I continue to use my CPAP for my sleep apnea therapy with some minor problems... mouth breathing, not adjusting to mask and some anxiety issues. I am working diligently to overcome these things and get the full advantage of my CPAP. I met with my PCP (family doctor) last week to find out if I could ...

I continue to use my CPAP for my sleep apnea therapy with some minor problems... mouth breathing, not adjusting to mask and some anxiety issues. I met with my PCP (family doctor) last week to find out if I could be prescribed a sleep aid but she refused and explained that I don't need any other worr...

Oh, how things can become so complicated. I visit a chiropractor about every 5 - 6 weeks for neck and shoulder (stress) aches and muscle tension due to sleep deprivation, tired muscles and a head on collision 8 years ago. I schedule a full body massage once a month. And I exercise (Zumba and our pri...

@ robysue - thank you for your insightful post. I am in that vicious cycle of swalling and aerophagia and didn't even realize that it is something I can learn to change. I taped my lips closed last night and at some point I awoke and took the tape off (reason still unknown). But while the tape was o...

So my typical night goes like this... Put the full Face mask on without tape, feel no leaks and ramp up for 30 minutes. I fall asleep. After about an hour I begin to get dry mouth and wake up, lick my lips and try to fall back to sleep. Again, after another short sleep and tossing and turning, I awa...

I do use a full face mask, but it hasn't helped keep my mouth closed during the night. At the sleep lab, the technician told me I could not use the nasal pillows since I breathed too much through my mouth. He explained that over time I may learn how to stop breathing through my mouth to gain much be...

FITBIT tracks my sleep patterns every night. Here is an example of the daily report I get via Computer:
You went to bed at 10:40PM
Time to fall asleep 27min
Times awakened 13
You were in bed for 6hrs 27min
Actual sleep time 2hrs 44min

I am on my second attempt to use my CPAP machine. In 2008, I was first diagnosed with moderate to severe sleep apnea after spending two nights at our local hospital's sleep lab. I was prescribed a CPAP machine with a setting of 13. I tried for about 2 months to successfully adjust to both the powerf...

I had a sleep study done in 2009 and began treatment using a CPAP. However, my pressure was set to 13 and I could not adapt to the mask and "air". It was pure panic when I tried to fall asleep with the mask on. I put forth a solid effort to use the CPAP but I ended up packing the machine and mask ba...