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Those of you with sleep apnea. What were your first symptoms? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel like i can get 8-10 hours of sleep and still need a nap during the day.

I've also been told I snore like a freight train by many an ex..

I always thought I was too skinny/ in shape for sleep apnea, but we shall see.

Probably going to ask about a sleep study at my local health clinic

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You can buy used and new CPAP machines online “without a prescription.” Used ones can be found on craigslist - do your due diligence of course. Treat it as a used car, so check its hours (mileage) and make sure it’s not dirty and broken. If you really prefer prescription, there’s apparently a website called Lofta that will send you a home test then prescribe you for $150-$190.

As for new machines, the vendors may sell it directly to you, or they ‘require’ a prescription which you can submit some bogus prescription, just anything saying you need it should work. It will be a bit pricy though because you usually pay in full, but usually it’s cheaper than insurance because insurance uses DME vendors which require you to rent it before allowing you pay it off and own it. Be sure to check the administrator mode to verify total hours used and other settings (DME will usually discourage you by saying there are no other settings or that it’s “exclusively” for doctors). If you do DME, you’ll have to turn on its wifi, but after you can just turn on airplane mode to cut connection and reenable it to update the firmware.

Avoid Phillips machines (cancerous). Get ResMed, but be sure to look up the global user manual and not the American one. The global one suggests longer periods of use before replacing parts whereas the American manual suggests replacing everything monthly.

2 events isn’t too bad, but still worth getting it down to 0.