Taking mask off in middle of night

[hjjsnell]

Has anyone else done this while asleep?? I did this last night only to find it laying beside me blowing away, so to speak. It was the weirdest thing. I can't imagine why I would have done this because I have a hard time falling asleep but once I'm asleep I don't have a problem with my mask. Anyone else? Or am I alone here?

[rosiefrosie]

When I first started my treatment I did this all the time. It will stop, give it time.

Rosie

[Yoda]

You are not alone. I did it last night. Just put it back on ....

[harry33]

this is common for new users, I did it.
if it continues, tape mask to face so the pain will remind you to leave it on

[semicharmed]

I keep doing that too. I rip it off in my sleep, but somehow am awake enough to turn it off. It's really frustrating and I want to stop but I don't know what to do about it. =[

[KengEsq]

I think every hose head has done that more than once. I have, but not for a long time.

[harry33]

semicharmed will need to use lots of tape so an attempt at removal will really hurt

[hjjsnell]

Well at least I'm not the only one that does this! Hopefully it doesn't happen again or doesn't happen for very long. Thanks everyone!

[BeanMeScot]

Make sure there isn't some "real" reason you are doing it. Like your pressure is so low or constricted, you feel like you aren't getting enough air.

[SleepGuy]

This is very common--I struggled with it for a year. I'd be happy to give free PurSleep product samples to anyone who has "mask off" issues because it solved this very problem so well for me. Just send an email to bret@pursleep.com and include a mailing address. (I am the person behind the product and this is not a sales call--just trying to help out best I can). I've run several informal "mask off" programs with the product here on the boards with very good success and now have a low cost way to deliver product samples for people who could use them.

SG

[Blue Snuffle nose]

[/b]Hello People,


yes I have been there......"The Vanishing Mask Syndrome" I masked the tabs together, all expect the one next to my neck. So the only time I can take it off is when I awake. I had a incident when I woke myself up trying to get the mask off my face, all I did was turn over and sleep again after attempts to get it off failed.

Now after few years I can sleep with the thing on my face. Keep trying, you'll get used to wearing that mask

[klockemy]

I switched mask types. I was wearing an F&P FlexiFit HC 431 with the quick release pull strap and kept taking it off. So I started wearing a ResMed Mirage Liberty and haven't took it off once and just keep the FlexiFit as a backup.

[hjjsnell]

Well since I posted I haven't taken my mask off again at least not in the middle of the night unknowingly. I actually think I'm getting used to this darn thing! LOL Thanks for all the comments though. I have switched masks and am now on the Swift LT for her and it is working wonders. Thanks!!!

[connie J. Casella]

Hi! I do the same thing sometimes. I have a cat who insists on chewing my hose! So, after I yell at it for a while, I take my mask off and hide it under a blanket or something. And sometimes the hose disconnects from the machine and I try to put it back in while I'm half asleep. (I think the hose is the wrong hose for this machine. But I'll keep it for now.) And I had to go back to my old mask because the new mask leaks air where it connects. And there's nothing there to adjust it like my old mask. I like to try another mask if I could and perhaps another machine. Well, thanks for reading this. Connie[img]%20%20[/img]

[rubbercrutch]

I have had trouble sleeping with the mask for about 4 or more years. Just yesterday I changed machine to S8 Auto Set II and mask to Mirage Activa LT and for the first time in years, I slept through the night without taking the mask off or waking up in a panic, feeling like I was suffocating. I even tried sleeping pills and only slept until the effects wore off. Dr. wouldn't prescribe more so I had to quit that. I actually felt good for the first time this morning.