I have had my cpap for about 6 months and never had this problem till the last week or so. I have a nasal mask and I will wake up with irritation around my nose where the mask is (especially my upper lip). Sometimes it hurts to bad that I have to take the mask off. The only thing I have noticed that...

It will say right above the power button elite or autoset.

Yes I have a resmed s9 elite with epr, and I have the epr set at 3. So are you saying having it set at 3 might enhance the problem? I am trying to understand how? Less pressure when breathing out is the idea behind epr, which I would think is suppose to help. I normally fall asleep very quickly, 10-...

My ramp setting starts at 4 and my normal setting is 9. I only have the ramp set for 5 min so really it gets to 9 quick.

I am new to the cpap world and I have only used it a couple of times. My problem is I feel like I cant breath when I put the mask on. So what I have been doing is falling asleep without it on and then when I wake up I will put it on. After being asleep for a little while it is easier to fall back as...