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Sam793 · Post by **Sam793** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:06 pm

Just used my CPAP with a nasal mask for the first time. It worked well. I only took it off once! The only question I have is sometimes when I woke up and I opened my mouth it felt like my mouth was full of air and I was relieving a bunch of pressure. Is this normal?

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:14 pm

Welcome, Sam!
The mouth full of air is fairly common starting out. It's even hard to talk until your mouth learns how.
If you can keep your mouth shut without a chinstrap or tape, you have many more mask options,
and you are ahead of a lot of us. Many suggest you practice keeping your tongue up against the back
of your upper teeth.

herefishy · Post by **herefishy** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:21 pm

You will eventually keep the back of your throat closed so the air goes down instead of out your mouth - you'll know because you can talk then.

Sheriff Buford · Post by **Sheriff Buford** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:40 pm

Hope it works out for you! Please post your equipment in your profile.

Sheriff

Mirrasi · Post by **Mirrasi** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:06 pm

herefishy wrote:You will eventually keep the back of your throat closed so the air goes down instead of out your mouth - you'll know because you can talk then.

Wait...you can talk? Lol what about with a hybrid?

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:24 pm

Mirrasi wrote:Wait...you can talk? Lol what about with a hybrid?

Sure you can talk with the Hybrid mask...probably will be difficult to understand though.

All joking aside...I can now talk normally with the mask and machine blowing air up my nose with zero loss of air pressure out the mouth. I can yawn and not have any air escape through my mouth. It took some time to master the trick of keeping the back airway blocked but it can be done.
When I first started therapy talking was difficult...weird feeling and sounded worse. Now I can talk pretty much normal...just like daytime talking. It took several months though. I didn't really make a conscious effort because normally I don't need to talk once I turn the machine on anyway...then one night I needed to say something and didn't bother turning the machine off and I discovered that it was easy to do.

Sam793 · Post by **Sam793** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:50 am

When I used the machine yesterday it was during the day as I am on night shift. There was nobody around to talk to. Reading the talking while in use comments intrigued me so I just tried it. Wow it is funny sounding and feeling. I never thought of it! Well off for some better quality sleep again.

DreamStalker · Post by **DreamStalker** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:13 am

herefishy wrote:You will eventually keep the back of your throat closed so the air goes down instead of out your mouth - you'll know because you can talk then.

She is right. You can train the muscles of your soft pallet to control the air flow through your mouth.

You can try first without CPAP. Open your mouth and breathe through your nose without letting air flow in or out of your mouth ... you can lightly place your hand over your open mouth to make sure you are not allowing air to flow in or out of the mouth.

Then put on your mask and turn the CPAP on and try the same thing ... breathe only through your nose while keeping your mouth open and not letting any air flow in or out your mouth.

Then practice letting pressurized air out of your mouth during exhale (cuz you can't inhale through your mouth while under CPAP pressure).

Finally you can practice speaking on your exhales.

The above assumes you are NOT using a FF mask. With FF mask, breathing or talking through your mouth is not a big issue ... except that your mask will probably leak while talking and your mouth will dry out if you breathe through it for more than a few minutes.

squid13 · Post by **squid13** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:39 am

I bought one of these from cpap.com and it is really handy for coughing or talking. When you talk you can be understood very clearly. Great little gadget. https://www.cpap.com/productpage/ez-tal ... -cpap.html

Sheriff Buford · Post by **Sheriff Buford** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:15 pm

squid13 wrote:I bought one of these from cpap.com and it is really handy for coughing or talking. When you talk you can be understood very clearly. Great little gadget. https://www.cpap.com/productpage/ez-tal ... -cpap.html

Squid: Interesting. I sometimes cough... and I just go ahead and do it. Does this conclaption, interrupt the air flow? If so, what for?

Sheriff

squid13 · Post by **squid13** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:49 pm

Sheriff Buford wrote:Squid: Interesting. I sometimes cough... and I just go ahead and do it. Does this conclaption, interrupt the air flow? If so, what for?

Yes you pull a small lever down and it stops the air flow so you can talk and be understood and I guess cough so you aren't coughing against air pressure. It works great for talking, I don't cough much.

Mirrasi · Post by **Mirrasi** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:47 pm

OMG, I am ordering one of those RIGHT NOW! lol Being able to yawn would help me mentally get around the suffocation feeling. Thank yoU! And good to know you can learn to talk with these. I keep writing stuff down on a piece of paper for my husband because I can't speak, LOL

danieldavid7832 · Post by **danieldavid7832** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:18 am

Hey people, I'm a new guy for this topic and need a lil information on CPAP and Whats the use of it?

Al N · Post by **Al N** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:11 am

Have you noticed any difference when you. Looked at you data. I was curious if it show an event on your reports. Not a major deal just curious

TheUglyTruth · Post by **TheUglyTruth** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:04 pm

Sure you can talk with the mask

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