I started a c-pap machine about a month ago. It’s not been fun and I’ve not enjoyed my time with it so far.
Have you had to experience this yet?
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2nd and 4th from the left looks like the best option for me. the rest have that hose going straight out the front would be under pressure constantly the way I lay when I sleep. haven’t ever used one but have thought about it. I just have experience sleeping in a hospital and know some sleeping positions get seriously compromised when you have cords, tubes or wires hanging/coming off of you. I’m mostly a side sleeper and can’t do the sleeping on my back at all.
From left to right, I started with #5 which is just the nose piece, but I think my deviated septum wasn’t letting enough air through, and it’s weird to have lived my entire life using my mouth to breath at night to suddently try to use just my nose.
now I’m on #7, which is the full face one with the head straps, and it’s not as secure as I’d like, because I can’t fall asleep on my back, has to be on my side, but that smooshing my face and breaks the seal and I get air all up in my face.
The struggle is real.
Breathing through the nose feels so much better than through the mouth. Why can’t you lay on your back with the mask? I have the same and I can easily lie on my back. Just not on my belly, which I never did anyways. What you describe happens to me if I put the mask on too tight. You could try and loosen it up a little.
When I looks closer I think my mask is a little bit more flexible than yours. It has some wiggle room for movement. The #7 in the picture looks somewhat more stern.
I can lay on my back, I just can’t fall asleep on my back, but the moment that I fall asleep I immediately roll onto my back, lol. One of the reasons I have the #7 is because I have a ZZ top style beard now, so I have to have straps all over the place and they have to be somewhat tight to make a seal over that big ol beard.
I own something like #7 and I can’t imagine sleeping without it anymore. I breath steadily with it and can sleep deeply again. The “tube play” is something you will get used to within a few weeks. After 2-3 nights without the masks I start feeling incredibly tired all the time, so I am very happy with the CPAP machine. If I lost some 40 pounds I would be trying again without it. But as it is I wouldn’t. In Germany the machine is covered by basic health care.
My aunt and uncle both switched to a dental solution (don’t know the English word, they put something in their mouth to sleep) some time ago and are able to sleep fine with that instead of the machine.
Mine is covered by insurance too, but that insurance is tied to my gainful employment by a corporation
Your healthcare system is so weird and ancient. The richest country in the world, where giant portions of the population just can’t afford to get sick. Hopefully you like your employing corporation. Or consider never getting sick from now on!
THIS^^^^^^
Sup dude! Been a long time. I got my first CPAP around the time we were all still playing the OG Guild Wars.
I use the nasal mask, and I also have a deviated septum. It took me years to figure this out, but what works for me is 1. making sure the CPAP machine is right next to my bed so there’s plenty of slack in the tube so if I roll over I don’t drag the machine off the night stand 2. getting a headstrap with a clip on top where I can secure the tube so it’s out of my way.
I sleep on my side and flip sides throughout the night. Also let your sleep specialist know that due to your deviated septum you’re having one nostril close up, or your seal is breaking, or whatever is happening. They might adjust your pressure or your mask. My doc ended up increasing my pressure, my ramp time, and my humidity – what happened to me was my ramp time was too low and the immediate high pressure and dry air made my sinuses swell and restricted my airway. After the changes, I breathe great when I sleep.
I think more slack is what I’m looking for now. that and maybe getting a cover for the tube, because I think the air is cooling down too much before it actually gets to me, I keep my house around 68!
Some folks use homemade cloth covers for the tube because it sometimes rubs and makes weird noises that wake them up. Maybe that would work?
Great idea!
I got my AirSense 10 about seven years ago and it’s still considered to be the best machine on the market today. I use the ResMed AirFit P10 (fifth from the right) after trying a few of the others. I’m a side sleeper so it works best for me. Otherwise I’d probably be using the AirFit 30 (I think it’s the third from the right). I’m just a touch overweight, but even when I wasn’t I had a snoring issue. I had the worst case of apnea my hospital had ever seen (yay, I’m the best). I really wish I could get the handheld ResMed, but insurance won’t cover it and it’s like a thousand dollars. It’d be really handy for when I just want to take a nap outside or something.
If you need a cpap, USE the cpap. Any decent durable medical supplier should be happy to work with you to get the mask that feels “just right”.
Also, FWIW, I haven’t used the water reservoir in my machine in over four years. Cleaning it is a pain and if it used you HAVE to clean everything [almost] daily or mold WILL grow due to all the moisture. I’m just way, way, too lazy so I just stopped using it and it was just fine. YMMV.