Hi everyone
I am new here and have a question, I got a new machine in march and since then i have had problems, but the last month I have woke up coughing like its my asthma, and have a headache,it takes me a couple hours to feel better, I also wake up with the worse dry mouth I have tried cleaning the machine, and messed with the humidity which I always get confused, never remember if its more in colder weather or less
help me what am I doing wrong,
new here
Re: new here
Hello and welcome. There's some basic steps in troubleshooting that will hopefully pinpoint the problem, or at least narrow the field. Here's a few things to consider.
- How does your data look? Just want to make sure events aren't waking you up coughing.
- How's your leaks look? Sometimes dry mouth is from leaks (not always) and large leaks can let events slip through and/or make data unreliable.
- Do you take Lisinopril for blood pressure? It's known to cause some people to have a cough. (Me for one.)
- When my humidifier is up too high I get miserable lots of coughing. I'm one who can not turn up humidity to help the dry mouth. Keep a log to look for patterns.
- Any chance of GERD? It's notorious for causing wakeups with coughing.
Hope things settle down for you and you can get some good sleep soon.
- How does your data look? Just want to make sure events aren't waking you up coughing.
- How's your leaks look? Sometimes dry mouth is from leaks (not always) and large leaks can let events slip through and/or make data unreliable.
- Do you take Lisinopril for blood pressure? It's known to cause some people to have a cough. (Me for one.)
- When my humidifier is up too high I get miserable lots of coughing. I'm one who can not turn up humidity to help the dry mouth. Keep a log to look for patterns.
- Any chance of GERD? It's notorious for causing wakeups with coughing.
Hope things settle down for you and you can get some good sleep soon.
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