I have just received mine and every time I try to use it, I get cramps in my toes and muscle twitching in my legs. At first, I could only use it for about 15 minutes. After 3 days, I’m up to about 40 minutes, but I do not fall asleep and I can’t keep using it after the twitching starts. Once I turn off the machine, it takes about half an hour before the twitching subsides.
My provider is very supportive. She’s changed the settings twice and I’ve noticed some improvement. I have a ResMed VPAP ST.

I’m thinking about seeing a doctor about it. After some time reading about the symptoms and their long-term affects, I feel like I’ve been missing out on what real sleep should feel like.

So, for those who have it or know something about it, I have a couple of questions:

1. With the following symptoms, would you say I’m pretty likely to have it?
- Overweight
- Sleep with my mouth open and wake up with dry mouth most mornings
- breathe through my mouth almost exclusively when I sleep
- irritable/anxious/depressed, especially in the afternoons/evenings
- never feel like I got enough sleep regardless of how long I slept
- Wife says I snore, sometimes quite loud
- Wake up intermittently without any reason, and then I have to go to the bathroom

My wife says she has never noticed me stop breathing or gasp for air, but she is a sound sleeper and always falls asleep before I do. She can get to sleep in like 10-15 minutes, while it takes me at least 30 minutes, sometimes an hour or two, and that’s after the melatonin has kicked in.

2. How long does it take to get used to a CPAP machine? Does it work?

so from time to time i get this pressure in my head or tightness or something,and i get dizzy, unbalanced, and feel weird. it also causes stabbing pain that is not severe but mild and goes away then it comes back, and sometimes i get headaches that last 5-15 minutes or 5-10. like at 4 in the morning i wake up and have a bad headache but then it goes away and i go to sleep 2 min later, and i wake up feeling tired, but no headache. i sometimes feel vertigo, lightheaded, dizzy, and shaky but shaking very little and its my fingers and arms. i get bone pain from time to time and sometimes feel stiff and feeling paralyzed but when i hit, scratch myself i can feel it and i can also move. when i breath i hear a whistling sound high pitched and usually when i get bad i get shortened of breath too. my face hurts to but not bad and i get stiff in my jaw and hurts. oh and my forehead hurts to but goes away like a second later. my neck feels stiff to and it hurts there to but it goes away maybe an hour later with all the other things my head. i watch a lot of tv and use computer really close. i sometimes get caught up on my speech and i forget recent things but not severely. i think i have sleep apnea, but not so sure because my mom said i would gasp for air
when i was yoounger but now in the past week i haven’t experienced it, or my moms.i am also under a lot of stress lately thinking about what’s wrong with me and if i might die. i recently stopped working out and exercising like a month ago, playing football and before that track and field. really heavy stuff.REALLY SORRY ABOUT ALL OF THIS BUT NEED TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. AND I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO DOCTOR. SAID IT WAS NOTHING BUT I THINK IT’ S SOMETHING. ANSER PLEASE
i’m 15. 5"10. and 210 lbs
i’m 15. 5"10. and 210 lbs. oh and do i have sinus problems cause i ;m getting pain in face like jaw,right, andeyes, and forehead

There are many nights when i fall asleep that i will wake up and my pulse will be very fast. Then I will fall asleep for about 15 minutes and the same thing. This goes on for about two hours and then I am finally able to stay asleep. Does anyone think this is sleep apnea or do you think it could be something else? If so what?

Day time sleepiness/exhaustion
Short of breath upon awakening (for about 10-15 minutes)
Tossing and turning at night
Loud snoring
Nausea/vomiting in morning/afternoon
Frequent waking at night