Air bubble in mouth

I have been using Resmed Escape for seven years. Lately switched to Swift X Bella nasal mask and I love it. I had a sleep test (first since diagnosis) and my pressure was increased from nine to twelve. In the last few weeks I am getting a lttle bubble of air that forms at the back of my mouth near the inside of my cheek. It travels forward and escapes my closed lips. It happens every few minutes until I fall asleep. But later in the night I wake up with my mouth slightly open and very dry. It must continue while I sleep. The bubble doesn't seem to come from my esophagus so it's not indigestion.
Has this happened to anyone? Any idea what's causing it? I do take aTums on an occasional evening but my stomach is usually well settled before bed.

I get that on occasion with a full face mask. I don't have a definitive answer, but to me it seems to be air getting held up at the back of my mouth/throat and working its way up. The FFM will cause a slight puffing in my cheeks allowing a little bit of air to accumulate and work its way forward. I think that is where it originates. It's a weird sensation, but it hasn't killed me yet!

Good Luck,

RiverDave

Duermo wrote:I have been using Resmed Escape for seven years.

Have you considered updating your equipment to a newer model that will provide data to analyze your therapy and breathing?

Thanks for your reply
Mine is a little bubble, like spitting out a pea when it passes my lips. It doesn't fill my cheeks. I wonder if I ramp a bit longer than five minutes it might help.
RE getting new model: I chose my Escape model precisely because it does not give out a readout. If it works and I don't gasp for air I don't need numbers. I first went into this forum seven years ago when I was a newbie needing guidance on a purchase and I was bothered by all the talk about readouts. All this obsession with numbers is completely unnecessary I believe. And not worth the effort and concern if they're not "right".
I may try to drop my pressure one notch after speaking to my doctor's office. I have a call into them now.
I don't think I've had even a nap without my Cpap in over seven years and have been happy with the tremendous change it has brought to my life.
Thanks again
Duermo ("I sleep" in Spanish!)

Duermo wrote: I had a sleep test (first since diagnosis) and my pressure was increased from nine to twelve.

Duermo wrote:All this obsession with numbers is completely unnecessary I believe. And not worth the effort and concern if they're not "right".

Then why did you have another sleep study and allow them to increase your numbers?

Ahh yes---mouth blows up like a fish. I know that one. Told Doc and he said it will go away eventually as I get used to the whole apparatus. Now hes on CPAP too so maybe he knows. In fact the entire office staff is on CPAP. Hmmmmm Strange?

I had the second study done because it had been seven years since the first. No urgent matter required it and it was allowed under provincial health plan. Result was slight upping of pressure. But then came the bubble (not like a fish! Just a little one). Am learning to live (sleep) with it.

To Chicagogranny...
I allowed them to up the pressure because the doctor recommended it. Who am I to argue/challenge that?

Duermo wrote:To Chicagogranny...
I allowed them to up the pressure because the doctor recommended it. Who am I to argue/challenge that?

You are the patient, the doctor works for you not the other way around. There are plenty of folks here on this forum who have taken charge of their therapy and in the process even educated their doctors about the ins and outs of pap therapy. If the new higher pressure is causing you trouble -- and it sounds like it is -- it's time to educate yourself, do a little more investigating, and see if you can solve the problem yourself.

RicaLynn wrote:You are the patient, the doctor works for you not the other way around. There are plenty of folks here on this forum who have taken charge of their therapy and in the process even educated their doctors about the ins and outs of pap therapy. If the new higher pressure is causing you trouble -- and it sounds like it is -- it's time to educate yourself, do a little more investigating, and see if you can solve the problem yourself.

Right answer!

If I listened to my doctor, my pressure would be set to 20 - 25, but I have found I do great with a setting of 13 - 22, and in the last month, I have never gone over 15.

Duermo wrote:To Chicagogranny...
I allowed them to up the pressure because the doctor recommended it. Who am I to argue/challenge that?

You are the person who owns your body. You are the person with the biggest investment in. If the doctor makes a mistake, he says "sorry".

You should make it a habit to understand every medical decision, be it xPap settings, or a drug, or surgery. Your life could depend on it.

That is who you are.

My doc must be good or something. Since I just started he set the pressure at 5-20. I am holding steady at 14. I assume next time I see him 14 will be it.

A MESS wrote:My doc must be good or something. Since I just started he set the pressure at 5-20. I am holding steady at 14. I assume next time I see him 14 will be it.

If he set the pressure at 5-20, you wouldn't hold steady at 14.....

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