New user\trial machine

[reenannez]

I am having trouble keeping on the nasal pillows all night. I wake up with mouth full of air and need to blow it out and feel maybe the pressures are too high. The resmed is set from 4-10 and when I wake up like this it is 9 or 10. Is it because the machine is variable and I don't need it that high? I go in Thursday for my 2nd night of sleep study. With a cpap on I guess. Will it help when I get my own? I am medicare age so need to have this 2nd study to have medicare cover. On my first study the report said mild sleep apnea with AHI of 9.5/hour and low SaO2 of 73%. I feel better when I use the machine but can only manage to sleep about 3 hours, wake up, lie there for an hour or so, then its on and off the rest of the night. Any suggestions?

[harry33]

welcome

some arent suited to the nasal pillows type mask, you may be better using a nose only mask

[pagebypage]

I had the same experience with feeling a need to expel air through the mouth. It took me a long time, but I no longer have that problem. I doubt switching from nasal pillows to a nasal mask will help. A full face or hybrid will relieve the problem.

You, as a newbie, won't believe how many masks I have gone through, but you will probably find that you can only tolerate the same mask for a certain number of nights in a row until you become fully adjusted to your primary mask, or have experimented with enough masks to find the ideal one for you. I don't think there are very many of us who are still using the same model of mask that was issued when first starting therapy. I did meet one fellow like that, but I think that is not the norm.

I don't mean to discourage you, but to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Best of luck to you.

[dillionkate]

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