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Cpap and getting better sleep: What's your experience?
Sleep Health | Last Active: Sep 15, 2022 | Replies (356)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @cece55. Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I moved your discussion here to this discussion, "CPAP and Sleep," so that you can connect with others who are discussing their CPAP machines. Simply click VIEW & REPLY in your email and you will be able to read previous posts and respond to other users' posts to you, like @johnbishop, @bernese53 @sleepy0 @thankful @alanbruce @johnhans.
Sounds like it's been challenging with trying to get used to the machine. I would say that many Connect members have talked about an adjustment period of becoming comfortable with the machine, its noise and feel, and with masks - often trying out multiple to find the most suitable one.
Good to hear you have an appointment today with a respiratory therapist. Are you hoping to figure out a way to better adjust your mask, or get a new mask to try?
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Hi Lisa,
I want to know if the louder sound when you breathe in that is keeping me awake (it is coming from the machine) is normal for all CPAP machines and I want to try another mask. They have started me on a ramp of 4 for 45 minutes to fall asleep but I feel like I am suffocating and am wondering if it is because the mask they gave me is wrong for my nostrils or 4 is too low for me. After the 45 minutes pass, I am so hyper-vigilant and uptight, sleep will not come and everything becomes more problematic than it probably is.