One thing that really helped me was switching to a bi-pap machine. With the cpap, I felt like I couldn't exhale because of the continuous pressure. With the bipap, the pressure is lower when I exhale so I don't feel like I'm fighting to breath. - Bobby

I feel the same way! I got mine last Monday and I have not had a good nights sleep since! When I do fall alseep I dream that I am suffocating.

I have not been a fan of these sleep studies and I really thought this sleep apnea was absolutely the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. When they started talking about a CPAP to sleep I really thought someone is just trying to make a lot of money off overweight people which are the main group targeted. I became enlightened when I had to have some more testing done after an echocardiogram came back showing mild pulmonary hypertension. If you go on line to web md and look this up it's pretty scary stuff. I went to my pulmonary doc who ordered these tests and he told me not to be concerned with the PH because it is what he calls "secondary" to sleep apnea. The sleep apnea is believed to be causing it, treat the cause and it's pretty likely to go away. Especially with WLS which is know to clear up the condition as well. Meanwhile I have to be fitted for one of these lovely machines, mask, etc., but I feel a whole lot better about it knowing this is not permanent and that it will clear up a condition that could be life threatening. When they first told me I had mild PH, after what I read in one report, it talked about life expectancy from diagnosis to death is about 5 to 7 years. All they do is give you drugs, possibly a lung transplant, etc. It's not good, so sleep apnea is nothing to fool around with. It's very hard on your heart and can cause heart failure in addition to PH. Just a little info for people like me that thought this was all nonsense.... CaroleM in Arizona

I would call your doctor's office immediately. I thought they were suppose to set the pressure when you had your sleep study. There are all sorts of CPAP's including some that just cover the nose area. It's important that we are able to use this thing, I'm not looking forward to it either, I'm going in for another sleep study to do what your trying to do at home. I don't think you should be stressing like this, call that doctor! Carole in Arizona

I have found some stuff I put on my tounge it orabase gel Its a gel you put on your I use a mouth bite because I clench my teeth at nite I found it a cvs good luck Wendy