thank you all for your replies, but i've been using this for over a month with all different humidifier settings (even tried off for a while) and I still have the problem. I will try the tissue thing but i'd rather something that was a better long term solution.

I'm pretty new to using a cpap machine and (as i'm only 22) am having serious doubts about whether i can live with this for the rest of the month - much less the rest of my life!! When I have my mask on and i'm not sleeping It's very comfortable and have no issues with that. The problem is that I sl...