Spleenstomper wrote:
My 24 hour sleep study starts Monday night-- really hoping i get some answers as to why im still sleeping 12-14 hours a day. Its like a have a veil of sleepiness covering my head. Even my "fat pants" are tight right now-- I need to turn this around and get to moving again.
I had a long talk with the RT at the DME about why my respironics apap seems possessed-- i find the filters across the floor in the morning (caused by coughing or sneezing with mask on) and about my mask leaks (because im sleeping so much, my full face silicone craps out after 2 weeks).
She is of the opinion (her pressure for herself ranges 13-15) that it is inevitble that the higher the pressure, the tighter the straps need to be because the mask (talking full face here) isnt going to be able to "float" on the face with higher pressures. I also found out my machine has a "comfort" feature which basically makes it an auto bipap with breathing in at higher pressure and breathing out against lower pressure. My doc wants to try me at min of 12 pressure (cureently at 10). I can tolerate breathing in at that high, but find it hard to exhale against it.
We will see what monday and tuesday shows and will adjust accordingly.
