I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea when I was 23. I'm now 48. Doesn't matter where the pressure is set, I end up ripping it off my face within an hour. I have also tried every mask out there. Nothing works. Have had the machine set up by professionals, and have even set it up a few times on my own. It has never worked. Recommended pressures are between 11 and 14. Best sleep I've ever achieved was in a laz-y-boy arm chair. Without the machine. This, of course, is my own experience. I am not suggesting that anyone give up on their machines. Good luck everyone!

When I first started on CPAP 20 years ago, there was a ton of support. I actually saw a sleep doctor who explained every detail of my sleep study, and then had a technician work with me to find the best fitting mask, and instruct me on proper use and machine care etc. Any problems were addressed and remedied promptly. There's no such thing as "working with a clinician for the proper setup" these days. I've had a CPAP machine for over 20 years, and I have never liked full face masks. I used a Puritan Bennett Breeze mask with nasal pillows until it was discontinued. Best mask ever for claustrophobic people. It was the ONLY mask I ever felt completely comfortable with. The nasal pillow masks now just don't fit my nose properly, so they insisted on a full face mask. They set my machine for 30 minutes of ramping (without asking my preferences) which I also dislike. I've never ramped, just give me a decent amount of air to start so I can get to sleep quickly. There's no in person support, and the insurance company apparently monitors the machine usage (via an app on my phone and a monthly fee of $25 for the monitoring that is non-negotiable) for compliance, and they will not pay for the machine unless it's in use 5-7 hours a night or more. So far, I've only been able to wear it for less than an hour, and sleep is impossible until I remove the mask. I have not watched the whole video yet, but am looking forward to learning what can be done to help this situation.

So true, don't give up until you get the settings right. I feel so much better.

Omg this makes so much sense! I'm absolutely amazed. Turned it up and it became more comfortable!

Thank you, this really helped! I had to find the "clinical settings" on my Resmed 11 and saw that the pressure relief was on 2 so I went back to patient settings and turned the auto ramp off. Now I don't feel like I'm suffocating and can actually fall asleep with my CPAP! You'd think they'd mention this when doing your orientation and mask fitting! 🤷‍♂️

This is my second machine. The 1 st one was of course recalled but now I have a new one. I can’t thank you enough for explaining the machine and how it works it makes perfect sense now I just adjusted my machine and it now works so much better. Why didn’t CARICA explain any of this to me. What a joke. Thank you so much sir.

You hit the nail directly on the head when you said that CPAP patients in many cases did not have the right support from the start and as a result never adapted to the CPAP, ultimately rejecting it. It's true in my case, at least. My doctor and his office and even the medical company I received my first CPAP from did absolutely nothing and had absolutely no advice when I told them I feel as though I cannot breath when using the machine. They did turn up the pressure but this did nothing. I ended up throwing the thing into the trash. I was able to stop myself from throwing it against a wall like my neighbor did with his CPAP. In my case my issue was there was a hesitation in the CPAP between when I exhaled and when it pumped air into the mask. There was a moment when there was no air coming in and this was enough to make me feel like I would suffocate if I fell asleep. The "experts" had no solution or advice. I have since learned that there is an adjustment for that situation. I have just received a new CPAP, paid for by the insurance company, and I will give it a go.

My dang Resmed 11 thinks I'm exhaling when I'm not. I think that's why I keep ripping it off. Maybe I have to double my original intake pressure to 8 but it doesn't seem to matter much every 1 increase.

Just bought a machine and had that very uncomfortable feeling yesterday, this feels very encouraging to see how easy it is to fix! Thank!

Love your efforts at instructing re. CPAP! More and more of my relatives are starting CPAP, and yet where are the doctors whose specialty is sleep apnea. Yes, the young people who are working with CPAP patients are very helpful, but CPAP patients should be working under a doctor and it doesn't look like this is going to happen anytime soon.

I gained some weight due to foot surgery and now have sleep apnea. I waited 4 months for my machine and today is day 2. My experience last night was claustrophobic but in the beginning it was all about mind over matter but I woke in a panic and had to pull the mask off of my face. It's mostly about pressure and I'll be calling support. I looked forward to good results from this machine. The mask also makes me break out...

Nasal mask versus full face mask helped with the claustrophobia for me but this helped me understand it more

I'm under the care of a neurologist. I have asked him about what to change on the Resmed Airsense 10. He has no answer. You just explained it perfectly. I get it. I actually had a BiPap, the infamous Phillips Respironics Cancer machine, and loved it. But stopped using it for obvious reasons. But now the 10 is unuseable. Until perhaps this bit of news. I know how to adjust the settings and my 16/4 will now be set at 16/6 or even 16/7 just to see if that helps. THANKS!

This helped a lot. I have gotten way too little help from my doctor, CPAP company etc. Gonna show this to my Dr and hopefully they will change it.

I had little to no support when I got my CPAP machine. They rushed me through some stuff and asked if I breathed through my nose or mouth, gave me a mask and that was that. I told my sleep specialist this and she arranged for me to have a hospital stay where they can monitor me and give me a variety of masks and see what pressure works best for me.

Struggling like crazy with mine.

Thank You for the info. I'm one that is terrified of this machine, (Very recent user) and for the reason you stated. Keith (In Florida )

Start an exercise program no matter how small the start. Get that heart and lungs on the road to healing

This may be what is happening with me I lately after two months finding harder to breath with cpap beathing out I feel like its tougher and really I"m around the min pressure all the time so maybe this is why I been having hard time using it lately.

Thank you I will give mine a try (it has been almost a year dince I last tried).

OMG THANK YOU! This worked for me!

awesome video

Thank you for your help. I am new to this. I just changed my settings and what a big difference.Wow I can breathe 😮😊

Thanks for this video, this is one of my problems but then how do I set it to the right level, I didn’t hear that in the video

It's like trying to breathe with scuba gear on.

Exactly! Im struggling to breathe, Feels like im trying to breathe with a hand on my Mouth!

That doesn’t stop from the mask tight on my head and the hose strangling me while I’m sleeping or it making a weird knocking noise everytime I turn to my opposite side.

When I was diagnosed with OSA there wasnt much support. The machine was given to me and it was said to be fully auto. Not the best

Why does the water level in my machine never drop? The box is still full in the morning

I have set my reslex at the highest setting but it still doesn’t help

I don't have problem with the machine i have a problem wearing the mask it's uncomfortable for me and wakes me up more now than before but I've only been on it for a week. Am a mouth breather

My CPAP experience has not been good. The first couple nights were not too bad but last night I felt suffocated and had to remove the mask.

NIght 1 Nightmare from hell, gonna turn Ramp up to 6 right now and hope for night 2 success.

Really uncomfortable please advise Thanks,

lets say even if cpap is uncomfortable, is still beneficial to the our bodies ? this is what i want to know.

I tried it like 3 or 4 times went back to the doctor twice the second time I got a different mask and he looked at my progress on the computer and he could see I had only tried it twice and was like you got to really keep trying and I was just like bro, I can't wear it I literally woke up and threw the mask off of my face as I was falling asleep. I don't think I'll ever be able to use it. It makes my ears pop oh, and it also feels like my heart has to work harder when I have to breathe out past that forceful air that is making my ears pop at the same time it's so uncomfortable.

EPR makes it harder for me to sleep. When I turned it off, I was able to sleep a lot better.

Going through this right now

Are they noisy?

I'm on my third mask , I have now got a nasal mask and its working , I had 3 nights of 9 hours on and off sleep and had 3 events per hour .I am now at least sleeping for over two hours each time before I wake and then back to sleep .

BRILLIANT

It sucks that Medicare isn’t patient with people needing to get used to these things. After a few days of not using it for at least 4 hours a night I’m not eligible for any funding.

Is it really life-saving therapy if most people do not like rebreathing their own CO2?

Will keep this short…I have heart failure and contracted Covid.I was hospitalised and in icu fir 6 weeks with a total time of 16 weeks. During this time I was tested for sleep apnea and recorded 15 per hour. They put me on a cpap machine and it was a dreadful experience …l24 hours later I was crippled with pain all over. It transpired I had air in my stomach. Help I need the machine they say but will never go through tha5 again lfekd claustrophobic too.

My issue is that warm, moist air makes me claustrophobic. I wish I could make the air cooler.

After using for 1 hours and a half I felt my chest and my stomach filled up with air a

I don't think this advice is correct. You wouldn't increase the minimum pressure to create a variance. That would eliminate the variance. You turn up the maximum pressure and make sure pressure relief is turned to max. The claustrophobic feeling will not be entirely eliminated because the pressure relief really doesn't relieve that much pressure even at the max setting.

Wht am I doing wrong when I feel sir in my mouth and it makes it very dry

Why are all cpap videos from Australians?

1:46 busted in a lie. This guy doesn't cpap. You even pap, bro?!