Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
I find occasionally I wake up and, well i'm not sure how to explain it. I don't get the feeling that i'm trying to breathe through my mouth (and in general I don't, CPAP or not), but I wake up and its like i'm opening my mouth to try and vent or relieve some pressure subconsciously. It only happens some nights, but on those nights it seems I do it a lot.
Does this make sense to anyone?
Does this make sense to anyone?
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
Makes sense to me. You might try a chin strap on the nights this venting of pressure happens. You might try a FFM - just switch out when you find this happening. You've got a good setup.Good Luck
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
I've found myself doing this, as well. It tends to wake me up quickly (my mouth isn't terribly dry), so I just shut my mouth, roll over and go back to sleep. It doesn't happen EVERY night, or I'd try to figure out what I did with that neoprene head wrap/jaw closer thingamabob.
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
There's an exhalation ease feature (EPR) on your machine, so you might want to look it up and try it out.
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
Julie wrote:There's an exhalation ease feature (EPR) on your machine, so you might want to look it up and try it out.
Interesting. Unfortunately as i'm in trial right now, the loaner machine i'm using is pretty heavily locked down. I will look into it thought. Sounds interesting!
As for a chin strap or whatever, honestly i'm afraid to use one. I already have issues with mild panic attacks with my mask. Locking my mouth closed would probably freak me out even more!
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
you can't "lock down" an autoset, though they may have scared you into being afraid to do anything more than push the 'on' button.Agathorn wrote:Julie wrote:There's an exhalation ease feature (EPR) on your machine, so you might want to look it up and try it out.
Interesting. Unfortunately as i'm in trial right now, the loaner machine i'm using is pretty heavily locked down. I will look into it thought. Sounds interesting!
As for a chin strap or whatever, honestly i'm afraid to use one. I already have issues with mild panic attacks with my mask. Locking my mouth closed would probably freak me out even more!
try the 'setup' button and see what options you have.
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
Haha i'll take a look tonight. I assumed it was locked down because I played with the unit early on and didn't seem to have much of anything in the menus. But i'll do some more research tonight!palerider wrote:you can't "lock down" an autoset, though they may have scared you into being afraid to do anything more than push the 'on' button.Agathorn wrote:Julie wrote:There's an exhalation ease feature (EPR) on your machine, so you might want to look it up and try it out.
Interesting. Unfortunately as i'm in trial right now, the loaner machine i'm using is pretty heavily locked down. I will look into it thought. Sounds interesting!
As for a chin strap or whatever, honestly i'm afraid to use one. I already have issues with mild panic attacks with my mask. Locking my mouth closed would probably freak me out even more!
try the 'setup' button and see what options you have.
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
Unfortunately chin straps do not lock you down either, and in fact in many cases air is still lost between lips (which straps have no control over), so start thinking about other fixes.
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
I mouth breathe once or twice as I wake usually. The S9 is easy to access clinician's menu and turn on EPR. Just google it
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
So I found the menu. Looks like EPR is already turned on to "full time" with a level of 2, whatever that means.
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Re: Not mouth breathing exactly, but.. err.. venting?
There are three levels, 2 is the middle one, 3 is the highest. It means that the exhale relief will drop the pressure 2 cms as you breathe out.
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