you could also try lowering your max pressure... mine used to go to 16...and I used feel like I was blowing up like baloon... really hurt in my belly.. my APAP machine is now set 4-8 very low... but my AHI is around 2/3 and Sp02 is always above 95%.

... min pressure. here's the good news: a resmend machine can be adjusted by tiny increments. as .2. so, for example, let's say you lower min to 7. aerophagia disappears! (just for the sake of this example) but oh noes! your ahi goes up. the good news would be that you could start experimenting ...

Having said that, as I recall the Zonker Protocol is dependent on a reduced maximum pressure. hey, I'd rather misquote myself than anybody else! :wink: to the op-yup, that solution took ME months. I hope, if you follow my course, it doesn't take that long. still, slow and steady wins the race.

... You can try The Zonker Protocol , pioneered by member Zonker Set your minimum and maximum pressures sufficiently low, so you don't experience aerophagia. Because your pressures are below what your needs are, you will likely experience more events. Keep it at these levels for a week. Increase ...

zonker wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 09, 2026 1:39 pm

this has been referred to as that "zonker protocol". (hat tip to dogslobber)

I love that name.

... min pressure. here's the good news: a resmend machine can be adjusted by tiny increments. as .2. so, for example, let's say you lower min to 7. aerophagia disappears! (just for the sake of this example) but oh noes! your ahi goes up. the good news would be that you could start experimenting ...

Hi all, I've been using my resmed airsense 10 autoset for almost two years now and doing mostly great, but lately (let's say a month or so) I've been waking up really bloated. I was wondering if reducing my min pressure might help with this. Here are my device settings: Mode APAP Pressure Min 8.00 c...

... not well sealed, and the straps were not tight enough. Yep, same. I seem to mouth breathe no matter what! Please consider that what seems to be aerophagia can be acid reflux. I’m pretty sure it’s aerophagia for me considering I can sometimes feel myself swallowing the air, and I don’t normally ...

... over mouth), 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): 1 * Wake: 1 * Day: * Night: * mouth-air wakeups: yes * I think I had a few times to where I woke up with a really dry mouth and the ...

... 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