Don't you people ever sleep?????

[jaybet]

+1 Solus. I've been using it for about 6 years and it did take some getting used to, but it was worth it. It's not always convenient, and I can nap without it, but I use it every night.
I got checked out because of horrible snoring. My wife was going to kill me. Found out I was waking up constantly, getting no REM sleep, burning brain cells, and starvingg myself of O2 all night. My Dr. said I was doing as much damage as if I'd drank a quart of vodka every night (except for the liver I presume).
It helped me a lot and you do get used to it, although it's not the same as sleeping without. Although he had some other issues, Reggie White died with untreated sleep apnea. It's serious.

[Ichiban]

Several years ago I went in for a sleep apnea test.  Got hooked up to all sorts of monitoring equipment and dropped into a strange bed.  That was the best nights sleep I had in a very long time.  Needles to say the tests were negative.  Go figure.

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

Jaybet, did you ever wake up with reallly bad headaches? Your symptoms are the same as mine but i also have to go pee when i wake up. I started useing my machine about 18 months ago and my headaches  (waking up with) almost compleatly disapeared. My opinion of the machine is it was designed by "TORQAMADA" THE GRAND INQUISITER of the Spanish inquistion. I hate it but use it every night also.

[Solus]

Jaybet, did you ever wake up with reallly bad headaches? Your symptoms are the same as mine but i also have to go pee when i wake up. I started useing my machine about 18 months ago and my headaches  (waking up with) almost compleatly disapeared. My opinion of the machine is it was designed by "TORQAMADA" THE GRAND INQUISITER of the Spanish inquistion. I hate it but use it every night also.

It is probably the mask you hate rather than the machine.  There are a lot of options for masks that might work better for you.  Unfortunately, you can't try them before you buy them.   Worse than holsters.

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

And more expensive. you are right about the mask, i have one with the nose pieces instead of the mask but it still sucks.l

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[Badgersmilk]

Something like these?




It appears you may wear this ensemble to work as well!

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

Not quite.

[droggsey]

Apnea is a serious condition.  Get used tot he mask or find a setup you can use.

My sleep test showed I was waking up 82 times an hour.  I would fall asleep anytime I wasn't focused on something...in a meeting if I was not speaking...on the john....driving in a traffic jam.    I had NO trouble falling asleep, just didn't stay that way for very long.

When I first started using the device (I didn't like masks so have always use the nasal pillow type) I would dream that I was swimming upstream against the flow.  Took a little while to get used to it, bit now I dread thinking of sleeping without it.  Waking up gasping for breath with your heart racing is terrifying.  If the power is out, I'll sit up all night rather than try to sleep.

After using it, I would sleep through the night, or if I did wake up it was due to an arm or leg getting sore from being in the same position for hours.  Or I'd roll over and the tubing would become tangled and wake me.  I  have since found devices to manage the tubing so it is not a problem. 

If you have the problem, do what it takes to adapt to the device.  If not, it WILL kill you.

FYI, a deep cycle battery and a DC/AC inverter will power my CPAP for two nights without a charge. I use that setup at our hunting cabin all the time. No way I can sleep without the thing.

[red364]

Something like these?

No, like this.....   

[Pathfinder]

No, like this.....   

Red . . . . . . . . . figures.