Is it me, but is this not particularly a good idea for someone who has never had a CPAP machine before? I thought that someone had to tweak the settings for the right pressure/speed/whatever settings there are?
I mean, I don’t have apnea, but I thought there was a reason people went to a doctor specifically to work out breathing issues?
To get the CPAP settings correct, I thought, was completely necessary. But I do know some that just guess a number and buy their own machine. There is probably a range that actually helps before it starts hurting.
I had a sleep study and get regular checkups with my machine with me every 6 months.
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Is it me, but is this not particularly a good idea for someone who has never had a CPAP machine before? I thought that someone had to tweak the settings for the right pressure/speed/whatever settings there are?
I mean, I don’t have apnea, but I thought there was a reason people went to a doctor specifically to work out breathing issues?[/QUOTE
I have an auto machine which saves me the trouble of fiddling around with settings.
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Is it me, but is this not particularly a good idea for someone who has never had a CPAP machine before? I thought that someone had to tweak the settings for the right pressure/speed/whatever settings there are?
I mean, I don’t have apnea, but I thought there was a reason people went to a doctor specifically to work out breathing issues?
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I have an auto machine which saves me the trouble of fiddling around with settings.[/QUOTE]
Did you have to go to the doctor for that? I have sleep apnea and got my machine about 7 years ago. I need a new machine and probably a new study but haven’t found a new physician yet. My sleep has been very poor lately.
The machines seem to have gotten more clever than humans. Mine was delivered by my DME set to automatic in a range of 4.0 to 20.0 - I think the prescription is mostly a formality now as they never did a CPAP trial or titration study on me. It was just “You have fairly bad apnea. Use the CPAP and you should be OK.”
Will CPAP ever get to the point of being OTC? Probably not, but the refinements done to the machines in the past five or so years have really made life easier for people.
If the machine runs on auto, I don’t think it can harm a person. Manually setting the machine wrong is bad - if the pressure is too low, they don’t get the benefit of treatment, and over-pressure can injure the lungs.