For me, just a few weeks in, I am waking up less but I also realized that I am feeling just a little more rested. Recently, I've woken up a few mornings feeling definitely very rested, which is amazing because I had forgotten how that felt. As I sleep more soundly, I am having to increase my stretch...

I think the doctor's recommendations are sound. Get up if you can't sleep, increase the settings, etc. I would add that stretching before bed or doing some yoga can help you be more comfortable in bed - one less distraction.

I think there may be a simple explanation for this - if you've been unable to sleep soundly for a long time, your body is now revealing the impact of lying still for prolonged periods. I've experienced this as well and increased my daily movement/exercise and started doing yoga again. It helped. A l...

Maybe it is time the forum HAD a moderator, at least someone warning/booting as needed to clean out the trolls and senseless debate. Pugsy, it sounds like you have at least enough interaction with the forum to know what is going on and when it is going bad. I vote for you for Sheriff - because someo...

I don't consider the diagnosis to be earth-shattering. It is something I didn't know was wrong with me and now I have a treatment for it. It was a surprise because my husband has severe apnea he has been reluctant to get help for. So I did the test hoping for some help with my insomnia and ended up ...

I've been using my CPAP for almost a month now. At first it was difficult - they set the pressure really high with a wide swing. I'd tested as 57 interrupts per hour. But the high pressure was blowing the mask off my face, couldn't keep a seal. So they reduced the top pressure a bit. Though the foll...