How Does a CPAP Machine Work? - Sleep Apnea Therapies Explained 

Thanks for the tips! Tonight‘s my first night. Hopefully it goes well

Do you mean the treatment has been life changing (as in: in a good way?)

Yes. My sleep is much better now. @@vinyltone4970

could you tell us which brands and how much does all of their parts costs, please? I have severe Sleep apnea and my doctors are doing nothing for me

My SPO2 used to drop into the low 70s each night. I now have a CPAP machine and it does make a difference - the SPO2 drops "only" into the 80s. I wonder if I should try to switch to a BiPAP (my current machine is a "normal" CPAP).

@@LeifurHakonarson BIPAP has worked a lot better for me. CPAP was not helping at all.

how so looking to get my cpap next week

“This SOB” 😂 lol thanks for the laugh and the encouragement, it gives me hope

@@johnnycroatHate those Fking machines. Tried different ones for 20 years. Can’t sleep wearing one. I throw them off in the middle of the night so I can sleep.

sorry to hear man, its been 2 weeks with my Resmed 10 going good, nasal mask@@TravisMcGee151

What the fuck!! R u talking about???

My question is, I have asthma, and do to that I would wake up in the middle of the night literally dying need breath, and with the asthma it makes it harder so I tend to use my inhaler in the middle of the night which reminds you helps but then makes my whole throat itchy, and I will sleep again then wake up again same issue.. using the inhaler at night is shit.. so I’m wondering if using such device will help me a lot? I imagine it would because I don’t see the harm in it, let me know

​@@DANGEROUSDS1Hey, just a person on the internet here but this really sounds like something you will wanna bring up with your doctor and maybe not someone on the internet that doesn't know you of your condition or history, gently please speak to a doctor as soon as possible! I'm dead serious please do, take care okay?

I'm only two weeks in and still trying to find the right level but even a pressure as low as 4 often forces my mouth open. I'm sure this wasn't the case a week ago. I was diagnosed with mixed apneas but I heard these machines can bring on more central apneas which is what these seem to be. But I'm new to it and can't be sure.

@@vinyltone4970 When i started my mouth would blow open on low pressures too. now i can do over 10 with mouth closed after about 4 months. My tip is a soft cervical collar. It will help to keep your mouth closed. And raise the pressure slowly, by 0,2 if needed and stay at each pressure for a few days as to get used to it. Slowly you can work your way up. Also mouth tape helps very well but is more a hassle than collar in my opinion.

Glad it was helpful!

There are tools that hold the hose up so you don't lay on it.

My first night, full mask auto pressure from 4 to 20. omg claustrophobic yes, what I did, I imagine myself swimming in the Caribbean in transparent waters, and my hose keep me enjoying it. that worked, and I was reading a WWII submarine book and I said to myself, damn poor men, what horrible conditions and I am complaining due the hose and a lot of them die inside of those submarines so my hose keep me alive in my imagination. as Engineer, I love study variables. I noticed put the minimal pressure from 4 to 5 to avoid my hyperventilation 4 was to low for me, and I ended reducing the max pressure of 20 to 15.6 woala in my full mask. AHI around 2.2 by average. Now I improve more, changed the full mask to nasal pillow mask, and put tape in my mouth "claustrophobic a little bit, but naaa few nights and I feel better" now I reduced from max 15.6 to 5.8 the pressure with my nasal pillow mask, and my AHI is 0.8 LoL no go cross the line of AHI 1 my breath graphs are a lot healthy than with the full mask. I feel like a teenager. I am 49 years old. Everything is important inclusive the type of hose, length everything. the secret is use OSCAP APP and study yourself your breathing graphs the AHI is not enough. Now I cannot sleep without my CPAP machine because make me sleep so good and feel so good next day. really worth it. About the hose, we have 2 techniques. one keep the hose over your chest under the duvet not over the duvet. I am happy with that one. however the best for me is put the hose under the corner of the bed and put small part in the top of my pillow with enough length to move around like sleep by side. super. and the CPAP on the carpet on the floor. my wife now did not complain, she cannot hear me lol neither the CPAP obviously I achieve to put minimal pressure of 5 max 5.8 and obtain AHI below of 1 all the time. you need to study yourself and find you way.

Mandibular device made by a specialist

Before getting my CPAP mask I used a wristwatch-like oximeter connected to a ring on my thumb and via Bluetooth to my phone (Checkme O2 Max). I set the phone to wake me up if my blood oxygen saturation (SPO2) fell below 85%. No mask, but hardly comfortable, that thing would go off at least 5 times each night - and you CAN'T turn it off, it keeps blaring until your oxygen levels rebound. Better than suffocating in your sleep I guess ...

Most people don't take it with them into the coffin I guess - so only till death.

Ah, these are great questions to ask your doctor!

Great question! Hope the community can help you out!

Of course it is uncomfortable - nobody likes having to wear a mask (those bloody itches that you can't scratch!) and be tied to a bedside machine. Is it worth it? Yes, definitely, untreated sleep disorders chop years off your life expectancy.

@@LeifurHakonarson it's not too evasive actually if you get past the whole mask. It actually feels refreshing

I have a c-pap machine I can't hear mine it's so quiet

There are batty packs you can carry that are meant for stuff like camping. They can be a bit pricy but they're rechargeable and should last all night.

There's an adjustment for humidity. On mine it's 1-4 4 being most humidity.

I did find that a strange choice of words, I must admit! Then again, she made out that you CANNOT change the clinical parameters on your machine, we all know that if you want to, you can.

My husband too he uesd that

Me too

He a blood?

@@tattedteflonthat is an underrated comment lol 😂

@@tattedteflonbruh ☠️ hahah

That's like saying I shouldn't wear glasses cuz my eyes will never learn to be 20-20 on their own. :)

​@@jetboy6129😂😂😂😂

Well, some people can leave the CPAP machine if they lost enough weight. the problem is the fat neck. plus men have the tendency with the age lose the capacity to keep the tongue in position "the muscles lost the ability" with women they suffer usually after menopause, luckily for them by average the sleep apnea is less severe and start by average later.

Maybe cause she says it'll cause more problems

@@sheikhu1039 thats bullshit

Well, many people might run into trouble with their insurance company I suspect. In the U.S. I believe a commercial driver's licence may REQUIRE you to adhere to the clinical settings decided by your care provider. Where I live (in Europe) there are no such restrictions AFTER the first six months but until then the clinical staff can check (and change) my parameter settings remotely (they had me sign a release to allow that). It is their equipment which they gave me for free so there's that 🙂I do agree that she could/should have told people they CAN technically speaking change the settings - but to consult their therapist first.

@@LeifurHakonarson what the hell are you talking about. Insurance only cares that you are using it 4 hours a night.

@@brianws71 American are you? Perhaps an expert on worldwide insurance policies? Are you perhaps one of those people who think U.S. laws (including the Constitution) are applicable outside your borders?

Literally at no point in this video did she say or insinuate that sleep apnea is “all in your mind” nor did she say that simply talking to a doctor would solve sleep apnea. No idea where you got any of that from. Relax.