I have been on CPAP for 2 weeks. My ComfortGel FF mask is destroying my nose (despite trying every helpful hint on this board). If I loosen it, my nose still hurts and it just leaks (more). I wake up several times a night and was feeling (physically) tired the next day - although I did feel much mor...

Doing good there. I noticed in one of your earlier posts that you thought you had the unit on but it wasn't. Do you have it set to start delivering air when it senses you have it on (I forget the official ResMed term) but there is a way to do that. Some like it, some don't. Beats having to remember...

Night 2 : 8.5 hours and only woke up twice. The second time I awoke to what sounded like a hurricane. It took a while to fall back to sleep at that high pressure, so I restarted to get the "ramp up".

So far, so good.

n0hardmask wrote:Hi, and welcome to the forum. Out of curiosity, how did you end up with a full face mask? Seems like many newbies get handed them with no particular reason. Wish you success in your CPAP journey.

I am a "mouth breather" and would not do well with just the nose involved.

Thanks for the encouraging words. My first night was a bit rough - as I expected. I spent my first hour with the machine turned off (thinking it was on) - doh! I was wondering why it didn't seem like much was going on. Then, I fidgeted with the mask and tried to get comfortable for about 90 minutes....

...and looking forward (sort of) to my first night of CPAP.

Wish me luck.