Pulling mask off while sleeping

Gerald wrote:Brobbi....

Here's a possible answer: I think it has to do with your sub-conscious....it isn't sold on the project yet.

Here's what I mean: I think we shift to a 2nd brain when we are asleep. This gives our primary (conscious) brain time to do "maintenance" and refresh itself. The sub-conscious takes over...to run our systems while we're asleep....run our dreams....and give us just enough awareness for protection while we're unconscious.

If you aren't totally sold on the idea of CPAP therapy.....if you aren't completely sold on its benefits....your sub-conscious will use that as its excuse to take off the mask and stop that "uncomfortable therapy" in the middle of the night. Your conscious mind is "offline" and has no memory of what's happened in the night.

The only way to get past this problem is to prove to yourself....absolutely and positively....that you need therapy. If you'll get yourself a recording oximeter and generate reports showing that you aren't getting enough O2 while you're asleep, you can convince your sub-conscious that you're gonna die if you don't succeed at keeping that mask on all night.

You've got to convince your sub-conscious brain...that your conscious brain "has it right" and that therapy is vital.

Gerald