I have slept with a CPAP for over 10 years. The first couple nights it was difficult to get used to. My Dr. who
prescribed the sleep study, etc. wears one also. He thought
from day 'one' I should be feeling so much more rested after
using it. I have never felt like I had a better night's sleep. It is absolutely the opposite. My husband gets up
early, usually I don't wake, but if I do, I pull it off and sleep without it for an hour or two and that is the only
time I feel really rested. My husband feels better!! When
I quit breathing ever 15 to 20 minutes through the night it
would wake him and he couldn't sleep till I started breathing again. I also use a humidifier. I have been
waking with a bunch of 'yuck' in both sides of my nose. Dr.
put me on some antibiotics, and they took a culture from
my nose...nothing wrong there. He ordered a cat scan of my
head last week to check my sinus' everything there is fine.
I know it is from that air going through my nose for hours.
But..I will keep using it, even if it only appears to be
helpful to others. Mine sits on a small stool next tohead
of bed. I can untangle it and put it on in the complete
dark if I need to, I have worn it for sooo long. I refer to
it as "the most uncomfortable thing I own"...Dr. doesn't
like that, but it's truthful.