......The inability to sleep is much more likely to be caused by your sleep apnea. What were the results of your sleep study? You said "severe", but how severe? My measured AHI was 80, so that means I stopped breathing, on average, 80 times per hour. What did they find in your study? My minimum pre...

CKeith, Welcome to the forum. Unlike most people on this site, I feel anger is a perfectly acceptable emotion considering everything you have gone through. Having said that, in order to help you move forward, we need the information that Julie asked for in order to best help you. And her advice to ...

I'm no insomnia expert, but nowhere do I see a discussion of trying Ambien or such to get one decent night's sleep so maybe you could think better. Or if Doc won't prescribe, something OTC? Sorry if I missed why you haven't tried this. I have a small Prescription for Modgadon - It is suppose to kno...

THANX to Cardsfan & Julie for the encouragement Yay! It's a Wisp, a nasal mask and that's what we were looking for. Btw, that link's no good, but don't worry about it now. Ok, what you need to do is a couple of things... You need to try on a selection of other ones (duh ), and whether or not your DM...

I'm going to lay off the Eliqis (Apixaban) blood thinner for today and tonight
to see if that relieves my insomnia at all - I have Dr appointments on the 9th -

Waiting to hear from the Sleep Clinic regarding a different Mask

But you won't give us the details of the mask. After many requests for them. The one feature of your treatment that you hate and seem not to be able to manage. That we can help with. What should we do now? Sorry for the delay - I have been none to swift of late I could not find Phillips Respironics...

The machine seems so horribly UNATURAL to me - I am so tired - can't deal with it now - want to spit it out it is strapped to me - I have no choice - It is just a thing it is an imposition an invasion - I have no choice I am so tired those are the things I feel - It seems a horror to me irrational i...

.....Wear it during the day while watching tv or reading a book. Get used to it. Let your brain accept it ..... Yes I do that - I can almost tolerate it while if I'm sitting in a chair listening to music I was not given one to wear during the sleep study - I was able to sleep for only a short time ...

[quote="zoocrewphoto The machine listed in your signature is the cpap. If your machine is really the autoset cpap, you will want to correct that. It will affect our advice since the autoset can do more than the plain cpap machine.[/quote] Yah I checked it out - Hard to think - Hard to function prope...

.....Wear it during the day while watching tv or reading a book. Get used to it. Let your brain accept it ..... Yes I do that - I can almost tolerate it while if I'm sitting in a chair listening to music I was not given one to wear during the sleep study - I was able to sleep for only a short time ...

Can you tell us what problems you are having? For example, does the air feel like too much? Or maybe you feel starved for air? Does the mask leak? If so, does it hiss or belch? Where is it leaking? And which mask is it? Does the mask hurt? If, so where does it hurt? Are you using ramp? If so, how l...

palerider wrote: it's listed as "AirSense™ 10 AutoSet CPAP Machine with HumidAir™ Heated Humidifier"

THANX - found it - I was looking for ResMed - Seems you can be a bit of a help after all - THANX

.....Wear it during the day while watching tv or reading a book. Get used to it. Let your brain accept it ..... Yes I do that - I can almost tolerate it while if I'm sitting in a chair listening to music I was not given one to wear during the sleep study - I was able to sleep for only a short time ...

Gasper62 wrote: ...... decide who's gonna' be the master. (the machine... or you) .....

Maybe that is a very cogent part of the problem
I am going to have to let the machine be the master
Maybe that is why I find it - So Repulsive

Gotta get a grip - Get a handle on this Insomnia

But will you answer the questions? Sorry but I think I did - The Machine - The Meds - The Insomnia - The Irrational yet absolutely compelling aversion to the MASK What other Questions - I'm so tired I probably am NOT thinking straight ? . I can't see that the machine issued me is listed on the Prof...