CPAP - WTF

[El Diablo Blanco]

You will so know the first morning when you get it right...


Also, your blood pressure issues will get a lot better.


Also also...the newer machine are what are called "self titrating" which means a computer can detect when you need more pressure and adjust...which means, within narrow limits, weight changes won't throw anything off.

I hope so. A week now and I’ve barely gotten through a couple hours. Can’t sleep with it on.  Fucking sucks because I want it to work.

[Fortress]

I wake approximately 97 times every hour, snore like a cannon and relentlessly speak angrily (according to family, friends and girlfriends) and generally despise going to bed.

The only pleasantness for Fortress in “hitting the sack” is hammering out a load before I begin the chaos and trauma I call sleep.

But I’m a man, so it’s to be expected.

Only soyboy phaggots wake “refreshed”.

[tres_taco_combo]

i need to get a sleep study -

mouth breather at night a bad thing?

[El Diablo Blanco]

i need to get a sleep study -

mouth breather at night a bad thing?

Apparently a mouth breather in general is a bad thing.  Fuck that. I can’t breathe from my nose.

[tres_taco_combo]

Apparently a mouth breather in general is a bad thing.  Fuck that. I can’t breathe from my nose.

ugh -

[ESFitness]

I got maybe 2 hours of sleep in my sleep study.  The whole setup was uncomfortable but in those two hours they found I stopped breathing about 15 times on my side and close to 30 when I was on my stomach and one point I stopped for 65 seconds straight.  So they will get some results from you.

Sleep on your stomach?? How TF do you manage that? I'd suffocate lol

[Agnostic007]

I hope so. A week now and I’ve barely gotten through a couple hours. Can’t sleep with it on.  Fucking sucks because I want it to work.

I was diagnosed last year. The diagnostic showed I was struggling an amazing amount of times during the night. I Knew something was wrong when my wife was complaining about the snoring and I was always tired during the day. My wife would say there was times when I wouldn't breath for half a minute or more. The motivation for me was when I would dream I was drowning and couldn't get air. I went through 3 masks before I found one I could get used to. The nose type was no good I'm a mouth breather. I hung in, and when I found the right fit I took my time, 1 hr, for a week, 2 hours for a week, until I could stand it for the night. I can tell you a year later, it's night and day. There are times when I'm traveling when I don't have the gear that I can tell the difference when I wake up. All I can say is keep trying masks, don't force it, if you get to where you want to take it off  then do it, and work your way into 8 hours    

PS. Cudos for bringing this up on Getbig, not everyone wants to help. 

[sync pulse]

i need to get a sleep study -

mouth breather at night a bad thing?

yes...

[El Diablo Blanco]

I was diagnosed last year. The diagnostic showed I was struggling an amazing amount of times during the night. I Knew something was wrong when my wife was complaining about the snoring and I was always tired during the day. My wife would say there was times when I wouldn't breath for half a minute or more. The motivation for me was when I would dream I was drowning and couldn't get air. I went through 3 masks before I found one I could get used to. The nose type was no good I'm a mouth breather. I hung in, and when I found the right fit I took my time, 1 hr, for a week, 2 hours for a week, until I could stand it for the night. I can tell you a year later, it's night and day. There are times when I'm traveling when I don't have the gear that I can tell the difference when I wake up. All I can say is keep trying masks, don't force it, if you get to where you want to take it off  then do it, and work your way into 8 hours   

PS. Cudos for bringing this up on Getbig, not everyone wants to help. 

My goal now is to get through an hour or two nap with it on during the day.  Better with a nap than fucking up my sleep at night. Now I have a new mask. Like a fighters pilot mask. Bulky but easier to breathe.  It’s not even the masks that bother me but is the straps across the top of the head back of the head and across the face. Like a hand squeezing my head. I bet people that wear hats have an easier time with this.

[Agnostic007]

My goal now is to get through an hour or two nap with it on during the day.  Better with a nap than fucking up my sleep at night. Now I have a new mask. Like a fighters pilot mask. Bulky but easier to breathe.  It’s not even the masks that bother me but is the straps across the top of the head back of the head and across the face. Like a hand squeezing my head. I bet people that wear hats have an easier time with this.

The straps don't bother me.. I just tighten it enough to get a seal... if you are laying down when you adjust it, you can use less pressure to get it to seal. My issue is I sleep on my side and during the night I'll break the seal if I'm not careful. But other than that, I forget I have it on. And you'll probably find yourself imitating Tom Cruise in Top Gun for about a week, or until your significant other slaps you in the head. 

[ThisisOverload]

As a bigger man I'm considered at high risk for apnea. Did the sleep study, was given a Resmed S10 machine and a Mirage Quattro mask. Most of the various women I sleep with are put off by it at first, but I don't give a damn. I tell them "don't like it? There's the door"

Who's gimmick is this?

[wes]

Who's gimmick is this?

No clue but he`s terrible!  LOL 

[J. Richards]

sleep in a recliner.. with a small pillow under lower back,,, going on 6 years .... no more back pain... 

[AbrahamG]

No clue but he`s terrible!  LOL 

I kinda like the prick.  No homo.

[wes]

I kinda like the pretty prick.  No homo.

FIXED

[AbrahamG]

FIXED

Thanks pal.

[IroNat]

Being over-weight often causes sleep apnea issues.

You don't have to be fat either, just carrying too much weight even if it's muscle.

If my weight gets up too high I snore and have breathing issues.  If I drop the weight those problems go away.

[irishdave]

sleep in a recliner.. with a small pillow under lower back,,, going on 6 years .... no more back pain...

You sleep in a chair? Fair fucks

[Iron-Muscle]

This. At my size, with this kind of neck circumference due to endless heavy deadlifts and neck harness work, the doc explained the extra muscular size is actually choking me out while I sleep. Hey, I'll do anything for size and strength. Including being chained to a CPAP machine every night

mike asked me to post his pic for him since he does not know how

[pamith]

I have had a sleep study done recently. Turns out I stop breathing about 15-30 times an hour, the max at one point was 65 seconds.  Pretty scary shit.  The Doctor sent me to a Sleep Center to get a CPAP.  I've read the threads on here and saw how man of steele claims how his life has changed and got excited about the positive outcomes for myself.

I go and they initially wanted to force me to use a nasal pillow first.  I tell the bitch I don't breathe from my nose but she insists I try it.  She tells me to close my mouth and start breathing through my nose.  About 10 breaths in I start to feel like I'm drowning and panic and rip it off. She then still insists I try it and gives me a different nose piece.  Same shit, same reaction.  Then we try the mouth cover thing.  I put it on and it seems more comfortable except for the strap over and around the back of my head and my chin.  I felt like Bane.  The air was cool breathing in and it seemed to be okay.  They send me home and tell me to try it when working and shit to get used to it.  I tried it for an hour and it seemed fine.

At night I usually fall asleep right away, never had issues falling asleep but had issues staying asleep.  I strap this thing on and try to get comfortable.  I usually sleep on my stomach but that's impossible with the mask since it gets pushed into my face or over away from my mouth.  So now I can't get comfortable.  I try to lay on my back and the more I breath, the more refreshed I get.  Instead of sleeping or wanting to sleep I find myself getting more and more awake.  I struggle for 3 hours to sleep, I think I nodded off a couple times and woke up panicked like I was chocking and ripped the mask off my face.  Finally I gave up and went to sleep normally and get a few hours in. Felt like shit all day. 

Midday I'm dying tired so I try it on and see if I can nap.  Nope, it just refreshes me again and makes me feel more alert and awoke.  the rest of the day I felt fine.  Back to bed, this time I pop a valium which always knocks me out in like 5 minutes.  I lay there and 2 hours withe the mask on, even try the ramp function which starts low and increases but hours pass by and no sleep.  I feel awake and not tired.  I take it off and sleep within minutes without it.

How the fuck is anyone supposed to sleep with this shit?  All of the fucking straps and mask and constant cool air being pumped into my mouth and nose doesn't seem like a good way to pass out.  Anyone else try these CPAPs and felt the same?  Anyone have tips on what might work?

I'm not reading a book

[IroNat]

This. At my size, with this kind of neck circumference due to endless heavy deadlifts and neck harness work, the doc explained the extra muscular size is actually choking me out while I sleep. Hey, I'll do anything for size and strength. Including being chained to a CPAP machine every night

That's it.  Your basically killing yourself though by carrying that size.

If killing yourself makes sense...carry on.

[El Diablo Blanco]

My doctor told me to stop doing shoulder and trap exercises. That it will help with breathing when I sleep.  Oh well

[Dave D]

If there were a nuclear holocaust occuring outside, I would still be in the gym working shoulders and shrugs. Fuck that doctor. He sounds like a miserable bag of bones who couldn't complete a single pushup.

His doc is sub 4% at 235. He has won numerous pushup contests, you're embarrassing yourself with these posts.