first 2 weeks with cpap

anton69 · Post by **anton69** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:17 am

After years of heavy snoring and exhaustion, having tried many over-the-counter anti-snoring solutions and MRA, I’m on CPAP since almost 2 weeks. According to the sleep study my AHI is 15. I usually slept through the night and had some dreams as well, but was really tired all day.

I have a Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset which fortunately is really silent. I tried an Airfit P10 pillow mask the first few days, but got a sore nose with skin irritation after 3 days.

I switched to a F&P Eson nasal mask which gives less problems. I do have the skin above my nose irritated (dry and red) by the mask, which is clearly visible for others If this won’t go away, I might switch back and forth to the pillow mask every few days.

Sleeping goes ok, snoring is completely gone and my AHI is now between 0.6 and 1.6. I also have much more vivid dreams and when my alarm goes off I typically am still heavily dreaming and have difficulties waking up the first hour.

I suppose the dreaming is a good sign, but so far no improvement in my exhaustion and fogginess. I hoped cpap would give instant improvement, but hopefully I will notice some improvement over time.

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:19 am

Welcome to the forum.

How many hours of sleep are you getting?
Are those hours fragmented with multiple wake ups?
Do you take any meds of any kind?

OkyDoky · Post by **OkyDoky** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:30 am

Use Lansinoh for a few days and the skin irritation will go away. It is made for breast feeding mothers and is found in the baby section of most stores and drugstores.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:45 am

This poster's not new...

OkyDoky · Post by **OkyDoky** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:53 am

Julie wrote:This poster's not new...

Julie, like his post says he's had it for 2 weeks. I consider that pretty new. His other posts were questions that a new user would ask. So I think he is looking in the right direction.

tiredandscared · Post by **tiredandscared** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:58 am

I've talked to a sleep expert. He says that it takes at least 6 months to see any symptom resolution.

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:14 am

tiredandscared wrote:I've talked to a sleep expert. He says that it takes at least 6 months to see any symptom resolution.

You must have asked your barber.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:24 am

My note was meant for the poster who said 'welcome to the forum', no one else.

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:51 am

Julie wrote:My note was meant for the poster who said 'welcome to the forum', no one else.

????....That was Pugsy.....

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:19 am

LSAT wrote: ????....That was Pugsy.....

Yeah...I guess you just can please some people no matter what you do.
Doesn't surprise me considering the source. If that's all she can bitch about I guess I should consider myself blessed. I don't bother reading what she writes (Foe list and all that) and since you quoted something it got my curiosity up so I took a peek. I guess it's more important to dig at me than help someone. She can't pass up an opportunity to get a dig in since she is the unofficial forum etiquette police and all that.

I couldn't remember if I ever welcomed this person to the forum or not and decided to err on the side of caution. I know that I often just start asking questions and bypass the "welcome" and I didn't want to do that here.
So I just now looked here in his first thread and yep....I got right down to asking questions and forgot my manners.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=108025&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

We need to know if he is getting enough quality hours of sleep and if he is on any meds that might be contributing to the unwanted symptoms...and that's why I asked those questions.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:20 am

Between us, no need to concern yourself...

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:22 am

LSAT - got it?

PS - don't have a foe list here, never have and can't imagine bothering.

OkyDoky · Post by **OkyDoky** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:21 am

Julie wrote: LSAT - got it?

PS - don't have a foe list here, never have and can't imagine bothering.

Oh, I got it. But I can't understand why you would derail a new person's thread for personal reasons. If Pugsy bothers you so much put her on the foe list and then you don't have to see or make unnecessary comments.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:32 am

How did I derail anything?

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:36 pm

Julie wrote:How did I derail anything?

Julie ...did you do this????

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/freight-tra ... -at-scene/

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