Does anyone take the mask off in their sleep?

Does anyone take the mask off in their sleep --- or did you .. and how did you stop - does anyone have any suggestions on what i should do .. to help keep this on .. I wear the mask for about 2 hours and rip it off in my sleep - I don't even know I'm doing it .. then I wake up in the morning not getting the full affect .. Needing some help ....

unfortunately i cant help you because i do the same thing... i think the most i have ever had mine on os about 4 hours

I have done the same thing and I've been told that it's because I'm a mouth breather (that seems to be the reason they use for all my problems). So, I now have a full face mask I've been trying for the last 2 days. It's tough getting used to and I get dry with it too. I can hardly wait until I've lost enough weight to get rid of this problem. I'm afraid I'm not much help to you. You probably should talk to your CPAP company. Donna

get a heated humidifier for it.

I have the same problem. I wake up and it is off my face. One night my husband woke me up because the air wa****ting him. I have 5 different masks. The nasal mask seems to be the best. I keep it on. It dries out the sinuses though. I even take Ambein before bed and still take it off. I have switched to a dental device which is not as good as the CPAP. Have trouble with that too. Good luck.

Hi Kathy, I also like the nasal mask. I can't really tolerate anything else. I find if I use some Mentholatum in my nostrils it really helps keep my sinuses from drying out. The technician told me not to do that because it's not good for the rubber in the nasal pillows, but I finally decided I'll just get some new ones if I need them. At least I don't wake up with a sinus headache when I use it! Kath

I did for the first week (this was pre-op) but I stopped by taking a melatonin sublingual to knock me out. Now I have a similar problem (post op 1week) but for a different reason. The mask seems to force too much air into me, which is making my poor itty bitty stomach REALLY hurt!! The most I can keep it on is 2 hours! Anyone else have this issue?

After about two weeks, my itty bitty stomach quit feeling that fullness/pain. I don't know if I just became accustomed to the pressure or if my body trained the esophagus to close down a bit tighter... But, I've had only occasional episodes where I think I swallow air and feel uncomfortable with the CPAP on. Just keep using it - it's hard for the body to heal if it's oxygen deprived... My surgeon said the C-pap won't hurt the baby tummy or the suture lines. I've had not a moment's worth of trouble! My best to you! Angela in OKC Lap RNY 5/23/05 288/215/?145ish

I did that for two or three nights in a row. Now, and this seems really simplistic I know, I think to myself before I doze off that I can't take it off until it's light outside. I actually remember waking up twice a few nights ago, just about to turn it off (evidently I turn it off when I take it off), and thinking "no, it's not time." Plus, the cat get's really ticked if I do, because then I snore and wake her up. And she wakes me up. Repeatedly. I have the full mask because I'm a mouth breather, and it's got the humidifier in it. The hardest thing for me is adjusting the humidity every night because of the weather. If it's too much, I wake up, and if it's too little I wake up

It took me about 4 months to get used to it and all I can say is stick with it. I have a problem wher I shread the bed while sleeping, pull the covers off of the bed throw them in the floor, all the pillows gone, I have woke up with the cpap hose wraped around me fighting it. Ya I am not really a dream to sleep with. I did cure myself from taking it off by burrying my face in a pillow and I actualy reach over the bed rail and grab the rail and the head board with the other. It sucks but better than sleeping without it. My flailing has slowed down while I sleep which pleases my wife quite a bit.