To me that means you almost certainly are mouthbreathing when you sleep. CPAP air detouring into the mouth from back of throat when the tongue is not maintaining a "dam" to prevent that. If you're aware of that happening at times when "half awake", it's probably happening big time when you (including tongue, jaw, mouth) are in the fuller relaxation of sleep. Once that happens, it's just a small easy step from air going out the mouth, to you switching in your sleep to breathing IN through your open mouth, too.DanJuan accidentally guested wrote:I'm not sure if I mouth breath but sometimes when I'm half awake I feel my cheeks puff up. To me that means there's a blockage starting.
Two big signs of possible mouth breathing during sleep. That, and what ozij mentioned.
Yup, a trip to Home Depot is a good idea. You know your way around in there... general contractor that you are. I'd have to ask, "Where's the painters tape?" A roll lasts so long, I'll have forgotten which aisle it was in.
