Hey, thanks a lot for replying. So you also had mouth leaking problems prior to practicing this technique?

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of trying to switch over to the P10 from using the Amara View. When using the P10, I usually will not get any leaks out of my mouth during the first 4 hours of sleep. However, the second half of the night is when I start leaking (tongue drop) and it really messes with...

Hi everyone, This will probably be my last post on CPAPTalk since I no longer need the CPAP machine anymore. Two months ago, I purchased a boil-and-bite MAD device that pulls your jaw forward as I didn't want to lug my CPAP machine around when traveling overseas. To my surprise, the first night I us...

it pumps pressurized air down your airway if it pumped air down your airway, you'd eventually explode. assuming that you don't have gills. pressure differential between the room air pressure (which in this case is in your mouth) and the cpap air. no, between the pressure in your throat and the room...

I concur with grayghost, that the reason that therapy works is that there is a pressure differential between your airways and the external pressure. So in theory whether you breathe through your mouth or nose, is of no concern as it is in the same pressure environment. Funny enough I'm also a biome...

The way I look at is this: Your example is good observation on compensatory fluid dynamics (often directly comparable to air pressure dynamics). If one's mouth opens then a 'tributary' temporarily releases the pressure to a side loop - so what's the end result and where does that release of pressur...

I think it is difference in pressure between the cpap pressure in your airway and the ambient pressure outside of the body .... but I think you are partially correct .. a nasal mask seem to work at a lower pressure than the full-face mask. I have no empirical data to back up these statements ... ju...

Hi everyone, This is not a question related to treatment per se, but just a curious question from an engineer who uses a full face cpap mask. May any expert chime in :p Here it goes: So most of us knows how a cpap machine works, it pumps pressurized air down your airway and effectively acts as a spl...

kudos to you jay, very helpful post!

Thanks for the reply Jay, When I use my FFM, my AHI increases from 1 to something like 2.5-3, with most of them being very obvious OA and hypopneas and considerably more FL. This is true even when I raise my pressure from 10cm to 15 (yes, that much). With the nasal pillow at 10cm, I almost never get...

Hi all, I was wondering if there are any full face masks you might know that wont push on the lower jaw much? The reason I ask because I have realized that my AHI is always 2-3 times higher than when I use my nasal mask (My conjecture is that FFM's push my jaw back, narrowing my airway). However, ev...

So I taped my mouth for the first time last night while using my wisp nasal mask. Results? I had my first good dream in a longgg time. Dreamt that I was with my girlfriend at a soccer game. Another was me driving a Ferrari down a twisty beautiful mountain road.

More of this please!

Hi,
I agree with Julie that this should be discussed further with your MD. However, to answer your question, the Respironics Dreamwear is the most minimalist mask I know.

Here is a link:
https://www.cpap.com/productpage/pr-dre ... -pack.html

Best of luck,
tl

I suppose one thing that I realized is that even people without SDB have off days where they wake up feeling like crap too.

Many of our problems here on this board seem to be self induced either from obsession or anxiety over our AHI, leaks, etc.

I recently came across a very interesting research paper published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine regarding sleep arousals. It turns out that the average person without any type of SDB or sleep apnea experiences 10 to 22 spontaneous EEG arousals PER HOUR of sleep depending on age. To me, ...