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I've only been trying for about an hour or so, but I can't get any water to come up. I can't seem to make any suction. What am I doing wrong?

I've had a terrible time adjusting to CPAP. My nose always plugs up on one side when I lie down. This has been going on for years and nasal sprays, neti pot etc. haven't helped at all. It's not always the same nostril. It alternates. But one of them always gets completely blocked when I lie down. (I imagine this is actually contributing to my sleep apnea quite a bit)

I can wear the CPAP fine while I'm on the couch or sitting up in bed. But when I lie down to go to sleep, I start to feel like I'm suffocating. I go from breathing fine to feeling like I'm not getting enough air. I believe this is because my nose plugs up.

Anyone been through this?

My doctors don't really expect my conditions to improve. After I became disabled and lost my job, I relied on my sibling for a long time while I was trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with me and for the 3 year process of getting on disability.

Luckily towards the end there I found something I could do from home with my disability that brought in $500 - $600 a month. Now I'm on SSDI and I can survive on what they're giving me, but I wouldn't mind continuing the part-time stuff while I'm still able to.

Are there any down sides of continuing the part-time self employment work? I'm kind of wondering if it will make any future CDRs more complicated or thorough? I don't want to do anything that would risk me being such a burden on my sibling again. I can't do that.. I would always be under the income limit, but it involves buying and selling things with low margins, so I report a significant amount of revenue and expenses just to earn that $500 - $600 / month.

Any advice? Thanks

Hello. I've been on a downward spiral for about 10 years now. Started with insomnia which turned into severe brain fog, fatigue, poor concentration. I believe whatever is wrong with me is also causing nasal congestion because I never used to have nasal congestion before.

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During the day my nose feels like it's maybe 75% open. And I'm constantly blowing my nose to clear stuff out of there. It's not super runny like bad pollen allergies or something, but I'm always trying to clear it to breathe a little better. At night, one nostril always completely closes and the other one feels pretty restricted, so I'm maybe running at 25% normal flow at night. Both nostrils alternate being plugged, it's not just one side.

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Things I've tried with little or no success; daily Navage rinses, Nasacort (Flonase gives me sharp chest pains for some reason), Astepro, pretty much every gen 2 oral antihistamine (even taking 2x dose), breathe right strips, Intake strip, every possible internal nasal dialator I could find on Amazon, sleeping at a slight incline, air purifier in room.

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I have seen a couple ENTs. They didn't see any major issues. One said he could fix my deviated septum but didn't think it fix any of my symptoms. I do have mild sleep apnea but have never been able to adapt to the machine (probably because my nose plugs up at night).

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Anyone have any tips? You could literally save my life. Thanks

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