1. As seen in on the night of December 17th, I removed my nasal pillow mask (and tape, somehow) unconsciously! This has been a pattern in previous nights, with the same occuring (albeit with the full face mask) on the nights of December 15th and 16th. I have no idea why I do this, I have no recollection of doing this, all I know is I wake up and it's off. I've seen advice in the MyAir app that says I should try wearing gloves for a week or so, and while I'm absolutely open to doing this, I wanted to see if anyone had any other recommendations that have been more effective in your experience?
   
2. I've been swapping between the F&P Forma and the ResMed P30i, and while the P30i is undoubtedly better seal-wise, I find it makes the inside of my nose uncomfortable where the pillows contact my nostrils. Is there any way the P30i can be made more comfortable? Am I wearing it wrong? I mean, the head strap and everything feels fine, but just the inner part of my nostril hurts a bit. It normally wouldn't bother me, but when I'm trying to sleep, I find it distracting.
   
3. On the same note as #2, I'm concerned that I won't be able to use my machine when my nose is stuffy. Is the seal issue on the Forma just me? If not, has it been made better in recent years? If it has, should I buy a new full face mask to replace the Forma so that I can use my CPAP while I sleep with a stuffy nose, or is that generally a non-issue?
   
4. On a similar note to #2 and #3, I had a weird issue on the night of the 15th where my Forma was "screaming". It's really hard to describe, but basically, it's like blowing air through tightly shut lips. It hasn't returned, and that was also a night where I had bad rainout, so it's probably nothing, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this? Does this indicate a mask issue? (To be clear, this was different than a leak, as far as I can tell, because when I rubbed the diffusion points, it went away for about 2 minutes.)
   
5. On the same note as #4 - is it okay to turn up the ClimateLine tubing to above room temperature? My mother said it wasn't a good idea, but ever since I set it to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, I haven't had rainout issues. Any input on temperature setting for ClimateLine?
   
6. Following advice from my mother, who has been on CPAP for at least a decade, I enabled EPR @ 3 in the clinicial settings. Now that I've read some more about it, I have a sneaking suspicion that that is messing with my therapy and prescribed pressure - should I disable it? Or should I change the pressure range? Both? Neither? I have an appointment coming up on the 26th to review my initial CPAP data with a new doctor (different than the one that prescribed the sleep study), so I don't know how knowledgeable they are, and for that reason, I'm hesistant to change my pressure; however, if it is strongly recommended, then I'd be okay with it.
   

Quote:I also battled this congestion when I started and then from advice from this board I started using Fluticasone Propionate. Same as Flonase. I buy it on amazon, it comes in 5 little spray bottles and one spray in each nostril and I’m good to go all night. It’s a steroid and it takes a little while to work so be patient. It has turned out to be the missing part of the puzzle that made pap therapy work for me.