Discouraged

I was diagnosed in October 2012 with Obstructive sleep Apnea
Mild on my side and severe on my back. I have tried 3 different masks over the years and none stay on. The nasal pillow one Is less claustrophobic but I like to breathe with my mouth. I tried a chin strap, but did not work. I did not like the nose covered one at all. I am anxious with the full face one and sometimes feel like it's blowing too hard or not hard enough. I am exhausted all the time! I will lay 4 hours awake with mask on because of anxiety/uncomfortable. Help! I am ready to give up on it!

Guest wrote:I was diagnosed in October 2012 with Obstructive sleep Apnea
Mild on my side and severe on my back. I have tried 3 different masks over the years and none stay on. The nasal pillow one Is less claustrophobic but I like to breathe with my mouth. I tried a chin strap, but did not work. I did not like the nose covered one at all. I am anxious with the full face one and sometimes feel like it's blowing too hard or not hard enough. I am exhausted all the time! I will lay 4 hours awake with mask on because of anxiety/uncomfortable. Help! I am ready to give up on it!

Welcome to the forum.

Please tell us about your machine and pressure settings. Sometimes, the doctors really don't understand how to set them for ideal therapy and/or comfort. It is possible that the settings are making the claustrophobic feeling worse.

Please tell us which full face mask you used and what problems you had with it. Have you tried a hybrid mask yet? It has pillows over the nose and a bubble over the mouth. It would be less over your nose than a nasal pillow, but still work if you open your mouth.

Machine is Philips Respironics Remstar, System One. It has a humidifier on it and 0 through 4 for settings. I don't really understand the machine that well. I did one sleep study where I came back another night. Other than that, I just went to a store and bought a machine.
Mask ResMed
QuattroAir/AirFitF10 Cushion-Med

Guest wrote:Machine is Philips Respironics Remstar, System One. It has a humidifier on it and 0 through 4 for settings. I don't really understand the machine that well. I did one sleep study where I came back another night. Other than that, I just went to a store and bought a machine.
Mask ResMed
QuattroAir/AirFitF10 Cushion-Med

What is the number on the bottom of the blower unit? Choices are
250, 260, 450, 460, 550, 560, 650, 660, 750, 760, 950, 960

450 and above offers data that you can use SleepyHead with.