Obviously he's venting, frustrated, probably not feeling well and is severely disappointed. Some of you need to be a little kinder. It took as much or more effort for you to reply in a snotty manner than it took him to post. As an aside, and this is the second time I've posted this in a few days. Go...

I suspect that your pressure was too LOW. Most people feel like they are suffocating when the pressure is only 4 or 5. You mentioned that you felt like your head was under water. That isn't too much air, that is feeling like you are suffocating. Try raising the minimum to 6 and see if that gets bet...

Right now your main job is to just do what you can to get used to all this new stuff. Minimize the leaks and you won't feel like the pressure is blowing like crazy. It's all working like it should but your body and brain hasn't had time to get adjusted to the new normal in your life. Give yourself ...

Unless the leaks are waking you up they aren't bad enough to worry about. I have ignored much worse. Now if the leaks are waking you up then that's a different story because it is disturbing your sleep. They are very brief and aren't going to impact your therapy much if any. Thank you, that's the s...

One way to get used to the pressure is to use your machine while awake and relaxed watching tv or reading a book. Once you are used to breathing with the machine you won't get that panicked feeling. Yes, the two nights I read a bit of a book as my sleep routine, with the mask on. Frankly, by the ti...

I want to thank everyone for their input. Context: your pressure is really low. How low? Most standard machines go from 4 to 20. If your pressure was 7.5, this would equal an altitude change of about 200 feet (about 0.1 PSI). The space needle in Seattle is around 600 ft. That said, a leak can feel l...

Thank you everyone for your responses. I don't really have any trouble wearing the mask, if you can believe that. After a few minutes I get used to it and don't really feel it anymore. Julie, or anyone, can you tell me what it my chart indicates a problem with leaks? Is it the 1.72% large leak? Or t...

Perhaps I should have done some more research before posting. After some google searching, I checked my clinical settings and noticed my EPR was off. Would anyone suggest changing this rather than messing with the pressure as a first step? My sense from the videos I watched is that perhaps the EPR s...

It still answered my question, even if it took seven years.....

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Greetings all; I'm new to the CPAP machine, having used it two nights. Both nights I woke up around 0230 or so and felt like my head was going to explode from air being forced into me. My ears were even clogged...you know, like when you are changing altitude in a plane. Is this a situation where I s...