I wake up without my cpap mask after a few hours every night. In total I might get 6 hours with it after putting it on multiple times.
Doctors think I’m doing fine due to total amount of hours used, and my resmed cpap claims I’m at below 1 event/hour. I’m not doing fine and I think the numbers are lying to me.
I snore a million, my mouth gets dry, and my nose tightens up, so my nasal mask isn’t always that nice to use. Other masks also annoy me.
What do? I haven’t sleep a solid 8 hours for 3-4 years :(
Keep at it - there are a ton of things you can try which will help. Try to use reddit to see what other people are looking at.
If there is one thing I can recommend you - get the Wellue O2 Monitor. This wil montior your O2 saturation through the night - if the saturation is dropping, you know that there is an issue, irrespective of what the resmed cpap claims. The resmed cpap figures cant be trusted imo.
But once you know what the saturation levels are, you can try a LOT of things which might help. Different cpap masks, head of bed elevation, mouth tape, neck straps - what you end up using will depend on your condition. But imo - dont rely on doctors to diagnose and fix you - you will have to do it yourself. Fortunatately there is a ton of people who are trying things out in reddit and extremely unlikely that you have a conditoin which is not fixable.
Just keep at it and track it using the O2 ring and try out what works for you.
Obviously I don’t know you or your specific situation, but I lost 120 pounds taking Zepbound and my apnea is gone. I make sure to take fluticasone in each nostril before I sleep, but getting to a healthy weight eliminated my apnea.
If you aren’t overweight, this might not help, but hopefully it’ll help someone!
I’m 130 kg and know it’s way too much. Hard to gather the energy for loosing weight.
Can you take fluticasone permanently? Sometimes it’s like I just lie down and my nasal congestion gets worse instantly
> Can you take fluticasone permanently?
This is a surprisingly controversial question.
I've known more than one person who claims something to the effect of becoming addicted to Flonase. Like now they have to take it only to feel like how they felt before they started taking it.
Rebound inflammation when stopping use is a real effect with long-term use of corticosteroids and can, at least briefly, be worse than the initial symptoms were.
As someone with multiple mild inflammatory disorders I've always been afraid to use steroids consistently lest I have nothing effective when things are worst.
This is suppose to be a tell tale sign of deviated septum (lying down and losing airflow).
Find a mask that doesn't have snap magnets to hold it to your head... if you make it harder to take off, you might wake up and catch yourself taking it off.