Comments on Sleep Disorders: CPAP Replacement for Apnea?

At last someone else reports earache when using th...

2009-06-30T01:17:18.473-04:00

At last someone else reports earache when using the CPAP. I was told it was a coincidence. It seems to me that anything changing the pressure in the ear / sinus area can cause an earache. It certainly has in my case.

I have been on a CPAP machine for 2 years and it d...

2009-05-12T10:59:00.000-04:00

I have been on a CPAP machine for 2 years and it does help me sleep so much better. My problem is since I started using the CPAP I have had problems with fluid behind my ears. The doctor wants to put in tubes, but I don't want to do that as an adult until I figure out what the problem is. Everyone tells me it is not the CPAP, but whenever I get the fluid resolved it just comes back again in a couple months. Need to find the root to the problem.

I just started using a cpap machine a week ago and...

2009-05-11T13:21:00.000-04:00

I just started using a cpap machine a week ago and I find the opposite is true. I have trouble falling asleep some nights due to excess belching from the forced air. And I have not felt rested yet upon waking.....

ebay is where to go for replacement things for you...

2009-04-24T11:39:00.000-04:00

ebay is where to go for replacement things for your cpap machines and masks............very cheap, brand new stuff.. Only make sure you buy from sellers with lots of high feedback, I stay with sellers with 100% positive and have a good experience each time.

have been palgued with ear infections all summer a...

2008-11-26T04:57:00.000-05:00

have been palgued with ear infections all summer and a cpap user for ten years. e,n, t dr. says that's not the problem...havind a new sleep study this month...can't take getting my ears lanced and the tubes...is the apena surgury available?

I just started using a CPAP unit called Remstar. ...

2008-09-24T13:16:00.000-04:00

I just started using a CPAP unit called Remstar. I am having trouble falling asleep because of the noise of the air escaping around the bottom of the mask when I sleep on my side. The only way that I don't hear the air is when I am laying on my back and looking straight up. The first night I slept on my side and woke up with a sore ear. Also the mask leaves indentions on my upper cheeks and nose. Any ideas to avoid these? Monday night, I couldn't fall asleep, but left the mask on for three hours before removing it. How does the air aid the heart? It seems like I wake up and my heart is pumping harder when I didn't use the CPAP.

AZ lady

have had Sleep Apnea (diagnosed) for 3 years now. ...

2007-09-17T09:58:00.001-04:00

have had Sleep Apnea (diagnosed) for 3 years now.

I have a Respironics Remstar CPAP machine and have been searching for replacement filters online. I find the filters to be very expensive especially the shipping costs to get 3 filters to my door. I wanted to share the following site I found over the weekend: www.cpapfiltersandsupplies.com

They have by far the best pricing and shipping costs.

have had Sleep Apnea (diagnosed) for 3 years now. ...

2007-09-17T09:58:00.000-04:00

I purchased a Cpap machine after having had a slee...

2007-04-16T01:10:00.000-04:00

I purchased a Cpap machine after having had a sleep study which diagnosed me with severe sleep apnea. The first night took a hour or so for me to get use to the pressure of the air, I chose to use the gel mask since it felt more comfortable. The next day when I awakened was truly a blessing in the way I felt. It seems like I took 20 years of aging off of my life. I was more energetic and alive. My only regret is not having used the cpap 10 years ago, that is if it was around then. I could not stop talking about the wonderful effects I have received from the cpap machine.
Ray
Chicago, IL.

I too have suffered the disturbing event of waking...

2007-02-21T09:27:00.000-05:00

I too have suffered the disturbing event of waking up in the middle of the night with GERD. The first time it happend just about frightened me to death. Since that time I usually experience it about once a month.

I was diagnosed almost a year ago with sleep apnea and since getting my CPAP machine have not had one incidence of GERD.

I love it.
-Dale

Another use for CPAP:I bought a CPAP machine 2 yea...

2005-12-31T01:21:00.000-05:00

Another use for CPAP:

I bought a CPAP machine 2 years ago for obstructive sleep apnea. Although difficult to get used to at first, it has been a real blessing. But not just because of sleep apnea.

I had terrible trouble with GERD (night-time gastric reflux) that would wake me in the night choking on my stomach contents and in terrible pain in my throat and chest. Many nights I had to sleep sitting up on the couch because each time I fell asleep, the acid in my chest and mouth awakened me, and I tried many pharmaceutical cures, with limited success. My dentist said that my teeth had been etched with the acid quite badly. And then I bought my CPAP.

The first night I got right through the night with my CPAP machine on was a night of no GERD. And then the next and the next. A few weeks later, after no nightime reflux, I went on a short business trip without my CPAP machine. Bad mistake -- back to the pain of GERD. I have rarely slept without CPAP since, and on each occassion without the machine, GERD troubles me again.

I have never read anywhere else that anyone has tried CPAP as a treatment for GERD, but I hope this note encourages some research to be done.

-Rebecca