I am a mouth breather as well and had a nasal mask for the first week. My nasal passages are quite small and felt like I wasn't getting enough air and I also had trouble keeping my mouth closed when I was sleeping. For the past week I have been using the ResMed Quattro FX full face mask and I am fin...

I didn't think of that! That is a possibility...but I don't know if it would cause the swelling in my hands?

I found out a week ago that I have sever sleep apnea. Started using CPAP 4 nights ago. First night I lasted for 4 hours with it on. I woke up with very swollen hands and had trouble getting back to sleep with mask on...so I gave up. Second night I slept all night with it on (woke up once to go to ba...