JenCarol

I was diagnosed with OSA about 10 years ago and have been using CPAP religiously for about 8-9 years. Currently my machine is a Respironics System One. My pressure was at 9 when I first started therapy and every few years my doctor bumps it up because my apnea events never go below 5. In fact most times when they check my SD Card it's showing 7-8 events/hour. Now my pressure was bumped up again from 13 to 15 and I don't yet know whether or not that made a difference in my apnea events. All I know is that I am still VERY tired during the day and yawn almost constantly even though I NEVER miss a night of CPAP use! I am just so frustrated because other family members who were worse off than me before their sleep study are now doing remarkably well after just a few months of CPAP use and their events are always less than 1 per hour. I'm starting to feel like all of these 8-9 years on CPAP have been a lot of suffering for nothing. I use a full face mask (being mainly a mouth breather because of a deviated septum and nasal alergies) and I am a 63 year old and about 20-30 pounds overweight. Is all of this normal or am I simply wasting my time with CPAP therapy? I know it's got to be helping but I just never, ever feel rested upon waking or throughout the day. Any input or advice???