I guess I didn't make it clear, I am definitely trying to be able to use the CPAP, I have some things that I'm trying and my technician is working with me. Monday I'm going to get pillows to try. Also, I do have lots of other problems that correlate with sleep apnea (high blood pressure, etc.) and I...

Thanks for the replies. That makes sense. I talked to my technician and she suggested wearing it with the machine turned on, and not to fight too hard with it trying to get to sleep because that will just make it worse. So I'm going to give that a shot.

Here's something I was wondering about. I have severe sleep apnea (stop breathing 72 times per hour) and yet I have plenty of dreams and I don't think I am very tired most of the time. What's up with that? Did anyone else have the same observation before they started treatment? (I have a CPAP but ha...

I am a newbie and I haven't been able to sleep at all yet with the mask on. One suggestion is to wear the mask some during the day. Is that just the mask by itself or is that actually hooked up to the machine and turned on?