Any cpap machine users here?

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yes. yes. wife told me i stop breathing sometimes when i sleep...a sleep study confirmed it.took a few weeks to get used to sleeping with it,but once you do...your body and significant other will thank you.

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All of this plus Life Changing

if you need it and don't you will die early from heart failure

go see a sleep specialist

I still have one but do not use it. When I did, I would go to sleep with it on and wake up with it off.

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Weight is not the only thing that leads to sleep apnea--very common in athletes and those with large necks.

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I have a long neck, not a large neck.

Do you think it would work for me?

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cannot get comfortable with the mask/tubing.

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That's what I'm worried about. I toss and turn at night. I start off lying on my back but I'm mist comfortable sleeping on my stomach.

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I toss and turn at night. I start off lying on my back but I'm mist comfortable sleeping on my stomach

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There are many different types of masks. Go to a medical supply store that sells them and tell them what your issue is. You aren't the first one to feel this way (raises hand). Odds are they have one that will work for you. For the most part though, you just have to make up your mind that this is good for you.

If Your wife tells you that you aren't breathing that's a pretty good indicator.

There are two types of sleep apnea. Central and obstructive. I have always had it but I've never really snored. I had it when I was in the army and weighed 165 pounds and was built like a stick.

Obstructive is due to size, weight and central is due to your brain sending iffy commands.

Over a long enough timeline you will have problems. I ended up with an irregular heartbeat. This is one of the things that will happen over a long enough timeline.

I had sleep apnea pretty bad. It was like I was moving through water all the time. Everything was just hard. When you are younger it's easier to deal with and is "masked" by your youth. As you get older, the follow on effects start to show up.

Good luck. If I were you, I'd buy my CPAP on amazon. You'll get a better quality machine that has an auto function that will auto adjust according to your actual sleep patterns at that time. It removes the requirement of a sleep study to tell you what your pressure needs to be. Also the new units can tell you how many apnea "events" occur nightly so you can tune your machine to the best settings for you.

Oh yea, it'll save you probably a thousand or two in cost.

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That's what I'm worried about. I toss and turn at night.

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you won't toss and turn as much with the machine.

How has it helped you sleep? Much better than before

Do you feel better the next day after using it? Absolutely. I had no idea how fricked up my sleep was until after I started using the machine.

What led you to getting one? I've always been a snorer and I started feeling more and more run down. Got a sleep study done and I quit breathing over 100 times an hour. It would cause me to wake up just enough to resume breathing which kept me from ever getting any real sleep... I wasn't recharging the batteries. It also caused my body to think it was being oxygen starved bc when I slept my oxygen saturation took a nose dive due to the constant lack of breathing.

Apparently sleep apnea is a big problem in the submarine community. I've talked to a lot of vets that all ended up on CPAP. It has been suggested that it could have something to due with the atmosphere on subs. A lot of times we end up with low levels of oxygen (around 15-16%) plus all the other shite in the air.

Before CPAP I felt tired and worn out throughout the day. I didn't even realize how bad it had gotten until the first night I used the machine and woke up feeling refreshed. Now I don't go a night w/o using it. The last time I did was when I went camping and didn't use it for 2 days. I had a severe headache for the next couple of days and felt like crap.