I managed to keep the mask on for 3 hours in a row last night, a first. I did rouse once and count to ten a couple of times and listened to my audiobook to fall back asleep. I stirred quite a bit later on but never was able to rouse myself beyond the *thought* of putting the mask back on. I'm tired ...

I slept alone last night with sleep phones (hooray Amazon Prime) and without Ambien. The sleep phones helped a lot but I still wasn't able to sleep more than a couple of hours at a time. Looks like I had about 4 hours with the mask on and 5 hours without. Seems like a long time to be in bed. Still, ...

Feeling like a failure at CPAP today. 2nd night on Ambien. It does help me to fall asleep but doesn't help me stay asleep without panicking. The difference is that I don't *remember* why or for how long I take off the mask. I'm groggy today and I have a 200 mile drive today. I have not yet managed a...

Update after one night on Ambien, and counting to 10 twice before taking off the mask. I don't think the Ambien helped very much. I'll try again tonight. I didn't fall asleep very fast, although I DID fall asleep. I lasted a little over an hour before my first panicky feeling of "I have to take this...

I found mask choice to be the most difficult part of CPAP adjustment. My husband used a CPAP for years before I started so I was familiar with them. My only pre-CPAP anxiety was that I am mildly claustrophobic so I knew that I needed a minimal mask. I went through well over a dozen different ones b...

After all these years I do still need to have "white noise" to not focus on the breathing sounds conducted and magnified by my pillow. I have "sleep phones" which is a headband with built in speakers so I can listen to podcasts and NPR to fall asleep (my version of white noise). I instantly went to...

Thank you for your replies. I have no idea why my pressure is set to 8 and not variable. I will ask at my next appointment. I had one at-home sleep study, which showed the low O2 dips, and the in-lab study was purely titration, all with mask. Because of COVID I had to use a full face mask, which I p...

Last night I fell asleep quickly listening to an audio book and managed 2.5 hours. The best yet. I took the mask off at one point and put it back on, and then finally took it off for good. I barely remember any of that, which is good. Posting OSCAR data for the first time to figure it out. Interesti...

I am 57, F, newly diagnosed with mild sleep apnea AHI 8. What was more concerning was the >2 hour hypoxemia (below 90%), dipping down to 73% at the lowest. I have had frequent morning migraines (3-4/week) since Sept. 2020, now I know probably due to the hypoxemia. Neurology was normal; sleep study s...