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| Your First Night (Matt) (Machine) |
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| If you're new to CPAP, like I am, you've never slept with so much stuff connected to your face. When you went for your sleep study they hooked you up to all kinds of machines, and if you took your mask off they came in and put it back on. At home you don't have this luxury. As obnoxious as it seems (high level) turn on the "Mask Off/High Leak" alarm. I took off my mask 4 times the first night I used my CPAP, and within 5 minutes it woke me up, I put the mask back on, and went right back to sleep. I'm not an expert, although I play one on TV (haha jk) but the key to long term compliance may be getting a good start. If I left the alarm off I would have taken off my mask once and slept with the mask off all night. I will certainly be keeping this alarm on, forever, yes, being woken up by an alarm every 4 hours for 3 minutes is annoying, but if it means I get non OSA sleep, I'm willing to sacrifice! Thanks for listening! Matt |
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