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by judylc
Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I feel like I'm suffocating!
Replies: 25
Views: 49832

Re: I feel like I'm suffocating!

I feel like you and I are going through the exact same thing!! I'm so beyond frustrated, and I think that is making it worse :/ my sleep has gotten so much worse since starting CPAP, I just don't know what to do. I started on sleeping pills, and they did not help at all I would try the comments to ...
by judylc
Thu Apr 28, 2016 7:42 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I'm finally starting to sleep, but...
Replies: 5
Views: 1117

I'm finally starting to sleep, but...

I'm finally starting to get used to this mask and to be able to fall asleep and stay asleep without a sleeping pill! However, I am still having a few problems. First, for some reason I am still not waking up feeling refreshed. I guess I just thought that I would see and feel a big difference and I d...
by judylc
Mon Apr 11, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 3rd night, can't do it!!!
Replies: 30
Views: 6368

Re: 3rd night, can't do it!!!

I don't really have any good tips or advice for you but I wanted to let you know that I also started my therapy on the same day as you and I'm still struggling to sleep! Thought maybe it would help you to know that you are not alone. Hopefully things are starting to improve for you. I finally broke ...
by judylc
Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I feel like I'm suffocating!
Replies: 25
Views: 49832

Re: I feel like I'm suffocating!

Thanks so much for your replies. They made a lot of sense. First, I'll do the best I can here to list my equipment. This is from my delivery ticket, APAP 5-20cm, Heated humid, mask, headgear, resmed climate lineair tubing. Does that make sense? I'm going to try and put my machine on the floor tonigh...
by judylc
Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:48 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I feel like I'm suffocating!
Replies: 25
Views: 49832

I feel like I'm suffocating!

I was so excited to get my cpap machine because I envisioned a life so different, no more depression, no more foggy memory, no more absent mindedness. Maybe I had my hopes up a bit too much, but now that I have it I am getting LESS sleep than I did before! Whenever I put on that mask (I have a full ...