So it might have been a leak?

Thank you

This is another rookie question. My girlfriend slept over for the first time with me on CPAP and she noticed at one point during the night my machine started pumping air more loudly and then I shook, before going back to sleep. Does anyone have an idea what happened here? I thought my device was set...

Oh I am so sorry, it is an Elite. I've changed it in my signature. I hadn't realised there were so many variations!

I'm waking up every few hours, but I have only been back on CPAP for four days.

Thanks Rick, I'm being treated by the NHS, my Consultant took the view that she treated the patient not the test, and she was quite dismissive of the private home sleep study, which showed a normal AHI (I don't remember the exact number, but definitely under 5). Her view was that when I was wired up...

Hello, I've returned to trying CPAP after quitting a few years ago and I have been using it now for four nights. I am actually finding it much easier this time and have been able to wear it throughout the night and managed 10 hours last night. I am still waking up every few hours. I am 44 in October...

Thank you for the link, and the advice. I'm glad it isn't just me.

I'll search the forum for those two terms.

Hello all, I am a CPAP newbie and tried my device for the first time last night and it wasn't easy. I found multiple times throughout the night I was woken by the need to urgently exhale a lot of air. One time I woke up and my mouth was full of air. It made sleeping really difficult as it woke me up...