I was just diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea and now have a CPAP but can’t sleep using it (claustrophobia/panic, “drowning in air” feeling, discomfort, allergies/air pressure & congestion issues, etc). I also wear full dentures. Any recommendations for a mouthpiece or something like that for someone who wears full dentures that takes them out at bedtime?

AdeptHealth is always hitting me up when I’m due to replace headgear, hoses, the tank for distilled water, etc. I can afford it right now as I’ve hit my deductible but is it really necessary to replace as frequently as they suggest or is it just a money grab?

Waiting on exact date from the hospital, but i’m in the final stretch of time before my MMA surgery. I know recovery will be brutal—33, male, physically very fit here with a low bodyfat percentage but yet have had sleep apnea my whole life. CPAP intolerant and been on MAD for 3 years but it’s had diminishing returns. My oxygen saturation level dips to 70 percent at night. It’s bad. I had to quit my full time job in 2022 because my sleep apnea became so bad. The surgery models show that by moving upper, lower jaw and chin forward and everything getting a 20 degree clockwise rotation my airways will seriously open up. The surgery team is great and does the operation a lot. I feel i’m in great hands.

I’m excited for the surgery. I truly am. I’d love to hear other cases (preferably from those who are similarly aged and for lack of a better wording in a weight range that is not typical for sleep apnea), how it went, recovery, etc. I am already well prepared for 6 weeks for blended meals although not being able to exercise for a bit does make me feel like i’ll go a bit crazy.

Anyway yeah, anyone else done it?

Have been on CPAP for almost three years, have adjusted to the mask (nasal) and sleep pretty well on it. My oxygen stats look good, my apnea number is always below 1, but my Apple Watch sleep app frequently shows low REM, like under 30 minutes a night. On occasional nights when I’ve fallen asleep without my mask on, I get a “normal” REM night (usually 1.25 hours REM with several full cycles). With CPAP it’s just tiny slices of REM (sadly I can’t attach pic). Has anyone else had this?

I feel like this all the time, despite sleeping for 10 hours, and taking anti depressant and sleeping pills I have problem with using cpap

I'm in the US. Luckily (in a fucked way) I've already spent >$2k out of pocket so it would be cheaper to do it this year.

I'm just wondering if / when it's recommended. Should we always be seeing a specialist or does it depend?

Lofta came back moderate/severe and I've already got my CPAP. I'm not saying I'm in tip top shape since, but the intense grogginess I'd feel has gone.

I should add whilst it'll be cheaper this year, it's hardly ideal financially. I just worry despite improvements I'm doing something wrong. Afterall wtf do I know.

Well basis on many recommendations on Reddit , i bought a humidifier and placed it next to my bed , Honestly i had the best sleep in ages .

Thanks for who recommended it .

So I've recently been diagnosed with OSA and I got my CPAP 3 days ago and I haven't successfully slept with it on yet I've given up after an hour or mostly because idk what I'm doing I feel like I have to match the rhythm of the machine pumping the air but that triggers manual breathing so I can't focus on relaxing and falling asleep and when I don't match the rhythm i choke on the air or I can't breathe what am I doing wrong?

I had surgery Friday! It went amazingly well. I had a transpalatal advancement with a modified UPPP. I spent one night in the hospital.

I currently have NO pain which is shocking. It does feel hard to swallow because my throat is very swollen and stitched up. But no pain currently and I am only taking steroids and celebrex. Surprisingly the roof of my mouth where they took out a tiny piece of bone doesn’t hurt at all.

Just thought I would give an update. I won’t know how well it worked for 6-8 weeks.

Hi, recently started cpap therapy. But air going outside is bit noisy, could somebody recommend silent mask?

In my city with one hospital i can't get home study test till August. Dunno if there's that many people that suspect apnea or the hospital doesn't have that many machines or short staff. With being so sleepy in the morning & can't fall back asleep what do you do to "wake up"? I usually feel better in the afternoon but the mornings feel like I've been on an all night bender.

I (F23) started CPAP about a month ago. My AHI was mild in the study but my oxygen was in the low 80s, so I felt like I had a permanent hangover. Getting this machine changed my life. Now I can wake up, do things all day, and I don’t micro sleep or nap anymore. Still, if I’m not out doing something, I get sleepy by 9 PM. I wake up around 6:30 for work, so I’m getting about 9 hours of sleep. I used to sleep about 12 hours, so I guess it’s better. Is this part of the adjustment period? Or is this just how my body is? It feels kind of weird to get tired so early and I’m wondering if anyone else has been through anything similar.

He has loud noise of snore and choke sounds And he kicks his legs in reptive moment I am not sure what is it ? He is 45 and smoking for 20+ years and don't listen to health issues

Also, are there other situations where you find the CPAP helpful? Ex: sleepy/yawning in the morning and not breathing that much/regularly in the morning because of the sleepiness -> use CPAP

Any other recreational uses of the CPAP?

I have always been in decent shape, and my BMI is below average- but I wake up with TMJ (have to manually pop my jaw back into place), have bad teeth grinding, often feel extremely tired. I find breathing throughout the day quite difficult as well (in part due to a deviated septum, a chiari malformation and pectus excavatum; all affect breathing in different ways).

I think, however, that the environment I am living in may be playing a part in this as well (it may be the main contributor) in that there is high humidity, mold, and not enough airflow - possibly leading to my body compensating in order to breathe (I WFH). Overall - not sure whether it is worth it or not to get tested and pursue treatment for apnea. Not sure if anyone will read - but does what I’m resonate with anyone? Has anyone in a similar situation had success with treatment?

I've had sleep apnea for over a decade. Always been on a sleep machine, though it has never seemingly made things better. My unmatched insomnia just makes it impossible to get a sleep study inside a lab setting instead of at home study. Circadian rhythm has been screwed for a decade. Rarely sleep. Body feels like it only wants sleep every 48hr instead of daily. If I do sleep, it's a miserable 4-8am after a cocktail of sleep meds.

I've had a million instances w/ my severe apnea of waking up, gasping for air, heartrate going 180+bpm. But today was hell on a whole new level.

I almost never have dreams. Maybe due to Ambien keeping me in light sleep or other meds keeping me in light sleep cycle instead of REM. I can literally wake up to a feather dropping on the ground.

Today though I did somehow dream. Pleasant. Uneventful. No nightmare. But during this dream, I actually had a severe apnea episode, to the suffocating point that my body thought I was truly dying, and woke me up mid-REM dream cycle. I heard during this REM that everyone's body is naturally paralyzed to not actively act out in your dream state. But at same time, my brain forced me waking up as it could tell I was suffocating to death.

I was completely paralyzed. Heart going ape shit. Unable to breathe. Couldn't move an inch. Couldn't grab my phone to call 911. Tried screaming for my roommate but couldn't speak. Truly felt paralyzed having a heart attack.

By the time I was able to finally move & used a finger oximeter minutes later, heartrate was around 180 with o2 at 92%. I'm sure it was far, far worse during the sleep paralysis event.

Just wondering if anyone else has gone thru this. Any tips :( I am truly traumatized by what happened. Spent all day shaking & crying over what transpired. Now I have this severe PTSD over trying to sleep ever again. I wish there was an emergency hospital setting I could be at to be supervised for my next sleep attempt, this doesn't feel like something that can wait for an appt weeks or months from now....scared for my life honestly. Is there a such thing as emergency sleep study? Or could a hospital actually keep me overnight to watch over my next sleep attempt?

Quote from another redditor in a CPAP thread i came across-

I am having a really hard time with my CPAP because I simply cannot get myself to stop breathing manually with the thing on- additionally it feels really like i have to push fairly hard to breathe out which makes relaxing and or focusing on something else impossible- especially to breathe out at a non equal tempo to inhale/exhale as described in the quite in the title. I don't really get how that is supposed to work?

I think I 'manually breathe' a lot of the day as well and this contributes to this feeling? Does anyone have any tips?

My sleep quality has been terrible lately. I have mixed sleep apnea but am currently untreated (complicated to explain). I know I should be on Cpap but for various reasons it’s not happening at the moment.

Anyhow, I am having a nagging suspicion. That carbs are making my body feel terrible. I am not overweight and I am a lifelong athlete, lots of lean muscle.

But I feel like carbs are really bad for me. I eat a wide range of diet, always healthy. But I am thinking maybe I secretly have some intolerance to carbs or gluten. My wife is vegetarian and her diet is mostly carbs, so I end up eating more carbs as well, a lot of bread and pasta and potato’s and all those things. I feel like if I try and go on the Paleo diet then my sleep quality will improve.

Anyone else experiment with this? Or find any improvement when your diet changed?

Hey there, last year I was diagnosed with moderate obstructive sleep apnea (currently seeing if it was a misdiagnosis and may actually be mixed sleep apnea).

I've been on CPAP therapy for 9 months and have not felt any better and am now wondering whether the symptoms I have/had are related to sleep apnea at all and maybe the CPAP is working.

Symptoms are:

Confusion, poor memory, dizziness, lack of motivation, everything is a challenge, tired, fatigued.

And the main ones are muscle fatigue where it feels as if my muscles aren't working or are weighing me down, plus whether I go to the gym and increase my calories and protein I can never seem to make progress no matter what, like one day Ill be good and the next week ill struggle to lift even close to the weight.

& I daydream or like lose focus in my eyes easily, happens all day every day where I'll be doing something and my eyes will like blur and lose focus and sometimes ill do that and end up daydreaming and not breathing, but I never shut my eyes or anything.

Any ideas if you experienced these symptoms or can relate them to sleep apnea would be great.

I'm just trying to understand whether the CPAP is actually doing anything or whether its worth trying a BILEVEL with backup rate.

Sleep study:

2.7 centrals/hr

14.2 hypopneas/hr

I did an at-home test via one of those online prescriptions, now I have a script to buy. But I feel odd choosing the supplies myself. Is ResMed 10 just that good? I'll get a mask, and if it fits right, stick with it, then adjust pressure with OSCAR? That's it and I won't be messing anything up?

Has anyone had success with those mouth guards that hold your tongue?

I don't understand this and I haven't had a chance to review it with the sleep doctor. Can someone explain what this means?

I'm going on a camping trip and I know that using the humidifier isn't practical. I thought about trying a waterless humidifier attachment but I can't figure out if it would work with my mask. It's a ResMed AirFit F20.

I’ve been struggling with a host of health issues the last few months and recently my significant other recorded me stop breathing for a while in the middle of the night and suggested I get a sleep test. I went to the doctor and they got me a referral for a local company but I can’t get a test until the end of May and then they said it would be 2-3 weeks until the neurology appointment could look at it and read my results. I just sent a message to my PCP but should I get the lofta test and just pay out of pocket? I don’t know if I want to wait that long as my mental and physical health are concerning and I’m waking up 2-4 times per night. Any suggestions are appreciated!