Comments on: Diabetes & Sleep Apnea

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:22:53 +0000

I wake up with a dry mouth, certainly. But I keep a jug of water at my
bedside so that’s no big deal. I do have a related roblem with sinus
drip that interferes with my sleep. I deal with that by taking steam
every night at bedtime, and that dries it up enough for me to get to
sleep.

By: Jennifer Stark

Jennifer Stark — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:26:54 +0000

My ex-boss’s (he retired recently) wife was diagnosed about the same time I was,
and she had difficulty with he cpap as well. Her doc gave her a dental device
that forced her jaw to be in a certain position, and he said it worked wonders
for her.

I personally had issues with my nose drying out some days, and being to wet
other days. Right now I have it cranked up full blast (moisture-wise), but once
the temps and humidity increases, I will probably be fiddling and getting
anoyed, and reducing compliance again.

Paul

Didn’t that dry you out a lot? I am supposed to be on cpap, but I can’t do
it. I know that is bad, but it just dries me out so bad. And the
humidifier thing doesn’t help. Does that type of a mask help you to sleep

with your mouth closed?

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By: Patricia Petty

Patricia Petty — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:56:01 +0000

Graham,

Demetria-Beth

Have you tried a mask that covers you nose AND mouth? That did me a
lot of good.

By: Jennifer Stark

Jennifer Stark — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:27:33 +0000

Nope. With the beard, I find even the smallest of masks irritating. Right now
I have one that plugs just into the nares. It’s the most comfortable I have
used. The reduction in the back pressure allowed to increase from 1 hour a
night usage to where I am at now. While my 7 day average jumped last night, for
the last 11 days my 7 day average has been fluctuating between 4 and 5 hours.

Don’t know if that means I have stabilized, or not. Continued employment means
that the answer had better be "not". Unless I can pass an MWT now.

Paul

Have you tried a mask that covers you nose AND mouth? That did me a
lot of good.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:35:55 +0000

Have you tried a mask that covers you nose AND mouth? That did me a
lot of good.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:17:59 +0000

i am hopelessly in love with my cpap only set at 9 so not severe by any
means. i can’t even take a nap without it. i sleep 8 to 8.5 hours through
the night and sometimes nap for an hour during the day if I have done a lot
or had the grandson here. I have several masks and am using my resumed now.
I also have a nasal aired 1 and 2. I love the 1 but hate the 2.

jodi

Not everyone has good luck with a CPAP/BiPAP machine. I’ve gone through
several masks, had my pressure and back-pressure adjusted, but I am still
averaging only about 4.25 hours of use per night. Last night I used it
longer than I recall ever using it, and was still fairly tired by mid-day.

Others I have talked to have had great responses to their machines. I guess
I have to be contrary in every way.

Paul

By: Jennifer Stark

Jennifer Stark — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:33:44 +0000

Not everyone has good luck with a CPAP/BiPAP machine. I’ve gone through several
masks, had my pressure and back-pressure adjusted, but I am still averaging only
about 4.25 hours of use per night. Last night I used it longer than I recall
ever using it, and was still fairly tired by mid-day.

Others I have talked to have had great responses to their machines. I guess I
have to be contrary in every way.
Paul

Good luck.

Stef

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:42:06 +0000

I’ve been dependent on a Bi-Pap machine for years now. I came down
with sleep apnea during a period of unemployment and had no health
coverage to pay for a sleep study. I got so bad I passed out on my
feet, fell and broke my ankle, and walked around on it until it healed
without realizing it was broken.

Once I got work, it was still nine months before I got on permanently
and got on the health plan. By then I was on blood-sugar medication,
but still not on insulin. After I got my first Bi-Pap my blood sugar
came down so dramatically that my physician REDUCED my dosage. (The
long term trend continued, however.)

By: Therese Key

Therese Key — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:21:25 +0000

I have a friend that a few years ago he was diagnosed with sleep
apnea. He was also fairly depressed, but wasn’t being treated for it.
He said as soon as they gave him the breathing machine and he started
getting actual uninterrupted sleep he felt 100 times better. I saw him
every day at work and within a few days it was SO noticeable in his
personality and demeanor. We were joking with him that he must be
getting really good sex because he had that pep in his step every
morning. But it was just the increase in uninterrupted sleep. If you
have access to one of those machines I’d sure try it!

Good luck.

Stef