@ladybugg - I've had mine for about 9 weeks now. I'm now in a decent place where I get a normal amount of sleep. But it took some struggle to get here.

I tried a number of masks and finally have settled on one. Getting through the nights with insomnia or fighting leaks for hours was hard and exhausting, and the days after those nights were tough. Like a walking dead person who has to take a daytime nap or two just to get through the day. And I work, so having a functional brain is important. Fortunately, I work from home and have flexibility. The CPAP sure seemed counterproductive to my sleep for a while.

Because I knew the sleep apnea was a threat to my health and I was snoring loudly and making odd noises that disturbed my husband's sleep, I wanted to make the CPAP work.

I also vividly remembered my son's face when he told me about my breathing during sleep when he, my husband and I stayed in a hotel together while traveling from his college to home after his fall semester. He was really worried about me. I didn't and don't want him to be, and I promised him I'd get help with it.

The CPAP is totally not sexy and makes me look like some kind of creature feature. Not something I look forward to putting on at night, but I know I need to. My comfort is that my husband had already been wearing one, too, so we both look like odd creatures.

The CPAP might not feel comfortable enough to you to get normal sleep for 4-7 weeks, depending on how soon you find the right mask (my husband slept through the night his first night with his, which is unfathomable to me).

If your mask is troublesome and causing you to have many leaks or noises, I'd suggest going back into your medical device store for help.

Reading about CPAPs online is also useful.

I'd just encourage you to not give up and be stubborn about the CPAP working somehow for you.

What would you say you are struggling with the most currently with the CPAP? What do you think is causing your insomnia?