(02-14-2019, 07:43 PM)ProphetPX Wrote: I don't know what other things that I can do about my apnea except use my machine as I need to every night.
Yes, that's mainly it. Use it
all night, every night. At first that might be difficult if it's uncomfortable. It's important to tune the machine's settings as necessary (you can get data from Sleepyhead using the SD card) and to use a mask that is comfortable and not leaky. The right mask is different for different people, and it takes some trial & error, experimenting with various ones and maybe among the three general types (nasal-pillows, nasal, full-face). Once you have the machine's settings correct to get your AHIs as low as possible, and a mask that you like, it's just a matter of time. It takes a while (weeks or months) from starting out to feel the full beneficial effects.
As mentioned earlier, alcohol, caffeine, other liquids, and foods can all affect your sleep and the performance of CPAP. Also prescription drugs. A good practice is not to drink or eat anything for some number of hours before bedtime. The chronic buildup of carbon dioxide in the body will give you acid stomach, possibly with gastric reflux, and it will make you need to urinate more during the night. Those symptoms should gradually fade away as your CPAP therapy progresses. If one or more of them doesn't fade after some weeks, then see your doctor at that time and get diagnosed, with all the usual blood & urine tests, etc.
You don't get the full benefits unless you use the machine & mask during every sleeping hour. And without the full benefits, the whole process of getting back to normal takes longer.