My husband has sleep apnea too! He has not done sleep studies yet, though I think he's finally convinced to start. Took his mom, the nurse, telling him he's not breathing to get him to finally look into it. I've been telling him for years that he stops breathing, though I don't think he does it as often as you described.
Anyway, he is lucky to recall 5 dreams a year, I think it's because of how often he wakes due to lack of air - not that he recalls sitting up multiple times a night. If you have never had luck recalling dreams I wouldn't think your machine would be the cause. Kind of sounds like you're currently trying too hard.
I have found I'm more likely to remember dreams and have lucid dreams when sleeping while sitting, or when I don't really feel tired. I've heard that Einstein induced lucid dreams by napping in a chair with a coin on his forehead and a tin bucket next to him. When he was good and well asleep his head would move, dropping the coin into the bucket to make a loud sound (how you make sure the coin lands in the bucket is beyond me) The sound wakes your mind just enough to start conscious dreaming is the idea.
There is also the idea of sleeping with one forearm raised. Again once you are asleep the arm falls snapping the mind back. Both ideas are so that you may fall asleep normally, without over thinking it (keeping your mind focused on a task is an active mind) Like the old saying goes, a watched pot never boils.
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