Cannot Sleep W ResMed

Hi everyone. I just recently received my ResMed Cpap machine and I cannot sleep with it. I have the nasal pillow. How long does it usually take to get used to using a Cpap. I’m getting maybe 2 hours of sleep a night. It’s gettinf fairly stressful for me and I’m starting to feel a lot of anxiety over it. Any guidance or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Sorry to hear you are having trouble sleeping with it. It takes a few weeks of getting used to....at least for me it did. But, I got more and more sleep each night during those few weeks, so don't think you are destined to get 2 hours per night for a few weeks. You'll learn little tricks each night too. For example, with my full face mask, rather than sleep on my side with my head dead center on the pillow, I sleep on my side, but with my face close to the edge of the pillow. This leaves the mask to kind of hang over the edge of the pillow, unobstructed. You'll pick up little things like that as you get used to it.

Also, if your pillow is super-squishy, you may find that a firmer pillow is better for you and helps to leave the mask alone as you sleep.

I'll let the true experts in here add their experiences. Just wanted to instill a bit of hope in ya'. For me, it's second nature now. Almost like nothing is on my face. It will get to that point for you too. Just hang in there.

Set yourself up with your CPAP and use it under pressure while you are reading, watching TV, or playing games on your phone. You don't have to sleep while doing this. The Idea is to do something pleasurable while "using" your CPAP so your body and you can learn that this is not a bad thing.

Another thing, you are at 2 hrs, give yourself a reward when you get to 3 hrs.

I like to look at the charts to see if something is going on. I use Sleepyhead to do that ( https://www.apneaboard.com/sleepyhead/ ). Also, what are your settings? Frequently we see they are set to low for comfort.

I think the ResMed offers some of the best features for CPAP comfort, providing they are set up properly. If you can provide more information on how your machine is set up and what is preventing you from sleeping, we may be able to help you out.

I use the ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset and the first few nights did not go well. It was probably a couple of weeks before I was getting an OK sleep, and a couple of months after that before I was getting a good sleep. Now after 10 months, I am almost ready to say I am getting a very good sleep.

If there isn't any water usage and the plate is always cold, then it isn't working. My machine empties the chamber every 3 days. Something you might have checked other than relying on the indicators. Just a suggestion.

I have a Resmed 9 that had a humidifer that stopped working. I would wind it up to 4 or beyond and it would work fine but when I dropped to less than 4 it would just stop working again.

I'm using a Fisher and Paykel Icon now and the humidifier is warm all day long.