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Uncle_Bob wrote:I've been removing my mask. I found my machine has a leak alert feature which i turned on. So at least if i remove it now i get woken up and put it back on.

klockemy wrote:

Uncle_Bob wrote:I've been removing my mask. I found my machine has a leak alert feature which i turned on. So at least if i remove it now i get woken up and put it back on.

I have one of those on mine, but it isn't loud enough to wake me. Also, I think I have subconsciously learned to remove the mask, sit it carefully on the nightstand and turn off the machine and not remember a thing.

Uncle_Bob wrote:

klockemy wrote:

Uncle_Bob wrote:I've been removing my mask. I found my machine has a leak alert feature which i turned on. So at least if i remove it now i get woken up and put it back on.

I have one of those on mine, but it isn't loud enough to wake me. Also, I think I have subconsciously learned to remove the mask, sit it carefully on the nightstand and turn off the machine and not remember a thing.

I have not removed my mask in a while but i found i did it most in my first 2 months of treatment. My doctor started me off at a pressure of 7cm even though i was titrated at 10cm. I think i was removing my mask because i was not getting enough pressure and was finding it difficult to breath. Once i increased it I stopped taking it off. Of course it could just be coincidence. But you might want to see where you are with your pressure?

connie J. Casella wrote: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]

Blue Snuffle nose wrote:hello Connie,

You gotta do something about your cat chewing on your hose!!!! He is causing air leaks in your hose and that's why you feel your'e suffocating!!! Or losing a lot sleep...... [/size]