Thanks everyone! I've got new insurance, so maybe I can get a replacement early. Then, I can use flex dollars to try an aura since I'm a side sleeper...... Also, is there a full face mask for side sleepers? I'm a mouth breather and have, so far, just taped my mouth shut. I thought maybe it would be ...

Hey - I've been on CPAP since November. I use the Swift Nasal Pillow mask. It worked great until about a month ago. Since then, I can't keep the right pillow tight to my face. It keeps popping out at night and waking me with the exhaust. I try tightening the top strap and then the back strap. Loosen...

Hi - I, too, work for a not-for-profit organization. Because of costs, we always have to share rooms. I haven't found it to be a problem, but we all get along really well. As a matter of fact, my friends just giggle when they see me with my mouth taped shut! I'm a big talker and I tease that there h...

OOPS...make that 'SMILE and go back to sleep' instead of 'smell....'

Peggy

I'm about two months into therapy and am experiencing the same difficulty gettting up. I sleep through my alarm and when I do wake up, I smell and snuggle back. I feel so much more energy - less depression, etc. I really believe I'm just making up sleep and that it's so much fun to sleep now that I ...

I may to send the first love letter to my husband. Naw - maybe the second! Anyway, I've use earplugs for the last couple of nights and it seems to be really working. he's been sick and one night I could hear him faintly through the ear plugs. I've teased him unmercifully about that.... Try it - it's...

My family members are all brass players and singers and all cpap. HMMM. ..maybe playing and singing is a negative correlation? Just kidding. Anyway none of us had trouble adjusting. My big brother, however, was an AVID Drum and Bugle Corps follower...OK - he was really a FANATIC about it going to 20...

Hi - I, too, deal with depression and know all about side effects and finding the right drug. I just Googled Paxil and found that drowsiness and fatigue can be side effects. As with all anti-drepressants, the side effect can last a week or two or be permanent. I'm not a doctor - but in my experience...

My husband might be snoring more - I'm not sure.... No alcohol. No changes in food this week when exhaustion returned. I have Resmed M Series with c-flex and attached humidifier. Smart Card. Got my machine directly from the sleep clinic and not a DME. I don't have software to read it and don't want ...

OK - I started on CPAP the day after Thanksgiving. I had immediate improvement. Got up without being tired. Didn't wonder when I could take a nap...didn't even take naps!! (Kind of missed them...) More alert. Less crabby and depressed. Now - the last few days - I've been exhausted! Sleep late (lucky...

Welcome! I'm a relative newbie myself. I started Thanksgiving week. It's kind of hard to sleep until you get used to it - but if you have an experience like me - you'll be SO glad you worked through it. I have much more energy - am not as depressed and don't fall asleep at 1:00 in the afternoon. I k...

Hi! I've a relative newbie - have been on CPAP since Thanksgiving. It's amazing how less stressful the season was this year. Sleep is amazing, isn't it? I noticed last night that the exhaust from my system is constant and doesn't change with inhaling or exhaling. Is that normal? If I take the mask o...

Thanks SO much for asking these questions! It's weird because just last night I was thinking of asking the same thing. Now I know more about what's going on - and I'll have to ask for copies, too.

Hey - I posted last week and got lots of great responses! This forum is making it so much easier to get through this first month. Tips on how to travel with the CPAP, etc has been SO helpful! Thank you. One suggestion was to put tape over my mouth at night to prevent mouth breathing. What kind of ta...

Great job! I'm glad its going good! Hey - what's the link to the picture you're talking about?? I'd love to see it.

Peggyb