Hallelujah (or however you spell it).  I am finishing up my 1st month with CPAP and feel like a new person.  I am sleeping through the night and actually need an alarm clock again.  I feel so rsted.  No more afternoon naps just to make it through the day.  I feel like a new person who has been blesses by a miracle.  If you are new to CPAP, stick with it.

do you have to have a prescription to purchase a cpap

mab wrote:

Hallelujah (or however you spell it).  I am finishing up my 1st month with CPAP and feel like a new person.  I am sleeping through the night and actually need an alarm clock again.  I feel so rsted.  No more afternoon naps just to make it through the day.  I feel like a new person who has been blesses by a miracle.  If you are new to CPAP, stick with it.

I’ve been using mine a couple of months now.  At first it was terrible then gradually day by day it became tolerable.  Then there came a point in time when I no longer removed it during the night.

Now I’m addicted!  When morning comes I just want to leave it on and continue with the ease of breathing.  I like that thing so much that every morning before I complete the disassembly for washing it I stick it back on my face without the straps for a few more breathes before turning it off.

There are times during the evening that I even forget it’s on me.  I woke up the other night with a slight tickle or itch on my nose.  It felt like I ran into a glass door when I attempted to scratch it.  I forgot all about the mask. I like the dreams too.  I can’t remember the ones in the middle of the night but I can remember the last one as I wake in the morning. (maybe that's why I try to get back to sleep?)
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Anonymous wrote:

do you have to have a prescription to purchase a cpap

Hi guest,

Yes, you do need a prescription to purchase a cpap.
But you needn't have in your hand, the doctor can fax it wherever you need.

I'm so glad to hear the positive results.  I have only had my cpap a week and I still feel tired, though not like it used to be, and I wake after only 4 or 5 hours of sleep.  I guess I can be grateful that it is 4 or 5 hours of continous sleep and not broken up like it used to be.  I came home from work today feeling depressed that I didn't have more energy yet.  Glad I read your posts.  Thanks