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soulatomic - therapy thread - soulatomic - 11-29-2023
Hi, everyone. I have been doing CPAP (ResMed 10) for three months now and am definitely seeing an improvement. However, I am wondering if you can help me with a few things:
- Somewhere around 4-6 a.m. most days, I wake up because I can't breathe. It's the opposite problem of pre-treatment--I have too much air. It feels like I'm drowning. So I end up turning off the machine and turning it back on to reset the pressure. My current pressure range is 5.0-20.0 and I haven't fiddled with the settings since I got the machine three months ago.
- Sometimes I wake up with dry mouth/drooling. I have been training myself to keep my mouth closed while I'm sleeping. I've definitely gotten better at it since pre-treatment, but am still doing it occasionally. I use a nasal mask. I tried mouth tape, but I'd drool and loosen the tape and allow air to escape my mouth. Should I try a snore collar?
- Like I mentioned, I use a nasal mask (Philips Wisp). I am a stomach sleeper, occasionally rolling to my side. I bought a sleep pillow with indents in it for apnea users, but I still find myself adjusting my mask in my sleep. When I change position, the mask seal breaks and starts hissing. Any advice on how to reduce mask leaks?
RE: soulatomic - therapy thread - PeaceLoveAndPizza - 11-29-2023
Please provide an OSCAR chart. These things should show up in the data. The OSCAR links in my sig give good explanations if you need help doing so.
RE: soulatomic - therapy thread - soulatomic - 11-29-2023
ARGH, I swear I attached them! My bad.
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