I fought with the cpap the first two weeks, and threw the mask off only one night. GIve it time you will become accustom to
cpap, I have
Nasal pillows no mask, I had dry throat also, they gave me chin strap and I have a heated hose & the humid setting in at 5, the temp is 77 and I never change the settings.
After two months now on the Cpap, this some of the best sleep in years.
For me the sleep study was the worse, I two separate nights.
Hope this helps some.
JB..