- a proper night's sleep
- moisture that ensures I don't wake up with a massive sinus headache that destroys my morning
- letting my partner have a proper night's sleep
Any one of the 3 would be worth the minor inconveniences of a CPAP.
Took me 1-2 nights to be used to it when I tried it.
I was always tired. Falling asleep was a chore. Waking up was worse.
I pushed back against the sleep study for so long because I feared the mask. The sleep study was the best night of sleep I could ever remember.
Nasal Pillow CPAP, even with the little extra burden when travelling, has changed my life for the better - full stop.
I’m interested in this: how’s the CPAP noise perceived by the partners?
I don’t snore and usually wake up quickly when doing the "apnea noise", stopping before waking her up. In the meantime I read that CPAP produce a a constant sound + an inconstant sound from the air coming in and out. She needs quietness to sleep and disturbing her sleep refrained me to try it out. Non trivial price is also a factor through, otherwise I would have tried it since a long time.
I recently found an online service that repaired one of mine, and it's quiet now.
There is also mask noise. If my nostril mask slips out a bit, there will be noise. Not too big a deal.
One fix that I think would work for most people is a white noise machine. It's briefly annoying, but after a while (a few nights at most is my personal guess) you stop noticing it, and it drowns out other noise.
This is my experience, I've tried swapping out tubes, the water container, but the noise is just unbearable and I can't even fall asleep while wearing it.