It can be really tough adjusting to the CPAP. And even if you’d slept with it properly, there’s no guarantee you’d feel great in the morning. Many people take weeks or months to see significant results as they make for lost sleep. That was the case for me. I still struggle with it but I’m doing better now.
I’m not sure what you mean by the machine suffocating you, but it could be a couple of things. One, if you don’t have ramp on, it’ll turn on full blast first thing which can be…jarring. It’s possible that your mask isn’t fitted correctly or that it just isn’t a good match for you. That’s ok! That’s why we have people to help us fit them and many masks to choose from.
I’m not sure what machine you have, but if you can put an SD card in it, you might be able to get more detailed data from that.
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