’t been back in a year. I lowered my pressure and it worked like a charm!
Thank you so much! You did save my life. I haven't slept a good night for weeks because the pressure was too low and could not get my doctor to hook up with the company controlling my Dream Station. Min. pressure was stuck at 4 and was utterly useless to me.
I did get my doctor to prescribe an increase, but they only increased it to 7.5, which helped a little, but some nights was still too little pressure, especially when fall allergies were kicking in. The last month has been a horror for me as I've asked my doctor to send another prescription. He said he did, but the company said he didn't and I was caught in an endless maze of miscommunication through too many different channels. Neither my doctor nor the control company showed they couldn't care less.
Thank you so much!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I've been suffering through a 4 start for 5 years, wake up to an 8-12, but the falling asleep has been harsh...i don't know why i never though of looking up an option but thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
You are the total bomb! I've lost weight. I've been ripping off my mask every night and I got frustrated and stopped wearing it. But I was losing sleep so I searched, found your channel, changed it and I've felt way better ever since! Thank you soooo much! Xo
I lasted two minutes last night before I yanked mine off...
This guy is 100% correct! I adjusted my max auto pressure down to 9.5 from 20 and I am sleeping much better!! Thank you
9:29 pm Thank you so much for this video. Had gastric bypass revision and pressure was tooooo high. Didn't know how to change it until I came across your video. Hopefully I will sleep better tonight. Will let you know. 😊
This is amazing. I had to buy this set as an APAP because my CPAP broke suddenly and I’d have to wait a few days for a replacement. Didn’t feel comfortable doing that so I bought the APAP, which I HATED. With this I was able to set it to CPAP and my pressure. Perfect and no 3k doctor visit.
I adjusted my own res-med and told my sleep therapist that ...He just about bruised his ovaries! I had to switch to BiPap because Cpap (at any setting) doesn't work so here I am checking the hack of the dream station.. Pressure was So High It was like the Mask was a Hovercraft at full throttle!. Useless. Thank You for the information!
Thank you soooo much! My pressure was originally 8, it was a bit much at first so my specialist dropped it to 4. He said it was fine for me either end of that range. Recently I had a tonsil infection and my tonsils got bigger and 4 wasn’t cutting it. To go back to 8 I’d have had to spend hundreds on medical appointments for something I know I’m allowed to do. Thank you!
Well, you’re right. One of the nurses at my apnea doctor showed me how to adjust the pressure and with a little experimentation I was able to dial it in to just what I needed. I changed it, saw how I slept and how I felt, and went from there. It has been life changing. If I had to take this back to the doctor’s office every time to have it changed it would have taken me months to get it dialed in.
This super helped me because I have a loaner machine while mine is getting fixed. I had to further learn what some options were... they had a feature turn on to reduce the pressure for the first few days. I'm super well adjusted to my current pressure and I turned that feature off in the menu you just showed me. Thank you.
Actual tears of joy for this video.
I have used on auto for a week. My CO2 levels are higher in the mornings. I feel better in the morning than I have in a long time. Thank you very much for your video.
Thank you! My doctor had me on auto and 20 of pressure and it made it feel like I couldn’t breathe. Tonight I’m trying CPAP and 8 of pressure.
Doctor did wonderful. I got ZERO follow up with all three therapist I was provided over my ten years of use. My personal experience was therapist is a must initially to supposedly fit you, and explain workings of machine and humidifier. Actual fact, never could get hold of them nor return of calls and written inquires. I remember saying air is exiting every orifice in my body. . . .setting at 20. M.D. called therapist while I stood in his office and said you adjust down to 14, then went down to 7 over time. Saying my nose was bleeding, I can't breath over the pressure. . . .nothing suggested nor done until told this doctor I was giving it up after 4 mo. Thank goodness the doctor really cared whether I used. You R helping people. When you have to experiment with mask types, pressure, etc., totally frustrating not to have person interested in responding. I am certain you alter lives and save them.
Thank you sooo much. I switched from a res med to a respironics and had the same pressure setting. I feel like the two may have a slight difference in the amounts so I was able to set it a little higher and now it works much better. Thanks so much.
Dude... I've been struggling with this machine since my dinosaur machine broke a couple years ago. The VA wanted me to do some stupid time lengthy stuff to get a new machine, but, I have good health insurance so I went private. Well, I've been on 8 but not sleeping worth a crap. I always know when my pressure is too low because I wake up without the mask on, because I RIP it off... thanks man, thank you uh so much!
Thanks for having this! I just had weight loss surgery and will be dropping off kilos quick. My doc had mentioned that the pressure correlates to weight in a way and I can’t afford to see this specialist every few weeks when I knock off a bunch of weight 😂 thanks again
I've been using a Dreamstation auto pap for 4 months after being diagnosed back in October of 2019. I started using the machine an average of 6.0 to 7.5 hours a night since the day I brought it home. I'm using the Dreammapper app to track my sleep quality. My average AHI Is in the 3.5 range, with occasional jumps to 6.0 and dips to as low as .7. My range was set by my doctor from 4-20.
After about a month of starting out feeling like I was suffocating for 15 minutes or so when I first turned it on each night, I changed the 4 to 5.5. When I went back for my follow-up appointment, my doctor was all surprised and suspicious because the beginning number had changed and questioned me as to how the number changed and who did it. I did, ya big dummy.
Now, since my 100% compliance has obviously made my insurance gods happy with me, I feel like I've been forgotten in 5.5-20 purgatory. I still have far too many events each night as far as I'm concerned. Last night wasn't a good night - My AHI was 4.7, with a usage time of 6.23. I had 27 total hypopneas and 3 total obstructive apneas, but my 90% pressure was only 7.9. I realize that an AHI below 5.0 is normal, butI still feel pretty tired during the day.
I'm going to make an appointment with my doctor rather than just adjust the pressures on my own (although thanks to your video, I now know how to do that), but your video has explained to me why I could still so tired even though I religiously use my machine. Thank you!
I found it helpful. I just got my replacement machine from Respironics today. Good lord it took forever just wanted to know how it works.
I love your information. I am having a problem sleeping since I have received my new machine and the pressure is so high. I am not sure I will change it but I am grateful that you are giving this information out
Thank you for your easy peasy instructions as the "professional" changed mine from 7 to 9 whippeeee.... now I can test to see what's best for me :)
thanks. i'm furious that my dr. told me NOTHING. NOTHING NOTHING. u were v. helpful I RETURNED to try the nose mask and i told him off for NOT TELLING me about my options on my 1'st visit.
whats more. i mentioned the pressure settings and he told me leave it alone it is not for ME
I can hug you!!! Lol I could not figure out how to change hubby's CPAP from his old machine. He has this exact one...and the highest was 9.5( could not figure it out)
I just found your channel. I'm so glad I found this video, my sleep Dr refused to change the pressure of my machine and I didn't know how, that is until I found this! Thank you so much
Thanks for this! I'm a new user and have been sleeping poorly, with AHIs no better than my sleep study. Yesterday doc prescribed raising my pressure but it has to be done through my CPAP provider (what is the term for them?). But they likely won't do it until after the weekend, and meanwhile I want a good night's sleep. So I'm glad to be able to up the pressure to my doc's recommendation myself instead of waiting. Granted it may not help, but it's better than waiting.
Thanks so much, my docs gave a bipap machine and set the pressure at 24, yes you read that right 24. This was after I had the flue and pneumonia and was hospitalized for 21 days (oh yeah the PE's from them not giving me blood thinners while I was stuck not moving at all for 2 weeks). Then a year later I changed insurance companies and got another test down to 18, so they gave me a new machine but wouldn't reset my old one. I now have a spare in case anything happens to my machine.
I so appreciate this information. I am frustrated that some medical supplier is controlling my machine. I feel left out of my health care decisions by that set up. Also they charge too much. I can get all the gear cheaper elsewhere and submit to my insurance. I don't want the middle-man. This allows me to take back control of my machine and my sleep health. Thank you.
My first night with this thing - not good. Just wanted to assure myself about the flex settings and range. Looks ok. There's hope. Actually, I had to hold down the knob and ramp button for about 6 seconds. Thanks so much!!
Thank you for the donation. I really appreciate it! Couldn’t find you email address associated, so I’ll thank you here! 😁
@@Freecpapadvice You're very welcome. It really eased my mind to peek at the settings.
Great video. My pressure came at 16 , and I kept calling the number and explaining that I was actually sleeping worst than before, I couldn't even exhale because I had so much air blowing in my face! I felt like my eyes where about to pop off! Not to mention that the setting was locked so I couldn't turn on the humidifier(which it came with) and my mouth was super dry , like I couldn't even swallow. I really don't understand some of this doctors. Now finally I feel better using it! This video helped me a lot!
Lifesaver! Starting at 4 or 5 made me feel like I was suffocating to death. Bumped up to 8 and it's perfect
Thank You 🙏I was ready to just give up
Great video and thanks 👍 some of these settings are confusing without a manual and since this video was done years ago it's even better now.!
HAHA when I got this station from my medical provider they all assumed people are stupid when it comes to settings. You could not be more correct. I did not have this machine for 2 days and I was already adjusting the settings to a point where I sent an update to my provider they are alike . Oh wow you have it set up better than we did how did you do it.. my answer I am not an idiot.. lol. great video man
Well... I got my Dreamstation autoBipap off of... Amazon. 😲 I had an Rx but it wasn't required for purchase. Anyway, the directions to set the Rx were in the box. Setting it up was a piece of cake. 😀
I'm just glad that you didn't make a video then!!!!!
TheLankyLefty27 LOL 🤣
Are you in the US?
bro can you tell how you did that? my insurance denied my authorization and my dr will not give me a prescription because the deal the clinic has with the insurance does not allow him to do, IM SO ANGRY THAT I WAS DENIED
Thank u was able to put mums machine on right settings as it locked on lower persure when house electricity triped she wasnt able sleep for 2 night until i came across your video thanks alot.
Thank you!!! I quit smoking and my breathing has improved so I havent been able to use my mask for like 2 weeks and im an avid user. I lowered my pressure by 1 and I can tell a difference.
Love this video. I just received my dreamstation today and I was worried about the pressure my doctor has me on but thanks to you I know how to change it. But I will try my doctor’s prescription pressure first before anything. Thanks for this video
My Respironics Dream Station came at a constant pressure of 7 which was only having a marginal affect on my sleep apnea. I followed the video directions to change the setting from cpap to apap and I couldnt get the Therapy setting to come up...UNTIL....I held down all three buttons (power/ramp/dial) and there it was. I was able to change the settings as shown in the video. I am going to try the 8-12 and see how that works for me
I have never actually seen a Doctor and ive been on a cpap for 5 years. ! ! !
Heck yeah!
Then you’re dumb AF
My husband just got one through his Dr, no instructions, so I went to UA-cam. Dr keeps changing it, and his ahi gets way worse. He adjusted well to settings I put(.6-2.6 ahi on mine, 6+ on theirs). Now we're considering getting myself one, and not through a Dr, even if that means we pay for the machine, when insurance would cover 100% through a Dr lol
Thank you so much. My CPAP machine was sent to me locked and tbe pressure was ser so high I couldn't use it. The heated humidifier was also set too high and I couldn't change that either. The manual was a joke and didn't help. I paid for this machine out of my own pocket, so I expect full control of it. Doctors always think they know best, but I guess malpractice lawsuits say something different. Again thank you for this video, it saved me a lot of time, hassle, and stress!
Glad it helped
Thank you so much because of you I can change my machine with the pressure Dr. told me is best for me, the company that sent the machine to me never do it and never sent any personal to do it , thank you so much for your helpful video. Thank you.
Yes medicine is best when the patient is actively involved in their treatment. Understand what your condition is and monitor the therapy. Many things can be adjusted to provide better treatment. This is one of those things....I also think that the only cpap machine worth having has auto titration because every night is a little different. Thanks for the help here!!
I agree with you. I went from I think a pressure setting from 9 to 19. I had to get retested for this. if I had known about this I would have done it myself.
Thank you so much for this.. I have been trying to figure out how to turn down my mom's machine because her doctors wouldn't tell her how to.. Thank you.. She sleeps much better now.. Thank you
The last 10 seconds should have come first. Key advice, “if under supervision of your doctor see him or her with evidence to help them adjust settings.” However this video was very helpful.
Thank you for this. I have literally been struggling with this machine for years, feeling like I was suffocating.
GREAT stuff. You are awesome! I appreciate that you credit us with enough sense to know how to use the info you give us responsibly :-) The side of my head on the pillow gets sweaty at night but now I can turn up my CPAP pressure until air blows out my ears and keeps my head cool. Couldn't have done it without you! I think my machine has a foam breakdown problem though. I keep finding some kind of grey stuff on my pillow in the mornings. The good news is there's less every day ...
Thank you. Very helpful. Pressure got changed somehow on the weekend so I couldn’t take the machine in. I just started using it and wanted to chance it back. Thanks again.
Thank you. I got mine used I have no insurance so I always have to pay cash when I go to the doctors. I had it stuck at 8. And it was to high for me. And I was thinking I wasted 1,700 bucks. For something I won’t uses. And now my wife has the best sleep she has had in 12 years. Thank you so so much
Inherited my mom's. Just had my test with the mask and in limbo waiting for results and you just helped me change it from 10 to 4.5 thanks
Thank you, my station is like sleeping in a wind tunnel, it wakes me up several times a night. It was great years ago when I got the machine but now that I have lost 80 lbs not so great now.
very helpful. I was having increased hypopnea and i actually woke myself up gagging/snoring...WITH my CPAP on and mouth taped...yeah...needed pressure. Thank you.
Great info! I bought a spare unit for travel so I don't forget mine at home or have the need to pack it up once or twice a week!
I got a CPAP and got calibrated 2 years ago, go to my neumologist, requesting a second sleep exam. The response was "Most health care providers only cover 1 study for life". Sooo I landed here.
If I would have left the pressure at what they said I needed, I would not have had a night sleep in the last 4 years. I keep telling my doctors that I am the one who has to live in this body and am subject to privileged hands on information because of it. Don't like it when they speak with condescending tone, happens too often
They just want more $$
I think you need to change doctors...
Thank You So much. I finally feel better and Don't wake up with headaches.
Thanks! Had a follow-up sleep study and on the follow-up visit, they forgot to tell me to bring the machine and the doc wanted me to come back yet again for him to change the settings (which he told me). Ain't wasting another 2 hours just to have him poke the buttons for 30 seconds.
LOL!!! There is good money in button poking. :^)
Just changed the pressure bcz I keep taking the head piece off. I'm loving the extra pressure. Thsnks!
Thank you very much. I went in for a compliance check yesterday and asked a couple of questions. After a couple of adjustments my machine was stuck on 8 instead of auto and the humidifier didn't turn on all night. So after a night of almost zero sleep I have to work all day and the try to readjust everything. Your simple instructions should be very helpful.
I love your truthfulness! Thank you for clearing up a lot of questions for me.
Bro, just thank you so friggen much! You have no idea how much this has helped me
I'm so excited to try this. I have been so unsuccessful using my Cpap. I asked if the pressure could be lowered. The sleep Dr said no. I tried to reason that a little bit of pressure is better than no pressure. Hence it has sat in my closet for years. Recently seen the the ED and told that because I'm not using my cpap, its going to put me in chf in the long run. At least this give me a chance to adapt.