I am a 32 year old male diagnosed with sleep apnea, so I was given an auto-pressure CPAP machine. Just as soon as I started using the machine it felt like I was struggling to exhale. The sleep company representitive said that the machine starts out using the lowest possible pressure, so I shouldn't be having a problem.
I tried to use the machine for a couple of hours and I had the sensation that I had to take off the machine and struggle for breath, as I can't seem to exhale. I took the machine off and went to sleep, but it was difficult because I felt that my chest hurt after struggling to exhale against the CPAPs pressure. I also have asthma, but I have been taking my medication, and my problem seemed to only occur after using the CPAP, not before.
Has anyone ever heard of this? I am very dissapointed and scared, as I thought a CPAP machine would finally start to lessen some of the serious health problems I have been having, and my only diagnosis after a large number of tests is sleep apnea.