Has anyone had success treating sleep apnea without a CPAP (or surgery)?
I have severe sleep apnea (my initial prescription was for 19″ H20, I use 17″ H20 presently), and I have been using a CPAP since 1999. About 3 months after I started CPAP therapy, I had lost about 30 pounds, but still needed to use the CPAP. About 2 years later, I weighed 70 pounds less than I weighed when I started therapy, but had to continue to use my CPAP. I’m back up to the same weight I was when I started CPAP. So in my experience, losing weight did not alleviate my need for CPAP therapy. When I was considering surgery and alternate treatments, I found this forum on cpaptalk.com helpful. I’d like to address a couple things that might help. I’m not your doctor or your mother, but I am a Fat Guy with sleep apnea, and I’d like to see you get a good night’s sleep. 1. Don’t get discouraged, you’ve only used CPAP for 3 weeks! When I first got my unit, I could only sleep 4 hours at a time, and after 4 hours I wanted to ri
