First night at home

I have severe sleep apnea and severe anxiety. I kept taking my mask off. Has anyone else dealt with this? how did you resolve it?

Try a soft cloth mask liner. (Like Pad a Cheek)
White noise sometimes helps--like a small fan in the room)
Aromatherapy can also help. (Cpap.com offers some suited for cpap users)
Creative visualization is also good.
---Imagine yourself diving in a beautiful reef. (you need a mask)
Many put on the mask and read or watch TV--distractions are great.

futureMasker wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:39 am

I have severe sleep apnea and severe anxiety. I kept taking my mask off. Has anyone else dealt with this? how did you resolve it?

If you're taking it off in your sleep... tape the mask straps to your face, so you'll feel the pull, and wake up enough to think "oh, right, leave that on" and go back to sleep.

After a while, you'll get used to the mask, and you'll quit trying to take it off in your sleep, and then you don't need the tape anymore.

Try using the mask when reading and watching tv to get used to it so you get used to it whilst not sleeping