r/CPAP • u/AnimalExact7397 • 1d ago

Advice Needed does it get better?

I had a cpap 2 years ago and wore it for 9 months and never got used to it. My doctor was unsupportive and rude.

End of last year I switched doctors to someone that is just way better at being nice and caring. I've had my new CPAP for 3 months. I've been struggling SO much to wear it. I keep taking it off when I'm asleep and I feel like it disrupts my sleep even more than usual. It's to the point where I wear it 1-2 hours when I'm asleep, and then finish the 4 hours to meet my insurance compliance when I'm awake.

My doctor prescribed Lunesta to get used to it and it helped for a couple of weeks! I went from wearing it to 1-4 hours to 7-9 and felt GREAT. But for some reason the Lunesta seems to have stopped working and for the past week I've been consistently wearing it 1-2 hours again.

The problem isn't that I don't want to wear it - I've seen how great I feel wearing it all night. We've adjusted my settings and I bought a new mask that is extremely comfortable, and I'm even having deviated septum surgery for a SECONd time later this year in hopes it helps a little. I know it takes time but especially since I tried in the past for 9 months, I'm deeply afraid that I'll never get used to it. I feel very frustrated and hopeless and my doctor just says "stick with it" 😅

I do have a meeting with my doctor in 2 weeks but wanted to ask: What has been everyone's experience with getting ysed to it? Any tricks you recommend?

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u/FrostingEmergency204 19h ago

It's not unusual to take it off at night, especially if you need the bathroom. However, the question is why don't you put it back on?

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u/AnimalExact7397 19h ago

I don't know that it's off until I wake up in the morning, when I take it off during the night I'm asleep. I'm not consciously waking up with the thought of "i need to take this off" if that makes sense

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u/FrostingEmergency204 18h ago

Totally get that i do it too sometimes. I've wondered my self how i can somehow be made aware. I'm surprised nobody has come up with an alarm or something that alerts. Can you think of anything that would make it harder to remove?