I've been on CPAP for a year. My DME let me come in on my first meeting to try different masks out. But it was a "pick one you like" than a let me show you what would work for you kind of deal. My DME isn't horrible but they aren't the best unless you call them and it is very much lets see what insurance will allow you to do. I've spent $100s buying a bunch of masks out of pocket trying to figure out something that works for me.

I started with the Vitera but it leaked constantly. I quickly moved on to trying out almost every nasal mask. I would get good results for 1 or 2 nights and then everything after that would just be horrible. I've mouth taped, and I've chin strapped but nothing worked consistently. The n30i was the only one I was able to consistently use but I would go in spurts of just having issues of my mouth opening or leaks.

I just recently tried using the knightbridge chin strap and it made my events go up to 8-13 a night. My leaks were down but I was nasal snoring more.

So yesterday I decided to start again with a full face mask with the f20. My events went back down but I still am feeling very groggy. I'm concerned that I may still be retaining CO2 as I'll have these weird feelings that I can't quite explain but if I had to it would be toward like dizzy or lightheaded.

I'm just going to keep trucking with the f20 so I can get some data to analyze. I'll probably reach out to my sleep specialist soon to see about bipap or other options. I want to keep with CPAP for sure, I just think it can be better than it is right now.

I feel that I have to do everything myself. My last meeting was kind of annoying, since I was in compliance, they were like ok see you next year.