1) My machine shows my leak rate. (I finally filled out my profile though- thanks for the motivation Jim. ) 2) I sleep so lightly that the minute air starts escaping from my mouth or my cheeks inflate I wake up. I'm not a mouth breather btw. My mouth drops slightly open and the air escapes. The PAP ...

I bought a PAP pillow - one of many desperate attempts to tolerate CPAP -and the way the sides of the pillow fit under my chin (sleeping on my side) keeps my mouth from dropping open. No more chin strap/mouth taping/chipmunk cheeks for me. A very nice and unexpected surprise. Still only can use the ...

Thanks everyone for you replies. Sandy I did a search on the Benadryl and sleep fragmentation and didn't find much either. I'm pretty good at lit. searches too. I did find sources saying it caused REM supression, but could not locate original research articles that pointed to such. You think your ph...

i take all my thyroid meds in the morning b/c if i take them later in the day, you guessed it, they keep me awake. also - i'm kind of a poster-child for mild to moderate HPA axis hypofunction. i bet this is related to the hyperarousal...and UARS and fibro. definitely a constellation here. i just fin...

SAG - that was a surprise seeing my graph! thanks for finding it. I totally get the problems with the sleep study and the ambiguous results. I do know for sure that my throat seals shut quite abruptly when I fall asleep on my back - it makes an audible sound - my husband and massage therapist witnes...

hi sleepysandy - i wake up between 5 and 10 a night and wake up around 4 or 5 am with the CPAP. i do find the masks uncomfortable. some more than others. they hurt after awhile. other issues are noise - the swift for e.g. is very loud and not fitting right/leaking. i'm going to order a soyala. i'll ...

last night i used the aura/headrest with the rubberband fix. it's not exactly comfortable, but it's the most comfortable mask of all that i have. stomach sleeping is really tough for me - neck and back pain. i'm a side sleeper. 7 sounds low but it doesn't feel that way. i'm fortunate that i don't ne...