I am trained so well that I almost suffocate!

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:00 pm

I have trained myself not to mouth breathe at all which is a good thing, right?

The funny thing is that a couple of times during the night I have gotten up to go to the bathroon and unhooked the mask from the hose and wore the mask. At some point I realize I can barely breathe and then realize I need to open my mouth since the mask isn't hooked to a machine!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:03 pm

HA HA! Reminds me of my vacation two weeks ago. I shared a hotel room with my mom for the first time since starting CPAP. We were lying there watching TV one night, and I slipped on my mask like I usually do, turned on the machine, then suddenly wanted to chat with her about what was on TV. I nearly choked myself trying to chat and breathe... First time that's happened since I started on CPAP. Now I know!

LOL,
Babs

Craig-Tx · Post by **Craig-Tx** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:29 pm

Anonymous wrote:HA HA! Reminds me of my vacation two weeks ago. I shared a hotel room with my mom for the first time since starting CPAP. We were lying there watching TV one night, and I slipped on my mask like I usually do, turned on the machine, then suddenly wanted to chat with her about what was on TV. I nearly choked myself trying to chat and breathe... First time that's happened since I started on CPAP. Now I know!

LOL,
Babs

Believe it or not, I've gotten to where I can switch between my mouth and nose. Close one or the other off. With the CPAP on, I can block it, say what I need to my wife and go back to breathing through my nose. Never have to remove the mask.

LavenderMist · Post by **LavenderMist** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:35 pm

I mastered the shutting off air from nose in order to talk early on. I talk way too much to not have figured that out, lol.

momadams · Post by **momadams** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:42 pm

I've discovered that when I'm out for my walk, I'm breathing through my nose automatically.
I was a mouth breather before.
Shari

Craig-Tx · Post by **Craig-Tx** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:39 pm

momadams wrote:I've discovered that when I'm out for my walk, I'm breathing through my nose automatically.
I was a mouth breather before.
Shari

Same here. I figure this is one of the main reasons my allergies were much better this year. The nose filters your air much better then the mouth.

Of course the other reason is that I am breathing hepa filtered air for 1/3 of my life now.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:44 pm

you probably NEED to see an ENT to possibly rule out any nasal obstruction such as a polyp, deviated septum etc.

Having a deformed nasal passage can result in higher CPAP pressure being needed and more importantly it can restrict your airflow during the periods you are not sleeping.

Yes breathing through your nose at all times is the best and your lungs will thank you for it.

But the factors (such as nasal obstructions mentioned above) are probably what caused you to start mouth breathing in the first place.

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:44 am

Snoredog wrote:you probably NEED to see an ENT to possibly rule out any nasal obstruction such as a polyp, deviated septum etc.

Having a deformed nasal passage can result in higher CPAP pressure being needed and more importantly it can restrict your airflow during the periods you are not sleeping.

Yes breathing through your nose at all times is the best and your lungs will thank you for it.

But the factors (such as nasal obstructions mentioned above) are probably what caused you to start mouth breathing in the first place.

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:59 am

LavenderMist wrote:I mastered the shutting off air from nose in order to talk early on. I talk way too much to not have figured that out, lol.

Same here lol. Off course I was at the DME and the new girl accidentally cranked me up to 18 instead of 10 and shes asking me if its comfortable and I couldnt talk. LOL she kept asking and Im thinking look lady Im trying to talk but the words were pushed back with all that pressure just couldnt do it. I can at 10 but not sure if I could with higher pressures holy cow was that crazy.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:45 pm

"dieselgal" I......... At some point I realize I can barely breathe and then realize I need to open my mouth since the mask isn't hooked to a machine!!!!

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That's just not true. Your mask has a safety valve on it and you can easily continue breathing through your nose with the machine off.

Please don't scare newbies with this nonsense.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:52 pm

Guest - yer an idiot.

Not everyone wears the same mask you do.

It is NOT easy to breathe through a mask that is de-pressurized, since you have to SUCK air through tiny vent holes.

Get a grip.

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:17 pm

Anonymous wrote:"dieselgal" I......... At some point I realize I can barely breathe and then realize I need to open my mouth since the mask isn't hooked to a machine!!!!

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That's just not true. Your mask has a safety valve on it and you can easily continue breathing through your nose with the machine off.

Please don't scare newbies with this nonsense.

Guest, you really ought to lighten up and chill out. As Babette says all masks are not created equal. Mine happens to be hard to breathe through if it isn't attached to a machine. As to scaring newbies....I doubt that a tentative newbie would be walking around the house and using the bathroom with their mask on because most scared newbies aren't comfortable enough with the mask.

DISCLAIMER: If any of you newbies happen to go to the bathroom at night and you feel like you aren't getting enough air... OPEN YOUR MOUTH!

I also prefer that when someone calls me a liar that they post with a name instead of guest.

bearcatx16 · Post by **bearcatx16** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:20 pm

I'm liken this thread.....Let's see, dieselgal, don't you fly the Texas flag? Isn't 6ptstar from Texas? I'm a thinkn it's time for him to start playn cowboy and guest. I'd come to Texas and back him up but my 6ptstar says retired.............

Fred

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:27 pm

dieselgal wrote:
Snoredog wrote:you probably NEED to see an ENT to possibly rule out any nasal obstruction such as a polyp, deviated septum etc.

Having a deformed nasal passage can result in higher CPAP pressure being needed and more importantly it can restrict your airflow during the periods you are not sleeping.

Yes breathing through your nose at all times is the best and your lungs will thank you for it.

But the factors (such as nasal obstructions mentioned above) are probably what caused you to start mouth breathing in the first place.

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I am not sure I understand this response. Was it to me?? I am not sure how it related to my post but maybe it was to someone else.

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:37 pm

Snoredog, what I meant is that I am so use to not breathing through my mouth that when I get up to go to the bathroom and leave my mask on I forget to open my mouth to breathe until I get the claustrophic feeling of not being able to breathe properly. Maybe I should change the thread title ???

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