After a sleep study in the hospital, my pulmonologist said I have shallow breathing with snoring and he said I should try the machine as I would keep waking up and not being able to go back to sleep. My Oxygen went no lower than 85. I have emphysema and was hospitalized last December with Hypercapnia with a CO2 level of 70.
I was not told I retained CO2 but I've read here that anyone with COPD retains CO2. Anyway, does the CPAP help remove it? I'm supposed to take Lorazepam 1 mg 4 times daily but I take 3 as I was told it slows down your breathing. I have extreme anxiety so that doesn't help. I walk 20 minutes a day with oxygen (2L) about a mile. What else can I do to feel somewhat "normal" again? Anyone else take a diazepam with this horrible disease?