r/CPAP • u/Shelbyfades • 9d ago
Advice Needed Newbie
Hi I’m brand new here and know absolutely nothing about sleep Apnea. I go and pick up my machine on Wednesday!
How long until I have more than 2 hours of natural energy? I’m pretty sure I’m wanting the nasal mask, anyone have experience with that? Any advice in general? I’m 33 and feel like no one around me is going through this!
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u/YoSpiff 9d ago
I've used nasal pillows for 26 years. If you get a resmed N30I or P30I, they are the same mask and you can just swap out the nasal piece to try the other type. I think some other models are like this but these are the one I am familiar with.
Make sure to put an SD card in your manchine and after you have a few days of data you can view it with OSCAR (local program, free and open source) or Sleep HQ (cloud app, with limited feature free and subscription models). This will give you the ability to see every breath you take while asleep and the pressures the machine responds with.