03-23-2024, 08:36 AM
My Resent Experience:
I've been a CPAP user 100% compliant since December 2006. I know what mask leaks feel and sound like. I know what dry mouth feels like. I've had a few machines over the years. Most recently I aquired a Resmed Airsense 11. The pressure is auto from 10-20. My previous machine was a Resmed Airsense 10 with pressure pre-set to 10. I've used the Resmed Airfit Nasal mask with both machines and MyAir software reporting to the MyAir app on my Iphone both machines. When I was still using the Airsense 10 machine with fixed pressure and same style mask, I would often achieve a score of 100%. Since I've gone to the Airsense 11 with variable pressure, same mask, I have yet to achieve a score close to what I was achieving with the Airsense 10. My best scores are in the 80's. My mask leakage is registering at 5 to 10 on a scale of 0-20. With the old machine, Airsense 10 my mask leakeage scores were often 20 (best possible) and rarely below 17. I realize with the new machine the software is likely different and I suspect more sensitive to these leaks? I sometimes wake with a dry mouth which is due to some mouth leakage. I had some of that with the airsense 10 also but still rarely had such low numbers on the software. I've actually had a few times that the leakage score was zero. How could that happen if you were wearing the mask at all? I've tried using mouth tape, both PapMed and Hostage. The mouth tape sealed well but didn't seem to make a difference in my score the next morning. I appreciate any ideas or suggestions.
