Keeping your mouth closed

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:50 am

AII
Is this who I think it is? Tallish, light colored hair?

O. (another AII....)

roztom · Post by **roztom** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:06 am

ANy preference between the Mirage or F&P?

Tom

Newsgrouper · Post by **Newsgrouper** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:50 am

Ultra Mirage FF mask now seems to work better for me than the F&P 431.

Darth Vader Look · Post by **Darth Vader Look** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:28 am

Tom, the UMFF worked better than the Flexi-fit 431 ff for me as well.

tomjax · Post by **tomjax** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:37 am

I was disappointed in reading this thread and had hoped to find some very helpful information.

My wife has a very bad problem with keeping her mouth closed and I was hoping for guidance.

She does not have apnea and does not use a PAP, but has a big problem with keeping her mouth closed.

It is more of a problem while awake than asleep.

Can a full face mask be used without PAP?

Has anyone ever had any success with this problem that I suspect is very common in all demographics?

Snoozin' Bluezzz · Post by **Snoozin' Bluezzz** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:29 am

Tomjax - har, har, har.

I suspect you could be cruisin' for a bruisin' from a certain segment of the populace.

In order to not incur the wrath of that segment I'll let them decide if I am really laffin' or if I am being ironic.

SB

Barb (Seattle) · Post by **Barb (Seattle)** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:48 am

Snoozin' Bluezzz wrote:Tomjax - har, har, har.

I suspect you could be cruisin' for a bruisin' from a certain segment of the populace.

In order to not incur the wrath of that segment I'll let them decide if I am really laffin' or if I am being ironic.

SB

uhm, yeah, that segment would be me (that's me sticking my tongue out at you) *phhhhhhhhllllllllllllt*

A $3.00 roll of tape is the better solution for many of us mouth-breathers/treatment air lip-leakers who want to stop mouth air leaks AND use comfortable masks. I use tape quite happily...every night.

Or, you could simply sew a 4" wide ace bandage and place that around your head and mask, and over the mouth Nice and stretchy and light

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:31 am

tomjax wrote:I was disappointed in reading this thread and had hoped to find some very helpful information.

My wife has a very bad problem with keeping her mouth closed and I was hoping for guidance.

She does not have apnea and does not use a PAP, but has a big problem with keeping her mouth closed.

It is more of a problem while awake than asleep.

Can a full face mask be used without PAP?

Has anyone ever had any success with this problem that I suspect is very common in all demographics?

You don't need a FF Mask, Superglue will help her.

EDIT: It is also handy if used to hold the lid on the job jar.

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:01 am

I'm surprised at you, tom. The sujbect was keeping your mouth closed, and here you are, hijacking it to keeping her mouth closed.

OK. I belong the Barb's segment:

O.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:15 am

tomjax wrote:I was disappointed in reading this thread and had hoped to find some very helpful information.

My wife has a very bad problem with keeping her mouth closed and I was hoping for guidance.

She does not have apnea and does not use a PAP, but has a big problem with keeping her mouth closed.

It is more of a problem while awake than asleep.

Can a full face mask be used without PAP?

Has anyone ever had any success with this problem that I suspect is very common in all demographics?

LOL!!!

Like OSA, I'm sure this affliction affects BOTH genders.

Thanks for the humor, Tom.

Den

tater pie · Post by **tater pie** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:26 am

I agree 100% with Rested Gal. I tried one chin strap after another and none of them worked at all no matter how tight I had them strapped on. I talked to my DME and he said the mouth breathing would clear up on its own and to just tighten the chin strap more or perhaps another style of chin strap would help and turn the humidifier up on my cpap machine. I did what he said and still got just as many lip puffs and lousy sleep due to the chin strap being so tight. It would slide off anyway. Then he suggested using a full face mask which wasn't any better. My pressure is 12 and a full face mask just won't seal for longer than a couple of hours on a pressure that high so you might as well just stay up. You're not gonna get any sleep anyway having to adjust the mask every 2 hours. I finally got up the nerve to try mouth taping and what a relief. It stopped the lips puffs and I tossed all of my chin straps and coud use the Breeze Nasal pillows and got some decent sleep.

Full face masks may work for some and I guess a few (and I think a very few) may get the problem fixed with chin straps although that's hard for me to believe based on the experience I had. Every person has to do what is best for them. I am just glad I found this website or I'd still be puffing and trying different chin straps and face masks.

leegee · Post by **leegee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:18 pm

Thank you all for all the wonderful suggestions you have offered - I will let you know what works after some experimentation.
Gratefully,
leedee

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