Feeling defeated
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have been on cpap just over a month after initial moderate sleep apnea diagnosis(26 ahi and 76 lowest O2). The first couple nights were awful but after that things started improving pretty quick and I was feeling really good but about 2ish weeks in my allergies became really bad and I started getting frequent sinus pain, headaches, and pressure sensitivities and I started regressing. After a week and a half of trying different medications and discovering astepro/flonas3 the allergies have largely faded but im still experiencing a ton of sinus problems(congestion and headaches) and it's becoming more difficult to fall asleep, stay asleep, and keep the head gear on. I have used saline rinses, nasal gels(neilmed and air one of which caused me nose to bleed at night when i used it before putting the cpap on, nasal sprays, increased humidity and hose temp, and I do my daily and weekly cleanings but im still having issues and it's making it to where I can barely sleep wethee I wear the mask or not. If I wear the mask it takes forever to fall asleep and I wake up with headaches, if I don't wear the mask my sinuses get so congested I cant breath. I have been heavily using sleepHQ to look at ny data and have my pressures dialed in to 8-10 and in my sleeping hours have got it to where im experiencing 0 to .16 ahi but cant stay asleep and when im awake feel like I've got a constant head cold. For masks o have tried f20, n20, p30i, and n30i. The f and n20 I struggle sleeping in and the p30i and n30i are way more comfortable but I still cant keep them on super long and still wake up after a few hours with head/sinus pain and pressure(Its not ideal but I have been living on advil and tylenol). Im not showing any major signs of sinus infection but occasionally blow out chunky old blood looking scabs from my nose. I saw a sleep doctor last week and she was largely unhelpful. Does anyone have any other advice or tips because im desperate. At this point I feel worse than I did before starting cpap and feel stuck.