... the leak rate. If lots of leaks still happen, it was not well sealed, and the straps were not tight enough. Please consider that what seems to be aerophagia can be acid reflux. I can relate to the struggle to adapt to therapy. It took me many months not to pull the headgear off while asleep. I ...

... Setup: humidity 3, temp 74, cover roll stretch tape cheek to cheek, scunci headband over mouth, trigger: high, ti range: 0.8-3 Quality (1-10): 2 Aerophagia (0-3): 2 Wake: 3 Day: Night: mouth-air wakeups: no raising my pressure to 14/10 felt fine and not getting the feeling of being overwhelmed ...

... a resmed machine is that you can raise your minimum pressure by increments of .1 which can be helpful if you find too much pressure gives you aerophagia. also want to say that at this point in your journey, don't be too concerned with getting your ahi at 1. a better goal is to find the right ...

... settings, somewhere between like 5-10 EPAP and 4-8 PS, and nothing really worked. Higher PS seemed to cause leaks and definitely caused very bad aerophagia so I got a little scared of higher PS. Since then I have experimented with higher EPAP. For weeks I've been using CPAP 13 with EPR 2. I don't ...

Here are some suggestions in the aerophagia wiki. wiki/index.php/Aerophagia

... Here's what it said: "treatment auto-BIPAP at min EPAP 5, max IPAP 15, PS 8 cm of water is recommended." I tried this setting, and I got horrible aerophagia, comically bad. I then reduced the settings to IPAP 12, EPAP 4, PS 4, which seemed to help improve my sleep quality, but a moderate amount ...

... pressure, but I can't really tolerate much higher (I'm a very light breather). What are the symptoms of your intolerance of higher CPAP pressures? Aerophagia, awakenings, inability to fall asleep, other? I tried switching to CPAP (see 2025 - CPAP screenshot), but then I start getting flow limitations ...

Given occasional OAs and some flow limitation on nights without OAs, is it worth trying a higher pressure of 9.6 again? No. Not worth risking the aerophagia issues returning. feel I am getting fragmented sleep The CAs/centrals flagged are primarily post arousal events and thus not real asleep ...

... Given occasional OAs and some flow limitation on nights without OAs, is it worth trying a higher pressure of 9.6 again? My concern is the aerophagia boogeyman that stopped me last time I tried. Sue may be correct that I have optimized nearly as much as possible given my circumstances. ...

... have treatment-emergent central apneas? My IPAP has been fine-tuned to be high enough to prevent OAs and Hypopneas, but low enough to prevent the aerophagia I was experiencing. At 9.6 or above, I notice significant increase in aerophagia. Yet, I can never eliminate the 1-2 clusters of CAs I get ...

... and adjusting" your mask model. I have lots of reflux issues too the air rushing in wakes me up Do you have reflux or air inflating the stomach (aerophagia) due to the CPAP pressure? Maybe both? Welcome to the forum.

This is a sudden and significant change in your gastro-intestinal system. Specifically, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) normally stays closed when you are at rest, preventing both reflux AND excessive air going in the other direction. I think this needs prompt medical evaluation by a gastroente...

Immediate Air Swallowing: I can feel air going straight into my stomach the moment I put the mask on, even while fully awake. Are you practicing keeping the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth? The tip should be close to, if not touching, your two front teeth. I fell and injured my nose Ha...

Sounds like you are mouth breathing and swallowing air.

Hello everyone, I'm an experienced CPAP user (5 years) who is suddenly facing severe, completely debilitating aerophagia, and I'm at my wit's end. I've had mild aerophagia before (just some burps/gas in the morning), but this is a totally different, severe problem that started ...