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help needed - teamarliss - 02-25-2024
[attachment=60206][attachment=60207][attachment=60208]I've noticed large leaks lately with my sleep therapy. This has coincided with weight gain. My wife says my machine beeps with a leak alert, and once I move it stops. I've attached some recent oscar data. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
RE: help needed - Sleeprider - 02-25-2024
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.
RE: help needed - Dormeo - 02-25-2024
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 ... ?
RE: help needed - teamarliss - 02-25-2024
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
RE: help needed - Dormeo - 02-25-2024
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.
RE: help needed - teamarliss - 02-25-2024
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
RE: help needed - Dormeo - 02-25-2024
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.
RE: help needed - robbob2112 - 02-25-2024
Leak rate.. that is your first thing to fix and most other things will follow.