Leaks almost gone experience
Hi everyone,
I wanted to give my experience of how I resolved leaks for myself in hopes it could help some people struggling here.
TLDR: Try wearing your chinstrap and mask little loser than you are used to, it may help.
To give some background: Last 3 months were horrible for my leaks (check leaks2.png) despite being 2 years into therapy I was clueless what I was doing wrong. I tried mouth taping which helped some days but other days the leaks would be bad as if I didnt have it on. I complimented mouth taping with Caldera neck collar and that would make leaks much better but not 0 or even close let alone how painful it is to have both every night.
So, I tried 3 things which if you check leaks1.png looks good (Unless folks can notice other issues)
1. I changed ASVAuto to ASV while keeping more or less the same settings
2. I would wear my masks (P30i) much lighter than I was (Used to do it tight or close to tight) Now I wear it if it feels comfortable and doesnt feel like it can slide
3. (2) alone was not enough to fix my issue, so I went back to some chin strap that caused me pain before. I had tried this chinstrap before but my desire to make it tight and keep my mouth sealed made it painful so I stopped. When I went back to it, I made sure to wear it as comfortable as it can be. This means I can move my mouth open with slight effort but it is still tight enough where I can tell my head is wrapped and this is important , no jaw or neck pain (never this tight again) Now I don't know why I have had 2 weeks + with close to 0 leaks, I dont know if the chinstrap is tricking my brain while asleep to keep my mouth closed for leaks (because I am definitely a mouth breather) but machine reports few leaks and I wake up with no dry mouth. Glad now I have no need to tape or use collar (For now)
Good luck to us all on this journey to recover and lets keep learning
I wanted to give my experience of how I resolved leaks for myself in hopes it could help some people struggling here.
TLDR: Try wearing your chinstrap and mask little loser than you are used to, it may help.
To give some background: Last 3 months were horrible for my leaks (check leaks2.png) despite being 2 years into therapy I was clueless what I was doing wrong. I tried mouth taping which helped some days but other days the leaks would be bad as if I didnt have it on. I complimented mouth taping with Caldera neck collar and that would make leaks much better but not 0 or even close let alone how painful it is to have both every night.
So, I tried 3 things which if you check leaks1.png looks good (Unless folks can notice other issues)
1. I changed ASVAuto to ASV while keeping more or less the same settings
2. I would wear my masks (P30i) much lighter than I was (Used to do it tight or close to tight) Now I wear it if it feels comfortable and doesnt feel like it can slide
3. (2) alone was not enough to fix my issue, so I went back to some chin strap that caused me pain before. I had tried this chinstrap before but my desire to make it tight and keep my mouth sealed made it painful so I stopped. When I went back to it, I made sure to wear it as comfortable as it can be. This means I can move my mouth open with slight effort but it is still tight enough where I can tell my head is wrapped and this is important , no jaw or neck pain (never this tight again) Now I don't know why I have had 2 weeks + with close to 0 leaks, I dont know if the chinstrap is tricking my brain while asleep to keep my mouth closed for leaks (because I am definitely a mouth breather) but machine reports few leaks and I wake up with no dry mouth. Glad now I have no need to tape or use collar (For now)
Good luck to us all on this journey to recover and lets keep learning
