It could be that your prescribed pressure is not adequate. Some machines are capable of recording data as you sleep. If that's the kind you have, there could be answers in your data. You shouldn't feel like you are smothering. It would help others help you if you could sign in and list your equipme...

Nasal mask gone. Resmed Quattro FX in its place (pricey little thing). Soooo much more comfortable but still not sleeping with it. First two nights I lay awake, breathing comfortably for 30-45 minutes. Took it off and fell asleep. Tonight is night #3 in a hotel room. Maybe I fall asleep with it ton...

Nasal mask gone. Resmed Quattro FX in its place (pricey little thing). Soooo much more comfortable but still not sleeping with it. First two nights I lay awake, breathing comfortably for 30-45 minutes. Took it off and fell asleep. Tonight is night #3 in a hotel room. Maybe I fall asleep with it toni...

I thought I would find information here but I must be missing it. Two days? Ready to give up? Sorry to be blunt, but man up. Yes, get used to waking up in a panic or take something to help with that, ask your doc for a med for a couple of weeks. There is plenty of information here and if you didn't...

When I do fall asleep, it's only for about 30 minutes before I wake up in a panic so intense I rip the mask off and drop it on the floor. and I have used the ramp feature and actually raised the start point from 4 to 7 and the time period to 30 minutes; I generally suffer from initial insomnia. and...

what was your sleep latency during the study? Was it a split study? Did you have more apneas than hypopneas? Many centrals? Did your sleeping position make a difference (many folks have more "events" if they sleep on their backs--when you wake up in one of your panics, are you usually on your back?...

Do you have a copy of your PSG? You are entitled to it. Get the FULL thing, not the dictated summary. Study it and learn. Too early to start "dial winging" (changing pressure settings), but there ARE ways to do that on your machine. I do have it, right here in front of me. Do people post them in th...

4. Got a full face mask. 5. Increased the pressure. After using the cpap for a while it was suggested that I need to increase the pressure and it make a huge difference. I will be asking for a full face mask on Monday. I have to know what that feels like. To the best of my knowledge I cannot change...

Drowsy Dancer wrote:PS what do you mean you "generally" suffer from "initial" insomnia? You've always had trouble falling asleep?

My wife is asleep in a minute or two. Me, no way. I'm always awake after lights out for some time. I can't put a number on it - I just know I never have fallen asleep quickly.

Your equipment is still not showing up. If your ramp is set for 30 minutes and you said you are waking up in 30 minutes, then that's when you hit full pressure. You said the machine is telling you when to breathe. Exhalation relief can cause that, your flex. I'm not familiar with the PR machine but...

Thank you. I updated my profile. My max pressure is set to 14. The C-Flex+ setting is set to 3 right now but since I don't completely understand what it does I don't know if another setting is better or worse. I have used the ramp feature and actually raised the start point from 4 to 7 and the time ...

How? Why am I waking up in a panic? Do I breathe my way or the way the machine seems to want me to breathe?

I had been looking forward to CPAP. But after two days I want to throw the thing out the window. When I do fall asleep, it's only for about 30 minutes before I wake up in a panic so intense I rip the mask off and drop it on the floor. When my mouth pops open, the noise and oddness I don't know why t...

I've been on a CPAP for almost 4 months now. I have had problems with one nostril being stuffed for many, many years. I used to sleep on my side, and the side of my nose closest to the pillow would always be the one stuffed up. Even when I slept on my back, one side or the other would stuff up. I p...

Grand-PAP wrote:I very hesitant to even post this, because I'm beginning to think my sleep doc is a Quack.

When I mentioned to my doc that my nostrils alternately clogged he told me the same thing. The nose is designed to do so. I don't think he be a "quack".