... a short five minute ramp as it gives me a few to settle in and then it goes right to treatment. One other thing I noticed was your comment about congestion. Does a hot shower clear you out a bit? Just asking because I see you have humidity set at 4 I think but can’t tell if you have a heated ...

sleepingbetter0209 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:43 am

dry mouth, nasal congestion, mask irritation,

There are solutions for all of these. Maybe, start a new thread about your worst problem and work on getting it remedied first.

... one or the other and I have been successful and compliant on CPAP, so I don't know. But there are side effects with CPAP such as dry mouth, nasal congestion, mask irritation, etc.

... did not find one that would not leak around bridge of my nose causing dry eye all the time. Nasal mask, hybrid masks and pillows - with even minor congestion I don't seem to have large enough sinuses to handle the air volume hence they did not work great either. I even tried a total face mask. ...

... chart indicating a need to increase the max pressure. However, many of us set the max pressure to 20.0. The reasoning is that you might have nasal congestion on some night and need a little higher pressure.

... water. When I started using it with P-10 pillow, I get a severe allergic reaction (runny nose, super itchy nose, itching eyes, sneezing, coughing, congestion). When I switched back to my ResMed S-11 with humidifier, the problems resolved. I tried using the AirMini without the HumidX. I do not get ...

... your treatment can be better optimized. With less air hunger, you may naturally stop mouth breathing. Sometimes we mouth breathe due to nasal congestion. Is that an issue for you? If nasal congestion has always been an issue, consider seeking treatment with your primary care provider. If nasal ...

I used Flonase once a number of years ago, a five-day course of it as part of an effort to see if my congestion could be treated. Five days didn't produce any change, so I set it aside. It's possible you made a mistake. If you are congested, Flonase will land on mucus and ...

I have used both Netipot & Neilmed; both work great for me at reducing congestion.

... than ordinary table salt). Some drug stores have generic versions that are cheaper. The NeilMed nasal rinse works quite well for reducing my congestion when my spring allergies start acting up. It's a squirt bottle that allows you to gently squirt the salt water into one nostril and it will ...

... a neti-pot or a Neil-Med nasal rinse as putting that saline nasal spray on steroids: Done correctly, a nasal rinse will provide longer relief from congestion than just a nasal spray. I will add this, however: It's a bad idea to do a nasal rinse right before bedtime : It can take some time (30-60 ...

... never had sinus problems before I went to college in a town a few miles downwind of a nest of very foul-smelling oil refineries. On days when the congestion is mild, I can breathe through my nose unless I'm physically active, then I have to switch. When the congestion is bad, it's like a bad cold: ...

... never had sinus problems before I went to college in a town a few miles downwind of a nest of very foul-smelling oil refineries. On days when the congestion is mild, I can breathe through my nose unless I'm physically active, then I have to switch. When the congestion is bad, it's like a bad cold: ...

Okay.....I was wondering because sometimes flow limitations are from nasal congestion and if that was the case you would need to address the nasal congestion in more traditional methods (spray, rinses, oral meds, etc) because more pressure or adding EPR won't ...

Okay.....I was wondering because sometimes flow limitations are from nasal congestion and if that was the case you would need to address the nasal congestion in more traditional methods (spray, rinses, oral meds, etc) because more pressure or adding EPR won't ...