Can you improve performance of the sleep apnea CPAP machine on your own, without docs’ help?
by Sarah Aniston
Filed under Sleep Apnea Books
My brother has been prescribed the CPAP and can’t tell much difference in his sleep. He is due to go for a checkup to the sleep clinic and doesn’t want to tell them this because he’s afraid they will make him go through another $1000 worth of sleep tests to adjust settings or something.
So if he can make the CPAP thing work better without having to tell the docs, it will help his health and checking account. Anybody know about this?
Thanks =D
The risks are too high. How does he want to get well if he’s not honest with the doctor? Impossible!
The reasons for having to use a CPAP machine are life threatening. He needs to tell his doctor that he is not sleeping better so that settings can be changed. This is not something to mess with.
Some doctors will just up the pressure based on the symptoms. They can also use what is called an autopap. The cpap sense what the body needs and give the proper pressure. That can be his nightly machine or the DME company can loan it for a week to see what the setting should be.
Also if he just started, it may take a few weeks to a month to see any results.