Waking up and taking off mask

SkipperH · Post by **SkipperH** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:39 pm

I'm trying to understand why I keep removing mask and falling back to sleep without it. What should I be looking for? Humidifier set too high? Temperature too high? Wrong mask? How do you really know?

DBoone · Post by **DBoone** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:44 pm

It's actually pretty common Skipper. In time you should become more used to wearing the mask and consequently have fewer instances of removal. Welcome to CPAPing.

SkipperH · Post by **SkipperH** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:46 pm

DB, what do you set your c=flex to?

DBoone · Post by **DBoone** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:00 pm

I'm currently at 1. Don't remember why to tell you the truth. I've never really had a problem with taking my mask off - its only happened a few times. I think for me moving to nasal pillows instead of a nasal mask really helped. I fought the mask all the time because of leaks and I'm pretty sure that is why I took it off during my sleep.

harry33 · Post by **harry33** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:32 pm

taking mask off in sleep is common for new users, if it continues, tape mask to face so the pain will remind you to leave it on

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