My dr just put me on oxygen therapy at night because my oxygen saturation levels were dropping to about 82% at night (according to a sleep study). They brought the concentrator out Monday and I’m supposed to sleep with it on…..but, I can’t sleep with it on. The last 2 nights I have lain there awake for 2 hours and finally had to turn it off so I could get any sleep at all. It kind of makes me feel funny….maybe it’s just anxiety but it feels like my heart is doing flip flops/palpitations in my chest. I can doze off for a second and then awake in a panic with my heart racing.

Plus, it’s loud but I can’t put it in the hall because we have dogs and cats in & out & I’m afraid one of them would chew up the tubing. And, I don’t like anything on my face.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there any possible negative side effects to using oxygen? I think I’m only on 2 lpm, that’s not much is it? I think I’m just nervous about it…..can anyone put my mind at ease? Thanks.


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