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My neurologist has approached therapy for the migraines via medications and extremely adamant toward my use of a CPAP machine for the SOSA. The consensus of this therapy is that the CPAP machine is as important in treating the migraines as the medicine. While the medicinal/CPAP therapy ordered by my pulmonologist has been somewhat successful, everyday headaches continue to be prevalent with cluster migraines still uncontrolled.

I do agree with KatEyes, the observation of the study should have been complete and incomplete or inaccurate data might mislead the physician in arriving at correct diagnosis and to plan the care accordingly. CPAP is also advised for severe cases and not otherwise, so need not get fussy about it right now as you need to wait for doctor's interpretation and opinion. Take care and update your progress.

There is a Dr Park on Medhelp and he is always posting about sleep apnea, he might be able to answer some of ur questions......http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Sleep-Apnea---Disorders/FYI-sleep-apnea-remedy/show/712653 http://www.medhelp.org/doctor_profiles/show/645869 I hope u get some answers...and please share with us what u find out!

I am 64 years old, female and have COPD and Sleep Apnea. I am currently on a Cpap machine. My question is, can the Cpap be make my COPD worse? In the time that I am on the machine I feel like my lungs are getting filled with more air. During the day my COPD seems worse. Since I have a problem getting the air out of my lungs anyway, can the machine be making my COPD worse? Thanks for any help you can give me. I am to the point that I don't know what to do.

His only medical history up to that point was that he developed migraine headaches a couple of years before the strokes, a history of peptic ulcer disease, and sleep apnea. He was using CPAP prior to the strokes without a problem. Since the strokes, the migraines are almost a daily occurrence (although he does take propranolol as a preventative med for them), he cannot tolerate the CPAP( we have had additional sleep studies and made changes to the CPAP without any improvement).

Can breathing in excess moist air into the lungs by means of the cpap machine overload the lungs with moisture and cause problems?

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea 4 years ago, and since then have used a CPAP S8 model everynight. I have noticed over the last year that i am suffering from aerophagia, caused by the CPAP. While i may have bloating, tummy pains and rumbling of gas moving in my intestines etc, i have also been diagnosed with high protein in the urine, doctors say is caused by damage to the kidney, letting more albumin out than usual. They attribute this damage to the high blood pressure i am suffering.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions Dr Hagan. I appreciate it. I use Refresh PM gel to control that dryness from my CPAP.

That was Dr. Park from the sleep disorder forum polling with questions about sleep patterns and MS. You might want to pop over to his forum and ask you questions - he is great at answering everything. I'll see if I can find that post - it was from at least 18 months ago, if not longer.

I have seen others post this same problem that I am experiencing. I started using CPAP therapy December 7th. I started having problems within a week. I have severe pain in all of my joints, but especially in my hands, shoulders, hips and knees. They all feel very swollen. Each morning the problem is worse and during the day improves somewhat. I stopped using the machine and after one day the pain is reduced considerably. I also weigh myself every morning.

why does my boyfriend have very swollen eyes when he uses his CPAP machine and how to prevent or help it.

Im 30 years old and been taking oxycodone 30mg since sept 07 after a motorcycle accsident and am trying to stop taking them I take between 18 and 24 a day and have nodesire to take these any more have buprenorphine 8 mg that i got from a friend and just looking for the best way 2 take them with being the least uncomfortable. i tried today by not taking any when i got up but by 12:30 I had no choice.

I have mild obstructive sleep apnea. PO2 only drops into mid 80's sometimes, mostly low 90's, but overnight polysomnogram says I have 13 apneic events per hour. I've tried O2 overnight (used neighbor's) and PO2 stays in the high 90's. Is that a sufficient treatment?... or do I need the positive pressure of CPAP. I've tried the CPAP and I've completely failed. Mostly keeps me from sleeping well unless I'm on Ambien.

s I have severe sleep apnea and once the dr looks over the entire report I will get set up with a CPAP machine. They said I stopped breathing around 35 times an hour. And anything more than 15 is severe. My question is... Any advice for navigating sleeping with the machine? My issue is chiari (6mm), neck issues and lower back issues that keeps me from sleeping on my back. But with the machine I'm understanding that's how you sleep.

So, I use a CPAP & a few weeks ago I must have fallen asleep while driving as I lost about 15 seconds while driving. A week after that something similiar happened. Then a few days after that I lost a period of time on the table saw & ground up my thumb. I will be doing a home study in a few days with a different machine...Thoughts?

I have been utilizing my CPAP treatment since my diagnosis and until this year, when I moved and began seeing a new doctor, I have had my machine on automatic titration. My new doctor said that this was not a good thing and I went through a titration study. My machine is now set to a setting of 9. Previously, when my machine was on automatic, my machine was exerting pressures to 22 at certain points in time throughout the night.

I am Garth Howell, live in the UK and am a OSA sufferer and am on CPAP treatment. Becoming aware of how under diagnosed sleep apnea is and how dangerous the condition is I decided to write a book about and have published it as an Amazon Kindle book and a paperback via Amazon Createspace and it is titled All you need to know.... about Sleep Apnea by Garth Howell and can be viewed on Amazon by going to the Kindle store and selecting Garth Howell.

I'm writing this in the hopes it may help someone. I've had the same curse that many of you who come to this forum have. PVC's and the destruction they can bring to your life. I'm 44...I played college basketball. I've experienced PVC's randomly since I was in 9th grade. They became consistent in 2012. That said I tried everything to fix them and I've posted here a few times on things that I "thought" was helping.

Is CPAP the mask worn at night, supposedly while asleep,that provides a slight increase in air pressure? I recall my brother-in-law using an air pump for sleeping - but he suffers from emphysema - not sleep apnea. was your apnea determined by a sleep study done in a clinic? I am thinking about buying a oxygen saturation tester, the type that clamps on the finger, to record my O2 levels during the night.

So I returned it ,but now i cant sleep and during the day at abut after 12 noon i feel really tires and headaches and very sleepy . So i take caffine pills everyday to stay awake. I know taking pills is no the answer and I should be using the machine. My question is is there any other way to cure my problem with out the machine.

I am still wondering if there are others who have been diagnosed with apnea and were put on CPAP and if they are finding that it is or is not helping. It does appear to be a common problem with MSers, but it is new to me. Hopeful that things are going well for everyone.

But, he cannot address my other problem of how to use my CPAP mask at night without the pressure sending air into the Jones tubes and creating airflow to the eye and pressure under the eyelid. He's done many Jones tube procedures and has never had this complaint before. Any ideas??

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