I go through periods like this. 3 nights ago I could NOT put on my mask, I was suffocating so slept for 2 nights without CPAP and actually felt less tired...UNTIL LAST NIGHT - woke up at 3 am with a massive headache that was made worse by lying down. I tried to sleep upright but eventually after tab...

I have many nights like Goodnighthoser where I get to about 3.30 and cannot cope with the mask because it's cold air, claustrophobic or whatever (just can't get back to sleep, because I feel panicky with the mask on). Anyway I go to sleep without and then wake myself up with the old symptoms but the...

I think you have a mouth leak problem (as I have similar with nasal masks) I also tried mouth taping with a 'micropore' paper tape and found it improved my experience. I don't like taping much though as it hurts to take off and when you wake up, it feels a bit claustrophobic. Anyway it seems like yo...

This is my problem as well. I go to sleep and then wake up anywhere between 1-3 hours later and have real trouble getting back to sleep with mask on. It may due to a feeling of heated air, or noise or combination. Sometimes after 45mins I just throw the mask away, then get back to sleep. Of course i...

I use nasal pillow type masks - I've 3 of them. And I always have a favorite depending on when I'm asked. Currently its the Mirage Swift but it changes between 3 masks. Suddenly they leak...you know my favorite suddenly letting me down! I don't understand it.. maybe it's facial oil or whatever. I ju...

I think it's a mask issue. I have that from time to time. Every night I go to sleep I have three masks to cycle through. Sometimes I get a nose leak with one , sometimes a whistle, sometimes I cannot get a seal although this was my 'favourite' mask last night. I also had a tube break recently where ...

That happens to me if I go to sleep and somehow lose the mask because I'm so tired and must take it off. I wake up feeling like I'm suffocating but the headache is the worst. It's an extreme pain in the back of the head that will not go away. I cannot lie down ,particularly on my side as it is reall...

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Cheers, Michael

Mr irritatedRPSGT can you explain who the 'we' you refer to in your (not you're) post? If you are a 'sleep professional' you could share more of your knowledge and experience with the forum as a registered member? The forum is full of people posting about taping or sticking lips together as well as ...

Have a cup of warm chocolate before going to bed. I can't offer much advice apart from going to bed to sleep (not read), put on some quiet relaxation music. The latter is to distract you from the breathing / machine noise. Then try to think about something nice or something not stressful that you'd ...

What is the consensus on "compliant". I have nights when I manage >4 hrs on cpap and Encore Pro has nice green graphs and says I'm compliant. Other nights I have trouble and only get <3hrs 59mins and all the graphs are red. I DON'T think that 4 hours per night is very good but feel better as there a...

Thanks socknister, I think you're probably right. I HAVE to get 100% compliant. I have thought it might my mouth leaking as well as not enough time on the machine, so recently tried a head binding thing to keep my mouth shut. It seemed to reduce mouth dryness greatly (ie I was leaking). My problem i...

I'm recently diagnosed OSA (3 months) and had High BP with 2 medications treating it 'fairly'. ie got it down to 150-160/80-90. Still high though. Started CPAP 3 months ago and now it's been consistently higher up to 200/100 and have now started 3rd medication to get it back down a bit. I'm a pharma...

I reckon the data from the encore pro download must be as accurate in many ways as a sleep study. From my (bad) experience of 2 sleep studies), in a sleep study you are in a strange environment, with so many wires attached to you. In mine the wires were too short and did not allow me to turn over (a...

Night after night at the moment, I have little leaks around one nostril with the 360. I try to re-seat it time after time, but still can't get rid of it. It's just a little little leak, probably not enough to even register very much on Encore-Pro. However it blows on my lip, just ever so slightly an...