Did she say why it couldn't go on the floor? Yes, she said it was better not to have it on the floor because of dust, that even phone books help. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with mine in the long-term, there's not really many places I can put it here and I can't rearrange my furniture as ther...

I know I probably don't count as I just got my long-term loaner today, but the nurse told me that anywhere's fine apart from on the floor - she suggested I use the Yellow Pages Phone book to elevate it if I didn't have a close table. She recommended that it not be beside my head due to noise, actual...

Another update after my appointments. Today, 2pm. Didn't use machine last night either, how I feel today is a big indication that I NEED to get this right. So very tired. Psychiatrist surmises that I'm catastrophising over the implications of going on or not going on CPAP. She's prescribed 5mg Diaze...

Well, just woke up after ~8 hours without the mask (as per nurses advice).

Pro: No anxiety starting as soon as I take the mask off, or during my morning routine.

Con: Back to ache-behind-the-eyes exhausted.

Hoping my appointments tomorrow help somehow...

Thanks for your quick responses, guys. it really helps knowing I'm not alone in this (my dad's been on CPAP for a while, but he didn't have any issues getting used to it) @kaiasgram - I wasn't given a humidifier, they gave me the smallest mask they had at the time (although she wasn't overly happy w...

Hi all, I'm a 26-year-old new user of CPAP, started Wednesday 11th on my trial (going through the public hospital system we get 1 week on an s9 Autoset then changed to a free-loan CPAP). I have depression/anxiety that was under control and have been steadily losing weight for the last six months but...