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Post by kidsgrove on Nov 16, 2020 9:00:29 GMT
I breathe through my nose generally at night but went with full mask because I struggle with my nose whenever I have a cold. Now I have a CPAP il not sure it would have mattered. However, the full mask does feel secure and I’ve never knocked it off - I’m a very restless sleeper. Also, I sleep on my back and both sides with no trouble. Make sure you don’t get charged for any of the kit as it is expensive. I ended up getting mine from Macclesfield hospital because that was where I used to work so appointments were easier. They replace things that wear out for free next day delivery so question where you are getting it from if there are any charges (not saying there will be, just mentioning in case).
(I’m just out of hospital with Covid and was put in the non Covid contagious disease ward in my own room because the machine kicks out the disease into the air. Nurses had to put full body ppe on each time they came in my room. I didn’t realise this until I was in hospital so gave it my wife and daughter before going in. So take extra care when poorly with anything contagious)
Good luck!
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Post by musik on Nov 27, 2020 2:23:29 GMT
How are you doing now, hartshill?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Nov 27, 2020 11:01:28 GMT
How are you doing now, hartshill? Well since I had my medication increased 9 days ago my blood pressure has been steadily been going up! Got to monitor it over the weekend and if no improvement get in touch with the doctors again.. Anyone else had this?
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Post by franklin on Nov 27, 2020 12:24:44 GMT
How are you doing now, hartshill? Well since I had my medication increased 9 days ago my blood pressure has been steadily been going up! Got to monitor it over the weekend and if no improvement get in touch with the doctors again.. Anyone else had this? Keep doing the right thing pal 👍 and best wishes for a speedy recovery or at least stability.
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Post by foster on Nov 27, 2020 12:30:46 GMT
How are you doing now, hartshill? Well since I had my medication increased 9 days ago my blood pressure has been steadily been going up! Got to monitor it over the weekend and if no improvement get in touch with the doctors again.. Anyone else had this? Too much PS4 maybe? seriously though, take it easy.
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Post by musik on Nov 27, 2020 14:19:07 GMT
How are you doing now, hartshill? Well since I had my medication increased 9 days ago my blood pressure has been steadily been going up! Got to monitor it over the weekend and if no improvement get in touch with the doctors again.. Anyone else had this? It sounds like that medication isn't for you. Some medicine can work the wrong way sometimes, like asthma medicine that gives you more inflammation and therefore more asthma. It could also be a question of dose level. I suggest you call them today. Depends on how much it increases as well. Try to calm down.
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Post by dirtclod on Nov 27, 2020 18:49:50 GMT
Yes I started out with the full face mask with a little melatonin at first, then eventually changed over to the under the nose one. Only problem with the under the nose one is if you tend to open your mouth while sleeping then you lose the pressure and it wakes you up. They make chin straps to stop this which, by the time you get the chin strap on and the nose mask then I look a right pillock....but it's good sleep. I can pretty much switch back and forth between the two though.
I have it associated in my brain that when the mask goes on, I'm about to drop off into a good sleep. That "manufactured dependency" has really helped more than anything. (Provided that comes across as making any sense!)
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Dec 4, 2020 15:52:54 GMT
So been to the Nephrology unit this morning where I was fitted with a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours amongst other things. It does a blood pressure reading every 30 minutes. I can’t believe I’ll get a decent nights sleep with it on, who else has had one of these and was it difficult to sleep?
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Post by musik on Dec 5, 2020 16:18:25 GMT
So been to the Nephrology unit this morning where I was fitted with a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours amongst other things. It does a blood pressure reading every 30 minutes. I can’t believe I’ll get a decent nights sleep with it on, who else has had one of these and was it difficult to sleep? I have had one of those at university, as part of a research project. Very annoying sound. I had far too high blood pressure during some occassions at daytime, but far too low during the night - so they gave up on me. I still have this unusual pattern.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Dec 5, 2020 16:22:54 GMT
So been to the Nephrology unit this morning where I was fitted with a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours amongst other things. It does a blood pressure reading every 30 minutes. I can’t believe I’ll get a decent nights sleep with it on, who else has had one of these and was it difficult to sleep? I have had one of those at university, as part of a research project. Very annoying sound. I had far too high blood pressure during some occassions at daytime, but far too low during the night - so they gave up on me. I still have this unusual pattern. I slept pretty well really but was woken up by it about 6 or 7 times. It probably annoyed me more while I was awake in the day to be honest. They gave up on you?! You don’t have much luck do you😏
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 6, 2020 20:58:39 GMT
They range from 2.5mg up to 10mg and I’ve always took mine last thing at night I’m taking 5mg, why do you take them at night out of interest? Drowsiness? Since my cardiac arrest and death episode in 2019 I am taking Rampiril as well, 1.25mg once a day in the morning along with a vitamin pill. What happened with me at the time was that the heart basically went ballistic, too fast to pump and consequently the blood pressure dropped to nothing and I died. It was the 20 minutes of cpr and two zaps that reset the beat properly and blood pressure resumed to normal. Reading about Rampiril and what it does with the arteries I can kind of work out why I'm still on it.
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Post by musik on Dec 7, 2020 21:21:41 GMT
I’m taking 5mg, why do you take them at night out of interest? Drowsiness? Since my cardiac arrest and death episode in 2019 I am taking Rampiril as well, 1.25mg once a day in the morning along with a vitamin pill. What happened with me at the time was that the heart basically went ballistic, too fast to pump and consequently the blood pressure dropped to nothing and I died. It was the 20 minutes of cpr and two zaps that reset the beat properly and blood pressure resumed to normal. Reading about Rampiril and what it does with the arteries I can kind of work out why I'm still on it. Did you see yourself from above/outside, like I did in 2001?
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 7, 2020 23:03:01 GMT
Since my cardiac arrest and death episode in 2019 I am taking Rampiril as well, 1.25mg once a day in the morning along with a vitamin pill. What happened with me at the time was that the heart basically went ballistic, too fast to pump and consequently the blood pressure dropped to nothing and I died. It was the 20 minutes of cpr and two zaps that reset the beat properly and blood pressure resumed to normal. Reading about Rampiril and what it does with the arteries I can kind of work out why I'm still on it. Did you see yourself from above/outside, like I did in 2001? No nothing like that musik, I woke up in intensive care very confused and no memory of events whatsoever.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 14, 2021 6:57:11 GMT
Latest. After moving from Ramipril to Doxazosin I hardly slept, in fact I’d go as far to say insomnia, also tingling legs particularly at night so back on the Ramipril (10mg dose). BP has come down but not low enough(140/90). Starting a healthier diet, combined with 80% reduction in alcohol consumption and cardio exercise seems to be helping (4kg weight loss) but haven’t been able to get it below the level I’m at now, wondering if there’s anything else I can do. Went for a kidney ultrasound and the results found no problems there so that’s a relief. Not sure what’s next in the agenda but the docs seem reluctant to do a sleep study for sleep apnea which is annoying as I know I have it. Oh well, further updates in due course.
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Post by musik on Jan 14, 2021 10:05:11 GMT
90 is a little little bit high, but so much better than before. 🙂
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 14, 2021 14:26:17 GMT
Latest. After moving from Ramipril to Doxazosin I hardly slept, in fact I’d go as far to say insomnia, also tingling legs particularly at night so back on the Ramipril (10mg dose). BP has come down but not low enough(140/90). Starting a healthier diet, combined with 80% reduction in alcohol consumption and cardio exercise seems to be helping (4kg weight loss) but haven’t been able to get it below the level I’m at now, wondering if there’s anything else I can do. Went for a kidney ultrasound and the results found no problems there so that’s a relief. Not sure what’s next in the agenda but the docs seem reluctant to do a sleep study for sleep apnea which is annoying as I know I have it. Oh well, further updates in due course. I'm on Lisiopril, 20mg daily. Not noticed any side effects. BP this morn was 143/87. Curiously it was sort of discovered by accident, and can be traced back to Snake Venom.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 14, 2021 14:42:28 GMT
Latest. After moving from Ramipril to Doxazosin I hardly slept, in fact I’d go as far to say insomnia, also tingling legs particularly at night so back on the Ramipril (10mg dose). BP has come down but not low enough(140/90). Starting a healthier diet, combined with 80% reduction in alcohol consumption and cardio exercise seems to be helping (4kg weight loss) but haven’t been able to get it below the level I’m at now, wondering if there’s anything else I can do. Went for a kidney ultrasound and the results found no problems there so that’s a relief. Not sure what’s next in the agenda but the docs seem reluctant to do a sleep study for sleep apnea which is annoying as I know I have it. Oh well, further updates in due course. They sometimes prescribe amlodipene alongside the Ramipril if the Blood pressure remains high
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Post by hipflask on Jan 14, 2021 15:33:08 GMT
Latest. After moving from Ramipril to Doxazosin I hardly slept, in fact I’d go as far to say insomnia, also tingling legs particularly at night so back on the Ramipril (10mg dose). BP has come down but not low enough(140/90). Starting a healthier diet, combined with 80% reduction in alcohol consumption and cardio exercise seems to be helping (4kg weight loss) but haven’t been able to get it below the level I’m at now, wondering if there’s anything else I can do. Went for a kidney ultrasound and the results found no problems there so that’s a relief. Not sure what’s next in the agenda but the docs seem reluctant to do a sleep study for sleep apnea which is annoying as I know I have it. Oh well, further updates in due course. They sometimes prescribe amlodipene alongside the Ramipril if the Blood pressure remains high Yeah that’s a similar path to the one I found myself on, sudden high BP so on to ramopril but a temporary switch to doxasozin whilst having checks on kidneys and adrenal glands - only difference was that I was sleeping loads on the doxasozin! After all the tests, ultrasounds etc went back on to the ramopril increasing up to the 10mg which still didn’t bring down the BP enough so now I’m still on the ramopril but along with 10mg of amlodipene too. Those two combined are just keeping my BP low enough.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 14, 2021 15:36:41 GMT
They sometimes prescribe amlodipene alongside the Ramipril if the Blood pressure remains high Yeah that’s a similar path to the one I found myself on, sudden high BP so on to ramopril but a temporary switch to doxasozin whilst having checks on kidneys and adrenal glands - only difference was that I was sleeping loads on the doxasozin! After all the tests, ultrasounds etc went back on to the ramopril increasing up to the 10mg which still didn’t bring down the BP enough so now I’m still on the ramopril but along with 10mg of amlodipene too. Those two combined are just keeping my BP low enough. What were you like when they 1st introduced the amlodipene?Dizzy spells and headaches by any chance?
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 14, 2021 15:39:14 GMT
They sometimes prescribe amlodipene alongside the Ramipril if the Blood pressure remains high Yeah that’s a similar path to the one I found myself on, sudden high BP so on to ramopril but a temporary switch to doxasozin whilst having checks on kidneys and adrenal glands - only difference was that I was sleeping loads on the doxasozin! After all the tests, ultrasounds etc went back on to the ramopril increasing up to the 10mg which still didn’t bring down the BP enough so now I’m still on the ramopril but along with 10mg of amlodipene too. Those two combined are just keeping my BP low enough. Took about 4 months to get my dosage right, exactly as you said, loads of liver tests and kidney tests, and as each test came back OK they upped my dosage, 20mg Lisinopril seems to be perfect for me, along with better diet and better exercise.
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Post by hipflask on Jan 14, 2021 15:41:08 GMT
Yeah that’s a similar path to the one I found myself on, sudden high BP so on to ramopril but a temporary switch to doxasozin whilst having checks on kidneys and adrenal glands - only difference was that I was sleeping loads on the doxasozin! After all the tests, ultrasounds etc went back on to the ramopril increasing up to the 10mg which still didn’t bring down the BP enough so now I’m still on the ramopril but along with 10mg of amlodipene too. Those two combined are just keeping my BP low enough. What were you like when they 1st introduced the amlodipene?Dizzy spells and headaches by any chance? Yeah, nowhere near as bad as when I switched to the doxasozin though! I initially wanted to take them in the evening so I could try and sleep it off but the Doc said I should be taking them in the morning so persevered and they soon passed
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Post by hipflask on Jan 14, 2021 15:45:27 GMT
Yeah that’s a similar path to the one I found myself on, sudden high BP so on to ramopril but a temporary switch to doxasozin whilst having checks on kidneys and adrenal glands - only difference was that I was sleeping loads on the doxasozin! After all the tests, ultrasounds etc went back on to the ramopril increasing up to the 10mg which still didn’t bring down the BP enough so now I’m still on the ramopril but along with 10mg of amlodipene too. Those two combined are just keeping my BP low enough. Took about 4 months to get my dosage right, exactly as you said, loads of liver tests and kidney tests, and as each test came back OK they upped my dosage, 20mg Lisinopril seems to be perfect for me, along with better diet and better exercise. Glad you’re sorted pal, it’s not the quickest of processes but you’ve done well to only take 4 months! Mine was about 18 months all told due to the switching and then having to increase gradually - the frustrating thing is the Consultant at the hospital said straight away I’d need 10mg of ramopril but could only go up in 2.5mg doses every 4-6 weeks after blood tests each time. Seems that different medications suit different people as several people I know are all on varied ones and doses.
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 14, 2021 15:54:30 GMT
Took about 4 months to get my dosage right, exactly as you said, loads of liver tests and kidney tests, and as each test came back OK they upped my dosage, 20mg Lisinopril seems to be perfect for me, along with better diet and better exercise. Glad you’re sorted pal, it’s not the quickest of processes but you’ve done well to only take 4 months! Mine was about 18 months all told due to the switching and then having to increase gradually - the frustrating thing is the Consultant at the hospital said straight away I’d need 10mg of ramopril but could only go up in 2.5mg doses every 4-6 weeks after blood tests each time. Seems that different medications suit different people as several people I know are all on varied ones and doses. Mine went 2.5, then up to 5, then up to 10, and finally settled on 20.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 14, 2021 15:57:14 GMT
What were you like when they 1st introduced the amlodipene?Dizzy spells and headaches by any chance? Yeah, nowhere near as bad as when I switched to the doxasozin though! I initially wanted to take them in the evening so I could try and sleep it off but the Doc said I should be taking them in the morning so persevered and they soon passed Ive always taken mine at night just before bed and I’ve been ok but when i 1st took Amlodipene with the Ramipril it was hard for a couple of weeks.The good thing now though I’m checked annually(or no repeat prescription) for liver and kidney functions plus sugar and body fats(no comment Seymour Beaver)
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 14, 2021 15:58:16 GMT
Glad you’re sorted pal, it’s not the quickest of processes but you’ve done well to only take 4 months! Mine was about 18 months all told due to the switching and then having to increase gradually - the frustrating thing is the Consultant at the hospital said straight away I’d need 10mg of ramopril but could only go up in 2.5mg doses every 4-6 weeks after blood tests each time. Seems that different medications suit different people as several people I know are all on varied ones and doses. Mine went 2.5, then up to 5, then up to 10, and finally settled on 20. I wasn’t aware you could take more than 10mg of Ramipril mate?
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Post by hipflask on Jan 14, 2021 16:02:51 GMT
Mine went 2.5, then up to 5, then up to 10, and finally settled on 20. I wasn’t aware you could take more than 10mg of Ramipril mate? Mattyd isn’t on ramopril, he’s taking lisinopril. You’re right though 10mg is max dosage for ramopril
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 14, 2021 16:03:18 GMT
Mine went 2.5, then up to 5, then up to 10, and finally settled on 20. I wasn’t aware you could take more than 10mg of Ramipril mate? He’s on Lisinopril, sorry for butting in😉
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 14, 2021 16:34:25 GMT
Sorry folks wrong end of the stick👍
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 14, 2021 16:41:38 GMT
Sorry folks wrong end of the stick👍 You are right though, I’m on 10mg Ramipril and can’t go higher so looks like I’ll have to take them with summat else. Getting old sucks👀
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jan 14, 2021 16:46:33 GMT
Sorry folks wrong end of the stick👍 You are right though, I’m on 10mg Ramipril and can’t go higher so looks like I’ll have to take them with summat else. Getting old sucks👀 It certainly does mate
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