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by UGADawg
Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Dry mouth even with taping it shut. Please help.
Replies: 14
Views: 1951

Ok, so last night I decided not to tape my mouth shut. As per the advice of several members here I cranked up my lowly ResMed HumidAire 3i humidifier to setting 4. And I have a correction to make, the setting choices are actually 1-6. I believe I said 1-4 yesterday. At any rate, I only woke up once ...
by UGADawg
Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question about Humidifier
Replies: 7
Views: 1316

Question about Humidifier

I have the Resmed Compact S8 CPAP machine and the Resmed HumidAire 3i Humidifier. I have been setting the Humidifier on setting 2 out of 5 with 5 being the highest setting. After I have my cpap on for about an hour the water is barely even warm with it being set on 4. Furthermore, there is hardly an...
by UGADawg
Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Dry mouth even with taping it shut. Please help.
Replies: 14
Views: 1951

I had the machine/humidifier running for about 45 minutes to an hour before I tested the water. Was nowhere close to being hot. I still do not understand why I would have to wake up 3 times in one night to chug water with my mouth taped shut where I had to wake up to get a drink maybe 3 times the en...
by UGADawg
Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Dry mouth even with taping it shut. Please help.
Replies: 14
Views: 1951

Yes, I do have a humidifier. I will say that I have been putting it on level 2 heat. I did an experiment this afternoon and put in on the next to the highest level possible and was able to stick my finger in the water and it was barely even warm. Is this normal? Perhaps I have to crank that bad boy ...
by UGADawg
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Dry mouth even with taping it shut. Please help.
Replies: 14
Views: 1951

Dry mouth even with taping it shut. Please help.

I have been a CPAP user for about 3 weeks now. At first I had a shallow mask and would wake up feeling great. The problem was that it made the bridge of my nose so raw that it would lose skin and pimples would form on it during the day even though I have not had pimples since being a teenager some 1...