events over 30 per hour is severe. I too was diagnosed with a sleep breathing disorder (upper airway resistance syndrome) last year. You have been sleep deprived for many years. I too, was a zombie. It took me a year to get used to cpap so be patient. Waiting a couple of weeks for equipment is not unusual. You may want to check out other sites devoted to sleep apnea such as apneasupport.org and cpaptalk.com
Hi Phoebe,
Thanks for reply. Amazing, my case is severe and yet, it's going to take a few weeks to treat the apnea. *G*,.
Sorry to read you developed breathing disorder, hope treatments are doing well for you.
That's exactly how I feel everyday, sleep deprived. It has taken doctors 2.5 years to finally figure it out !!
It took you a year, to get used to the cpap. Well I hope they give me the same one, I used during the sleep study, they inserted large tubes into my nose.
So how soon did you notice an improvement, with sleep ? I hope it happens overnight.
Thanks for providing additional links, I will definetly visit the sites.
AJ
How long did cpap take to work for you? Also I'm having a really hard time adjusting to cpap, thanks
hi Kate, how long have you been using the cpap? I got mine in Nov/13. the first full face mask I used really didn't work for me at all...it leaked every time I moved even slightly. the next mask I got on a trial worked muck better and it was the one I bought, from than on it really only took a few weeks to get comfortable wearing it and sleeping much better since...
what kind of mask do you have? a full face or a nose pillow?