EllenMarie: What is your new mask that you like??? I need all the help I can get. Every night I put off going to bed because I hate the uncomfortable and hot straps.

I use the full face mask, I cant even sleep unless I take Tylenol pm. Then I am still dragging the next day. I feel so lazy sometimes.

yes i do too, and thought what in the world wrong with me, but why does this happen anyone know ?

I am a night person and don't go to bed until early morning. I am real tired by that time so I don't have much trouble with it. If I go to bed earlier I have to pull it down on my chin so I can take a deep breath and then put it back about 10 times. Otherwise I might do it only 2 times.
I have taken mine off but not very often. I don't like my mask and need to get a new one. I was told it needs to be replaced every 6 months. I never do that.
My uncle has this real bad and almost died two times. The last time he got up and went to the bathroom and came back and laid down without it and that was the last thing he remembered before he woke up in the hospital.
I am sure he has it worst than I do but I don't want to take the chance.
I am feeling a little better now but sometimes I still feel I need a nap.
If I get up from the computer and walk around and go out of the room it will go away. Sometimes I just give in to it though.
My male cousin said it has changed his life. I am sure it has made my life better but not sure I can say it has changed my life dramatically. I am glad I have the machine though.
I can't believe the people who won't use theirs. I have a friend who has heart problems and won't use hers.
I wish I didn't have to put it on every time I lay down but I do and that is fact I just accept.
I think about people who had sleep apnea before we had the machines and masks and had to just suffer with it.
I would snore so loud people couldn't stand it when I went to visit with my daughter and her family.
Ann in Nashville

I have the same problem. I haven't been wearing mine for months. I see my sleep doctor next weeks...she's going to be royally pissed off about it. It just doesn't seem to help, so why bother?

Maybe you don't have the right mask. There are lots to chose from. Maybe it isn't fitted right.
I have anxiety at first when I put it on but as soon as I get a deep breath I put it back on.

I used to do it when i first started with the cpap...I just started using a diff type of mask & have done it once with that...i guess after i get used to something, i don't do it anymore.

I did at first but not after I got used to it. Also, Sleepyhollow, did I understand you to say your dr said no meds so you're getting them prescribed by a 2nd dr? I hope not, that could be dangerous. I implore everyone to try as hard as you can to stick with it, give yourself a chance to get used to it. As others said, try a different mask and/or headgear. This is not just a device to help you feel better - this is a device to save your life! And once you are truly compliant, using it ALL the time, correctly, and are used to it, I'll bet yoiu find it does help. I didn't so at first, I hated it, but my attitude has completely changed. I had a problem with mine recently, had to try to sleep witout it a couple of nights, now I know how much it helps. Wishing you the best of luck, blessings and Ladybughugs

Same here. Someone here told me to make a chin strap to hold it in place. Now I turn it off. I have tried the nose strips too. I wake up taking it off. Sometimes I don't wake up and it will be laying there next to me. I haven't slept much lately since I've been home.

Yes I just did this last night! All of a sudden my husband woke up and asked me were it was. That was when I realized that I not only took it off but also shut it off as well and don't remember doing it. But I don't think it is because it is the wrong face mask. I have tryed several differant ones and like the full face mask the best. I think it is just not natural to have something over your face or stuck in your nose when you are trying to sleep.

During the first month I used it, I took it off in the middle of the night all the time. Then one day it went from this thing I couldn't stand to something I won't sleep without. Who knows, maybe tonight will be the night it starts working for you. Good luck!

I know people who won't use theirs. I have sinus problems but was given a prescription for a nasal spray I might have filled.
I had nasal surgery and that didn't help at all.
I need a new mask but have to go to my doctor so I can be sent to a new one.
I have woke up and the mask will be on my chin. I need to start wearing the chin strap.
I am thankful I have it to use.
Ann

I also did it many times for up to 2 yrs after I started with it. but just got used to it tighted head gear a little more.. mine just fits the nose. I use it anytime I sleep, I get so deep in sleep sometimes my family thinks I am Dead looking for breath and pulse cause it takes so long to wake me. my # is 11.