I’m hoping that someone may be able to offer some help. I’ve been successfully using autopap and a Resmed Quatro FX full face mask for 5 years now. No real changes to speak of. All of a sudden, a few weeks ago, I began to suffer multiple mask leaks. On average, about every 45 minutes, I would be wok...

So I have been on CPAP for two and a half years, and in that time, I have been struggling to find any benefit to CPAP therapy. My sleep study concluded that I have a sleep index of 40 arousals per hour. No centrals, and, in fact no real apneas- all hypopnias. For the last couple of years I have been...

I appreciate the suggestions. The Easylife seems to only be a nasal mask, is that right? Part of my problem is that I open my mouth at night, so I don't think it would work for me. Like I said, the nasal pillows (swift mask) worked great and I didn't have any TMJ problems. But because I open my mout...

I really don't know what to do at this point. I have been through EVERY mask that my provider has available. Nasal pillows are the only masks that don't leak. But when I use those, my mouth opens and I get no treatment. The chin strap aggravates my TMJ. The standard full face masks don't work becaus...

I don't use a bite guard. I've tried one from a drug store that is designed to remedy bruxism but I don't think I am clenching my teeth as much as I am, perhaps, pulling my jaw back. I don't know why I do this but it is all night. The mask is not very tight at all. It just that it obviously puts som...

I wanted to bump this because I am having the same problem as the original poster. I have been on APAP with a pressure of 8.0-12.0 for almost a year now. My AHI is below 2 and leak is almost zero with my Liberty mask properly tightened. The problem is that ANY pressure on my jaw seems to make the mu...

I finally broke down and bought the software today. I've spent all evening trying to get it to work without success. I am still geting the "Smartcard reader not detected" error, despite trying every suggestion that I've seen on this forum. In addition to the suggestions above, I tried installing the...

Thanks very much to both of you. So I looked at the manual for the mask and it says that the "flow" for a pressure of 8cm is 32 l/m (+ or - 6.0 l/m). So all in all, it sounds that the mask is doing quite well in terms of leaks. Any idea then what is going on? My numbers are not fluctuating as much a...

I was diagnosed with severe OSA about three months ago and was put on a Resmed Elite II CPAP machine with a Swift nasal mask. I later switched to a Redsmed Liberty mask because my lips were separating when I would fall asleep. (I taped my lips for several weeks but it wasn't a very good solution. I ...

I hope you all don't mind me keeping this going for a while. I am committed to solving this problem and your suggestions and advice have already helped a great deal. One glaring omission. I forgot to mention this before: my leake rate is almost always zero when I use nasal pillows. So last night, I ...

Thanks everyone for your quick responses. I want to make sure that I am understanding this correctly. It sounds like a couple of you are suggesting that reducing or turning off the EPR will acually improve the aerophagia? The reason that I had the EPR on at all was that I was experiencing aerophagia...

I feel like I've hit a brick wall in terms of making any further progress with my CPAP machine. I'd really appreciate some suggestions. Here’s my story… I have been on CPAP now for two and a half months and am still horribly tired most days. I had two sleep studies- the first one showed an AHI of 40...

Thanks everyone for all your comments. Cecile, I am glad you are doing well now. I don't know if a chin strap will help me beacause I am not a mouth breather. What is happening is that my facial muscles are relaxing and a corner of my lips is opening. I will try the tape but I don't know if that is ...

Hi everyone. I am a newbie and have been having a horrible time with my CPAP machine. I'm not sure what to do. I've been on CPAP for a week now and each night is getting progressively worse. My sleep study showed that my respiratory disturbance index was 40.1, which I was told, is pretty severe. The...