Fibromyalgia Support Group

I don't know from the cpap, but I do use a lot of aromatherapy to great effect. It has been helpful in relaxing sore muscles & easing me into sleep. I also use it when I have a cold with a clogged nose. What essential oils do you use & how do you use them?

Thanks for the reply, I use them and they help to relax me so that I can fall asleep easier.
I use lavender for headaches, lilac is my personal favorite, rose is romantic and relaxing.
I also purchases (from where?) a set of different scents that are mixtures with names like Harmony, Morning Bliss, etc. These I burn alot too. I wish I could remember where on the internet that I bought them.

I used to burn incense but lately it irritates my sinuses and now I only use the oils and candle tarts.

What do you use and for what?

I would run it by your doctor. It's one thing to breath in the sents from different aromatherapies it might be something else to put these in the water and have the oils end up in your lungs.

Actually you don't put anything in the water. It is a holder that sits behind the filter. You put a drop or two on a pad and put the pad in the holder.

The site said how damaging it could be for the machine to put substances in the water itself. That is why you use distilled water in the humidifier part.

But good point, would not want anything to clog up my lungs either. Thanks

It sounds wonderful to me. I was wondering if there was something like that for the CPAP. I love lavender. It helps me relax.
Andrea

I love lavendar too. It helps when I have headaches. Been trying to find a good eucalptys (?sp) too for when my sinus' are stuffy.

Another favorite is lilac.

That would be great. I love eucalyptus (sp Does anyone know how to spell taht?) It would be great for stuffy noses.

I have been doing that for years...I just put a drop on the square filter in the back of machine...
Just make sure to buy quality oils...
I get mine from young living oils.
younglivingoils.com
Colleen

That sounds close to what I saw online. It was a little holder that sits next to the filter on the back. You put a drop or two on the little pad, place it on the filter and place it next to the machine's filter at the back.

I made a homemade copy of what I saw and placed a few drops of a springtime fragrance. It was wonderful! My machine is not new but it still smells like rubber and plastic. The fragrance helped me to fall asleep faster.

I don't use a cpap but I use Lavendar Chamomile Oil...it is wonderful!