If I were in your situation, I'd talk to my doc about dropping the meds and take an antihistamine like Benadryl an hour before masking up. Any of the older antihistamine are likely to make you sleepy, thus making it easier to quickly fall asleep. I'd also add 1 mgm melatonin (3 is the normal dose which is too much for me leaves me feeling a hungover-like feeling as following sleep meds). Like many other hoseheads, I am sensitive to drugs and try all the old natural remedies first (fever/infection are the only things that drive me to a doc first).TBonz wrote:Have any of you ever had issues with anxiety? I *never* had it before this, other than doing an MRI (have to be medicated for that and it's a much worse situation - the CPAP mask I can easily remove, you know?) I only seem to have the problem at bedtime; I have no anxiety the rest of the day. This is a new (and unwelcome) thing.
If you are nearing 60 (or older), neurologists say avoid benzodiazapines (antianxiety drugs) because of the high risk of catastrophic side effects. 2 friends and my mom had that side effect.
Could be initial pressure is too low, might bump it up by 2. If using ramp, consider turning it off.