I too will wake up in the area of 3 am. Don't have to take a bathroom break, but when I am able to sleep with the machine the longest I have slept is 5 hours. So I don't know what 8 hours would be like. Since I get up at 5 am every morning the mask comes off and I fall right back to sleep. I tried k...

I had broncitis twice in the month of Oct. Was off the machine for almost a month, now having a difficult time getting reaclimated to it. It's been an uphill battle since I started using the cpap. I admire those who have been able to sleep from the beginning with there machines. I still battle some ...

Thanks to all for your helpful information. I have to tell you after going through the sleep study and speaking with the people who do the tesing it obvious none of them have apena. The fact that they say oh it should only take you 3 weeks to get accustom to the machine and speak of no other problem...

I have now been on my cpap machine for a month. To say the least it has been a terrible experience so far as I have not been able to fall asleep. I would give about 1 hour and if I am not asleep I would take the mask off. Getting up at 5 every morning one can not afford not to sleep. Last night I ac...

Being new to this I can not believe how many different thing there are to look for. As someone who has been on this for a little more than a month I am a little discouraged that I am not able to sleep through the night with my mask on. Being a newbie you are kind of at the mercy of the Dr. and homec...