I was a smoker for 30+ years. Quit smoking about 16 years ago.

Okay, I am about 2-1/2 weeks into this. Everyone has been great in reassuring me I will get used to this thing. Actually, I am starting to. I have been waking up 3 times every night until the last couple days. The last few nights I have slept through the night! However, before you say congrats, I n...

I want take this opportunity to update my original post, and thank everyone for their support and advice. I am happy to report that I am finally able to sleep through the night with my machine. I had to experiment with the humidity, and it turns out that a humidity setting of 2 seems to be the most ...

Couple things as you move forward. Are you using the ramp feature? If so, for what period of time and at what starting pressure? I noticed you mentioned waking up in 30 minutes and wondered if that timing is significant. Also, are you watching your data? Wouldn't want claustrophobia to get the blam...

Thanks for the suggestions of lowering the humidity or even turning it off. I tried a couple of lower settings, including off (I've been running on a 3 or 4) Unfortunately, that didn't work. I woke up with my throat extremely dry - in fact, it was so dry it felt like someone was sticking knives in m...

You might find some helpful info here: http://www.sleepandcpap.blogspot.com If you have a particular question, I'd be happy to blog on a new topic. There is definately a learning curve with using xPAP. Keep on asking questions, experimenting and reading as Wulfman already suggested. Before you know...

Thanks to everyone who has replied. Now that I am wearing a medium mask, I am not getting air leaks like I was with the small mask. What I had intended to convey was that I had hopes that if the leaks were eliminated by going to a larger mask, I would be able to adjust better to the machine. Unfortu...

I have had my CPAP machine for almost 4 weeks. My setting is 11. Since I have had the machine I have not been able to keep the mask on for more than 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Many nights much less. My average night sleep is about five and a half hours. I usually go to bed around 8:30 PM and I get up to get ...

I too am a new CPAP user (started using May 5th). So far, I haven't made it much past two hours use each night. Some nights I am aware that I am removing my mask, thus I am also aware why I am removing the mask. The nights that I am removing the mask without being aware of it are the nights that "bo...