Phillips Dream Station C P A P

[old2soon]

    Got the replacement C P A P today 2-25-2023 and the old one is already in the prepaid shipping return box. This may or may not be helpful to those of y'all waiting on the same thing. And NO I do Not recall When I got hold of Phillips to get on that replacement list!   But should my experience show anything replacement C P A Ps are in the system.   RIDE SAFE.

[DIGGER]

My wife and I had the Phillips cpap.   We applied for new ones after the recall.  My wife got her new Phillips Dream Station last week.    Took a year and a half for Phillips to send her new replacement.  I still havent gotten my replacement from Phillips.  We bought old cpaps at estate sales in the year and a half wait.   Bought all new hoses and masks so I didnt have a problem using someone else's cpap. 

What did you use while you waited for the replacement cpap?

[old2soon]

     The same one Phillips recalled. And thinking of joining one of the many class action suites for theses C P A Ps. And as I understand the paperwork Phillips is going to recondition the old one I'm sending back. Far as costs go as a Veteran the V A is supplying all my o2 needs and my C P A P equipment. So far-knock on wood-the promise made to me in 1964 is holding. RIDE SAFE.

[scooperhsd]

Blankety-blank CPAP did NOT solve my real problem !! Sleep Doctor didn't want to believe me.

MY real issue is I find it extremely difficult to go back to sleep after I wake up in the middle of the night. CPAP type problem is solved by sleeping on my sides or stomach. real problem mostly solved with 900 mg gabapentin every night - I wake up a bit groggy, but in the morning it goes away within an hour.

[old2soon]

    During my initial sleep study at a clinic in West Plains after the worst nights sleep ever and several different masks the female attendent told me I'd have to go thru this chit again!  And I imformed her as politely as I could Before Coffee that weren't NEVER gonna happen again. Couple days later the Nurse that handles the C P A P stuff called me into Poplar Bluff-bout 107 miles from my casa-to get me oriented on my new machine. And I have NEVER been back to that sleep study clinic! But that C P A P has near bout ended my sleepless or poor sleep nights completely. RIDE SAFE.

[Jess from VA]

Blankety-blank CPAP did NOT solve my real problem !! Sleep Doctor didn't want to believe me.

MY real issue is I find it extremely difficult to go back to sleep after I wake up in the middle of the night. CPAP type problem is solved by sleeping on my sides or stomach. real problem mostly solved with 900 mg gabapentin every night - I wake up a bit groggy, but in the morning it goes away within an hour.

I have this same problem Scott.  With my good diet and exercise regimen, I really have no problem going to sleep at bedtime.  But with my BPH, and getting up to pee, I've developed a difficulty getting back to sleep.  It's not racing thoughts or anxiety at all, but it does make me angry.  And I don't dare take daytime naps which would just cause me to be up all night.

Some time back, my internist prescribed a muscle relaxer to treat an intermittent left arm and hand tingling (thought to be a brachial plexux nerve issue), and he told me to take it at bedtime.  Well, it didn't do squat for the tingling, but it gave me the best night's sleep I'd had in years; though with a morning hangover that wasn't terrible, but I disliked.  The tingling just went away on it's own, so I discontinued the muscle relaxer, but I went back to it for sleep, and cutting the pills in half worked just as well with almost no hangover.  (the dang pills are not scribed and getting an even half-cut is nearly impossible, and a pill cutter works no better).

Now I am trying to get him to refill the muscle relaxer for sleep (to be cut in half, or thereabouts), but he is reluctant to do so, and is suggesting something else, which will be a psychotropic which I am leery of.  The muscle relaxer is not narcotic, gives no buzz or sense of well being, and is not addictive (other than loving a good night's sleep and the quality of life that brings with it). 

Melotonin (5 or 10mg) helps one go to sleep initially but does nothing to stay asleep.  My mom sent me a sample of some Sleepy Chews (CBD, melotonin and L-theanine) and that also helps you go to sleep, but not stay asleep.  I have no problem getting to sleep initially at all, it's sleeping through the night with a couple times up to P that is the issue.  I've tried taking 5Mg of melotonin when I can't get back to sleep, and that's not doing much either. 

This is a work in progress. (I need no Cpap)

[scooperhsd]

Blankety-blank CPAP did NOT solve my real problem !! Sleep Doctor didn't want to believe me.

MY real issue is I find it extremely difficult to go back to sleep after I wake up in the middle of the night. CPAP type problem is solved by sleeping on my sides or stomach. real problem mostly solved with 900 mg gabapentin every night - I wake up a bit groggy, but in the morning it goes away within an hour.

I have this same problem Scott.  With my good diet and exercise regimen, I really have no problem going to sleep at bedtime.  But with my BPH, and getting up to pee, I've developed a difficulty getting back to sleep.  It's not racing thoughts or anxiety at all, but it does make me angry.  And I don't dare take daytime naps which would just cause me to be up all night.

Some time back, my internist prescribed a muscle relaxer to treat an intermittent left arm and hand tingling (thought to be a brachial plexux nerve issue), and he told me to take it at bedtime.  Well, it didn't do squat for the tingling, but it gave me the best night's sleep I'd had in years; though with a morning hangover that wasn't terrible, but I disliked.  The tingling just went away on it's own, so I discontinued the muscle relaxer, but I went back to it for sleep, and cutting the pills in half worked just as well with almost no hangover.  (the dang pills are not scribed and getting an even half-cut is nearly impossible, and a pill cutter works no better).

Now I am trying to get him to refill the muscle relaxer for sleep (to be cut in half, or thereabouts), but he is reluctant to do so, and is suggesting something else, which will be a psychotropic which I am leery of.  The muscle relaxer is not narcotic, gives no buzz or sense of well being, and is not addictive (other than loving a good night's sleep and the quality of life that brings with it). 

Melotonin (5 or 10mg) helps one go to sleep initially but does nothing to stay asleep.  My mom sent me a sample of some Sleepy Chews (CBD, melotonin and L-theanine) and that also helps you go to sleep, but not stay asleep.  I have no problem getting to sleep initially at all, it's sleeping through the night with a couple times up to P that is the issue.  I've tried taking 5Mg of melotonin when I can't get back to sleep, and that's not doing much either. 

This is a work in progress. (I need no Cpap)

That is a good description of my problem too. My chiro intern suggested OTC magnesium, not sure if it helps or not. Like you I pretty easily go to sleep initially , but getting up every 2-4 hours to pee doesn't help sleep for sure (the Pepcid I'm taking for ulcer treatment dries me up something fierce - I'm ALWAYS thirsty, then peeing, repeat ad nauseum all the time).

[Jess from VA]

Well, I pumped fluids (cold water, juice milk) all my life, but now have taken to limiting my fluids when I will be out and about, before daily walking, and especially in the hours before bedtime.  This helps, some. 

I took magnesium for many years as a prophylactic against more kidney stones (it absorbs calcium).  Never had another in 20 years now.  But it amped up my tinnitus, so I quit it.  As far as I can recall, it never helped me with sleeping at all.

My urologist scheduled me for another appointment (I didn't ask for).  (No prostate cancer, so that's good.)  The last time I was there, he said the only thing left to do was shove a camera up my penis to take pictures to determine if any of these non invasive (no cutting) procedures (like the Euro-lift) would be helpful.  I passed on the camera, and had decided against any procedure as my BPH isn't all that bad, and because of all the adverse warnings from ANY of these procedures about peeing your pants or bed or needing diapers (and others) all sounded worse than the frequency.   I'm conflicted about all this, but guess I will go see him anyway.

[carolinarider09]

I has some sleeping problems related to what I think/thought were allergies. These allergies popped up after the wife (unknown to me at the time) changed laundry detergents.   May have been the cause of not but some types of cloth caused more itching than others.  But it really interfered with my sleeping because it would tend to keep me awake.

Went to an allergist and the prescribed Zyrtec for the itching during the day and Doxepin for the sleeping issue. 

Both seemed to work. 

But, regarding the Doxepin, he has me taking two 25 MG capsules two hours before bedtime and it does provide me with more sleep time than before.   I don't wake up as often as before and my sleep time is about eight ( hours. 

If you look up the medication online you will find that what the doctor prescribed is outside of the drugs guidelines.  But, the bottom line is that is has improved my sleep.

I considered a C P A P device in years previous.  However, I did move to start using it, instead trying to use something like daily exercise to try and make the evenings/nighttimes more restful.  I stopped that for a few years now but returned this year.

As I age I know things change.  The goal is to try and keep up with the changes without having to use a lot of "drugs" (prescription or over the counter).  I also use those nasal strips that Rush Limbaugh use to advertise.  They also help sleeping.

[DIGGER]

Cpap definately gives me better sleep.   Without it I wake myself up several times a night with my snoring.  I sleep light without the cpap and go into a deeper sleep with the cpap

[csj]

 ....left to do was shove a camera up my penis...  Too Much Information Dude!

[old2soon]

      One of the V A Doctors here did that good ol   freeway exam and determined I have an enlarged prostate. He put me on Tamsulosin 0.4MG CAP to be taken a half hour after evening meal. Prior to Tamsulosin I was up and down to pee all night long. Now Maybe once in the night to drain but more alarm waking me up than bladder!   All those years in the high seat of an 18 wheeler have taken their toll along with several misdeeds of youth middle age and senior citizen status!   BUT NOT a Complaint cuz I am Still sucking in the wind and heart Is Still Beating!   Course I am taking 8 pills in the Morning and 3 in the evening plus o2 constantly and C P A P at night. And GOD bless him R J told me in his house to NOT git tethered and here I iz tethered!   RIDE SAFE.

[Jess from VA]

He put me on Tamsulosin

My Urologist tried that on me.  (I did not like how it made me feel.)

We did a pee test after I'd been on it a week-10 days.  (come in with full bladder, ultrasound the bladder (quantity), pee as much as you can, then do the ultrasound again to see how much you emptied/or retained).  It was not helping me, so he told me to quit it.  Which I happily did.

It doesn't work for everyone (and unfortunately me), but it does wonders for millions. 

[DIGGER]

My cpap is on my " must have" list when I pack for a motorcycle overnighter or trip. 

[old2soon]

My cpap is on my " must have" list when I pack for a motorcycle overnighter or trip. 

      ^^^^ This. ^^^^ As that credit card company sez-don't leave home without it!  RIDE SAFE.