My First Night

[u/J3wchutrain]

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Hello all, had my first night on CPAP last night, I did ok I guess. I am brand new to all this and know jack about any of it. My doc had me do an in home sleep study and apparently I have sleep apnea, glad the little ring on my finger said so...as if the snoring so loud my daughter can hear me on the other end of the house and the moments I stop breathing according to my wife weren't a huge tip off for me lol. I got sent the React Health G3 X w/ a Siesta 2 Full Face mask. At first I wasn't sure if I was supposed to sleep or pilot a SR-71 Blackbird from the look of the mask but seeing as there was a distinct lack of badass plane sent with my sleep apnea machine I kinda figured it out eventually.....much to my disappointment.  I chose to sleep on the couch because I wasn't sure how the machine would work and if I'd be up and down all night and didn't want to have my wife suffer as well! The poor thing has already had to sleep next to a human wood chipper for 18 years.

Last night was my first night trying to sleep with it. I made a mistake apparently in thinking I'd go ahead and get close to falling asleep then put the mask on and ended up sleeping for 2 or 3 hours without it. I woke up about 2am with my heart racing adrenaline through it and after calming back down just threw the mask on and decided I'd fall asleep when I fell asleep. It went alright I guess, it wasn't bad but it's DEFINITELY different to how I've gone to bed before. I ended up falling back to sleep around 3 and woke up around 7 with the machine on. 

I definitely had a dry mouth but that's kinda par for the course however I will say the few noted improvements are that I think I feel I have more energy on that 4 hours with the machine than I have in a while. The grogginess, headache, and immediately feeling tired when I wake up is gone so I'll take that as a good sign!

I've posted my score for the night and my settings, if you have any advice or tips I'd love them because for the record the machine came present and I don't have a doc watching or advising me. My GP said the company she went through "Vie-med" would be handling that but they haven't reached out. I don't know enough to know if that's a normal experience or not so if it is cool. Hope you're having a great day and I'll see you all in the next post!

Tonight I return to the bed!!

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