Disgusting Problem

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:34 pm

Lately I find I drool constantly when sleeping. It's not just a little, it wakes me up because my pillow is so wet. I have always drooled a little but nothing like this, I even changed masks to see if it made a difference but it didn't. Is this common on cpap? Is is the humidifier? I keep that very low. Is there anything I can do to stop or lessen this? This disease is very weird if you arent blowing up with gas then you are drooling oceans on your pillow!! Are we having fun yet!!

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:56 pm

I don't think its the humidifier.
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LavenderMist · Post by **LavenderMist** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:15 am

Just a thought, but at times when I seem to drool it is because my mouth is open and I'm mouth breathing in my sleep. I see that you have a nasal mask. If you are mouthbreathing then you could be losing the treatment (air) out your mouth which would compromise your therapy. Is your nose stuffy? That could be a reason why you'd resort to mouth breathing and drooling. For mouth breathing, some continue to use the nasal mask and tape their mouths, some use chinstraps (not effective for a lot of people) and finally there is the full face mask. Hope this helps.