snoring louder when not usng CPAP

Hello All!
I have been using CPAP for last 4 months with great results. AHI below 2 on average. Wife tells me that I snore louder than in past when not wearing mask (like during afternoon naps). Is it possible? Has anyone else seen that? It could be that she has gotten used to no snoring and feels it is louder.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Never sleep without the cpap. Sleep is sleep.

wake_me_up wrote:Hello All!
I have been using CPAP for last 4 months with great results. AHI below 2 on average. Wife tells me that I snore louder than in past when not wearing mask (like during afternoon naps). Is it possible? Has anyone else seen that? It could be that she has gotten used to no snoring and feels it is louder.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Along the lines of what BlackSpinner said.........

WHY ARE YOU NOT USING YOUR THERAPY EQUIPMENT WHEN YOU'RE NAPPING???

YOU NEED TO WEAR IT ANYTIME YOU SLEEP!!!

SHEESH!!! Of course you're going to snore and have apnea events when you don't wear it.


Den

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Wake_me_up, I think what you're saying is that when you doze off now and aren't using CPAP that your wife says you snore louder that BEFORE you were ever on CPAP. Is that right? So before you were ever on CPAP versus when you doze off now and aren't wearing it. I honestly don't know the answer, but I've always wondered if maybe our throats get so used to the extra help from xPAP in staying open that it might close up easier and/or snore easier when we go without it. Hope that makes sense. I'm sure someone else who knows a lot more about this stuff than I do could answer that for sure, but that's my guess.

And yes, you should be wearing it whenever you sleep, nap or otherwise. If you nap in a place other than where you sleep for the night, maybe you could get a simple backup machine and have it set up where you nap (or might accidentally doze off). If you decide to take a nap at that location or start getting really sleepy, it would be right there for you to put on.

I've always wondered if maybe our throats get so used to the extra help from xPAP in staying open that it might close up easier and/or snore easier when we go without it.

Apparently not because one is often asked to refrain from using cpap before they do another test. There is some residual effect keeping your throat open for some people.

wake_me_up wrote: Wife tells me that I snore louder than in past when not wearing mask (like during afternoon naps).

that's a good way to have a heart attack or stroke during your afternoon nap.

do your wife a favor and silence yourself during your naps.

thanks everyone, I will wear the mask during after noon naps too

Wulfman... wrote:

wake_me_up wrote:Hello All!
I have been using CPAP for last 4 months with great results. AHI below 2 on average. Wife tells me that I snore louder than in past when not wearing mask (like during afternoon naps). Is it possible? Has anyone else seen that? It could be that she has gotten used to no snoring and feels it is louder.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Along the lines of what BlackSpinner said.........

WHY ARE YOU NOT USING YOUR THERAPY EQUIPMENT WHEN YOU'RE NAPPING???

YOU NEED TO WEAR IT ANYTIME YOU SLEEP!!!

SHEESH!!! Of course you're going to snore and have apnea events when you don't wear it.


Den

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+1 (and a spit on the ground for indirectly agreeing with black spitzer)

Is this maybe just perception bias? When I started using the machine and I was getting used to it, I'd last only 3 or 4 hours at night with the mask on. My wife said that once I took it off the snoring really got to her, more than before, because she was getting used to me not snoring. Maybe your snoring is at the same level, but you're wife is just accustomed to you not snoring, so when you do it seems worse.

Psycrow wrote:Is this maybe just perception bias? When I started using the machine and I was getting used to it, I'd last only 3 or 4 hours at night with the mask on. My wife said that once I took it off the snoring really got to her, more than before, because she was getting used to me not snoring. Maybe your snoring is at the same level, but you're wife is just accustomed to you not snoring, so when you do it seems worse.

Or maybe it's WORSE now because she now knows the damage it can cause to heart, ect. and worries about it.

Many of us get used to the sound of the machine, so it could be perception.
Without decibel readings of your snoring, before and after, it is hard to tell.
It is impossible to conduct an experiment for the sake of curiosity, as your control is lost;
and there is no sense in punishing your body. Good plan: always sleep, nap, or doze WITH the machine.
I have been tempted to put one of my spare machines next to the recliner.