When you wake up........are you able to breathe ok, with the mask still on? Are you able to breathe if you put the mask on, but do not turn on the machine? I say that for if you cannot breathe well with the mask on, and no machine running, your machine may be turning off due to you stopping breathin...

The burning smell is just that your humidifier chamber is out of water. You MUST fill it every night. And, while you are at it...........clean it every night too. That chamber is really small - I think intentional by design. You can turn it off in the settings........or, you can just reduce the inte...

You can find out "how" to adjust it by doing a simple Google search.

But,as was earlier asked..........WHY are you asking?


I'm thinking that you may be having issues breathing..............call your doctor.

Wow. That is tough. I'd suggest that you try and work with him to figure out what can be done to make it easier. Yes, get him to suggest what he thinks you should do. 15? That will be tough. I'm thinking when I first had my CPAP machine........it was NOT fun, and I was.........maybe 40! As a teen......

I really do not think that the procedure that they use to get you started is a good one. So, you get a sleep study........... and they say BOOM, your pressure should be..................... 14! You get a machine, and they set you up with a pressure of 14. But, you cannot stand the immediate pressure...

Try cutting your pressure down. Or, changing the machine to a pure cpap mode.

Your machine may be battling those leaks in apap mode. As you have a leak, the pressure goes up to compensate, and so on.

Try adjusting your humidifier settings. Bump it up a little.

Your nose will clog if the humidity is not quite right. Which also means you need to adjust as the seasons change.

It's worth a shot.

That mask is HUGE.

Try a smaller size.

Marshall, You say your wife is on CPAP. Is the therapy working? What are her AHI scores? What pressure is the machine set to? Maybe she is using the machine, but it is actually keeping her awake? I mean, the pressure just may let her get to deep sleep? The body may need sleep. Does she sleep during ...

I find it odd that you were initially on 10-13 pressure, and then it was changed to a flat 12. What does that accomplish? OMG. If you did that, then OK. But, if a clinician or doctor did that, I would not think too highly of them...... I mean, really........that does nothing to help the situation. R...

Well, it seems I am doing well these days. Yes, I did have 'stuff' in the humidifier, but I just thought it was from the tap water...........ok, so yes, I sometimes was lazy and did not want to trot downstairs to get another jug! At my age, I can't see as well, so, I just figured it was the water......

Seems like you do better when you DO have mask leaks!

I would try to cut the pressure DOWN, and see how that works for you. Find out how low............you can go...........

So, here I am............. looking back at my post from 3 yr ago............... That "itch" that I was speaking of................ I knew I had posted something.. I believe now, that it was the "Philips foam" pieces floating around in the face mask. Yup, I do think so. I have a replacement machine n...

OK, I've been there. For me, my experience was similar to you. I had all kinds of problems getting used to the machine. My first CPAP machine was just not going to work for me.......they gave me a BIPAP machine, which was a lot better.......it pauses to let you exhale. The 'mask' I speak of was thos...

Just changed over to the full mask about a month ago. All is fine, cept, I wake up in the middle of the night a number of times with an ITCH on my face/nose that I just HAVE to scratch! Fortunately I have figured out that I can disconnect the hose, and reach my finger into the mask to scratch it.......