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02-25-2024, 01:42 PM
help needed
02-25-2024, 02:09 PM
RE: help needed
You have high leaks most of the time. New or different size cushion, new headgear different mask. Lots of ways to do this. See the mask primer wiki.
Sleeprider
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02-25-2024, 02:10 PM
RE: help needed
The change in your weight may have changed the contours of your face, so it's time to redo some mask-fitting. Use an online video for your mask to optimize your strap adjustments, and then use the mask-fit setting on your machine to fine-tune. Do this lying down in your usual sleep positions, and check what happens when you move from one position to another. I hope this will help.
One other thought: is it time for a new mask? I see you are still having clusters of events. Did you ever try a soft cervical collar? I also see that you have multiple breaks in therapy each night. Are those bathroom breaks? Mask-adjustment breaks? Or ... ?
02-25-2024, 02:42 PM
RE: help needed
I'm a mouth breather so a cervical collar won't work. The breaks in therapy are me going to the bathroom. While I'm awake, there is virtually no leakage, but when I go into deep sleep that's when the leaks start
02-25-2024, 02:49 PM
RE: help needed
Your face may change shape a little when you're asleep. You can try relaxing your facial muscles when you do your mask fitting to mimic that change.
You should be able to use a cervical collar and still breathe through your mouth. It would be great if you could give it a try. About the bathroom breaks: do you restrict liquids in the 3 to 4 hours before bedtime? And have you had your prostate checked? For what it's worth, my husband had excellent results using a medication his doctor prescribed to cut down on night-time bathroom breaks.
02-25-2024, 03:44 PM
RE: help needed
I drink liquids within 2 hours before going to bed, I can't help it, I work late and when I come home I eat
02-25-2024, 03:59 PM
RE: help needed
There are always trade-offs, aren't there! Maybe you could drink your liquids earlier and then with dinner have less to drink, or even nothing. Not desirable, I know, but the possible pay-off would be more restful sleep. Worth pondering? Only you can weigh the potential benefits and deficits, of course.
02-25-2024, 10:11 PM
RE: help needed
Leak rate.. that is your first thing to fix and most other things will follow.
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