Sleep apnea and c-pap machine

[mitzie46 116]

When did you stop needing to use your c-pap machine? How could you tell? I know you need to have a sleep study to determine if you no longer need a c-pap machine, but I don't want to get one too early.

[Baconville 578]

When did you stop needing to use your c-pap machine? How could you tell? I know you need to have a sleep study to determine if you no longer need a c-pap machine, but I don't want to get one too early.

I have stopped using mine. I got to a point that I just slept better without it. My lung clinic will not do another sleep study until I am 12 months post-op, which won't be until July. I am married and my husband looked for any signs that I still needed it. I no longer snore, I don't wake up gasping for breath. I wake up feeling refreshed. I plan to get a Fit Bit which tracks your sleep, I think that will help as well.

[loving.life 110]

Please take some advice on this. My husband is a yr post, he is in an acceptable size and weight and thinks because he lost weight his sleep apnea is cured. It is not, its better but the fact a person has extra skin inside they throat is still there. He won't use his machine and I'm sleeping in the guest room because of the snoring and gagging he does, so please get your new sleep study done before you discontinue using it

[awold0 246]

I too have stopped using mine. I kept having to go back to my sleep doctor because I kept waking up with air blowing to strong from the machine. I went in 3 times to have it adjusted down. I also am married and my husband has been watching me and making sure I do not snore or choke anymore. I sleep soundly etc.

I do need to go to the doc again once I am at goal. I believe as Loving Life said that we should get checked again which I am sceduling but I think that in her situation her husband is still snoring and choking which I am not. I don't know about you but I know the differance. When I had it and let's say I fell asleep with out my cpap I would wake up and heart would be racing but not any more I sleep like a baby.

[LindafromFlorida 1,542]

I do not plan for my husband to quit the cpap until he is medically authorized. He is breathing normally since his cpap 2 months prior to sleeving 12/2, but he just had to have a new sleep study last week because he is having issues with the oxygen. I used to not be able to sleep in the same bed with him because of horrible sleep apnea. Thank God the sleeve required him to be tested and get the cpap! Lifesaver. I am loving being back in bed with my heart.

[Baconville 578]

I too have stopped using mine. I kept having to go back to my sleep doctor because I kept waking up with air blowing to strong from the machine. I went in 3 times to have it adjusted down. I also am married and my husband has been watching me and making sure I do not snore or choke anymore. I sleep soundly etc.

I do need to go to the doc again once I am at goal. I believe as Loving Life said that we should get checked again which I am sceduling but I think that in her situation her husband is still snoring and choking which I am not. I don't know about you but I know the differance. When I had it and let's say I fell asleep with out my cpap I would wake up and heart would be racing but not any more I sleep like a baby.

My experience is very similar. I will go for the sleep study in July to see what it says. But as long as I am sleeping without any signs of apnea, I am going without. I wake very refreshed every morning, have lots of energy, am never drowsy during the day. My husband reports that he can't even hear me breathing, let alone snoring, and I shook the windows! When I was in for my six month check, my bariatric doc said that if I presented at my current weight, with my current neck size, with a spouse reporting no snoring, they would never have even sent me in for the study. I still have my machine. If I ever feel that I am still experiencing apnea, I would definitely begin to use it again.