MisterGreen wrote:

Well, it's been 2 months and I'm finally sleeping through the night. I fall asleep no problem and stay asleep all night long. I guess the next goal is feeling better. I still wake up in the morning feeling like I always have.  

Hey MisterGreen, thanks for giving me hope , as I have been going exactly what you have been going trough; I do have a hard time going to sleep and do sleep but wake up at least once or twice in the night; from the posts here I've learned that it takes months to recover from the fatigue accumulated trough the years. I think getting used to the mask is a matter of breaking an old habit and starting  a new one. but the fatigue will take longer to heal from. Let's keep up the great work!

Ranita wrote:

MisterGreen wrote:

Well, it's been 2 months and I'm finally sleeping through the night. I fall asleep no problem and stay asleep all night long. I guess the next goal is feeling better. I still wake up in the morning feeling like I always have.  

Hey MisterGreen, thanks for giving me hope , as I have been going exactly what you have been going trough; I do have a hard time going to sleep and do sleep but wake up at least once or twice in the night; from the posts here I've learned that it takes months to recover from the fatigue accumulated trough the years. I think getting used to the mask is a matter of breaking an old habit and starting  a new one. but the fatigue will take longer to heal from. Let's keep up the great work!

Good to hear, Ranita! I'm going on 4 months now. Still able to fall asleep and stay asleep through the night. Still not feeling any better, though. My sleep debt must be enormous.  

I am a c-pap user and just finished readiation treatments for breast cancer.  I am still trying to figure out if the fatigue is from sleep apnea for treatments.  I guess it really doesn't matter as long as I can usually get a full night's sleep !


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REMstarplus, M Series with C-flex and heated humidification
C- Pap setting of 10
ResMed Mirage Quatro full face Mask
Sleep study showed 36 events per hour
Location, Nebraska

Something new wrote:

I am a c-pap user and just finished radiation treatments for breast cancer.  I am still trying to figure out if the fatigue is from sleep apnea or treatments.  I guess it really doesn't matter as long as I can usually get a full night's sleep !

  I know without c-pap it would be a lot worse.


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REMstarplus, M Series with C-flex and heated humidification
C- Pap setting of 10
ResMed Mirage Quatro full face Mask
Sleep study showed 36 events per hour
Location, Nebraska

It's been good for me to read some of these posts. I just got my CPAP last Friday and had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I had the mask with the nostril pads and it was uncomfortable. Yesterday, I got a mask with the gel insert that goes over my nose. I find it easier to breathe in and out. I also bought a pillow they sell to help sleep on your back and side with the mask. My problem is similar, though. I have a hard time falling asleep then only sleep for about three hours. I wake up and seem to have a hard time falling back to sleep again. I used to wake up a couple times at night but would fall right back to sleep. Now, it seems like forever before I fall back to sleep if at all and it takes much longer to go to sleep. I never felt terrible during the day or when waking up, so I am not sure I notice any difference. I like to think I am thinking more clearly! My doctor and the CPAP therapist told me I have narrow / small nostrils. When I did the sleep study, I was told I had an average 32 AHI. My pressure is set at 7 on a ResMed 8 machine. Not sure I have all the lingo down. But I have found from reading this forum that I should be patient and it's not uncommon to have some issues with falling asleep and staying asleep at first like this.

It's been good for me to read some of these posts. I just got my CPAP last Friday and had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I had the mask with the nostril pads and it was uncomfortable. Yesterday, I got a mask with the gel insert that goes over my nose. I find it easier to breathe in and out. I also bought a pillow they sell to help sleep on your back and side with the mask. My problem is similar, though. I have a hard time falling asleep then only sleep for about three hours. I wake up and seem to have a hard time falling back to sleep again. I used to wake up a couple times at night but would fall right back to sleep. Now, it seems like forever before I fall back to sleep if at all and it takes much longer to go to sleep. I never felt terrible during the day or when waking up, so I am not sure I notice any difference. I like to think I am thinking more clearly! My doctor and the CPAP therapist told me I have narrow / small nostrils. When I did the sleep study, I was told I had an average 32 AHI. My pressure is set at 7 on a ResMed 8 machine. Not sure I have all the lingo down. But I have found from reading this forum that I should be patient and it's not uncommon to have some issues with falling asleep and staying asleep at first like this.