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Don't quite understand Chunkyfrogs reference...but...

These devices are not one-size-fits-all.

They will refund money but save your time and don't bother buying one.
J

The preceding post (by 'a marriage saver') should be considered SPAM and ignored--
The poster is not registered, and obviously has a connection to the Pur-Sleep company.
I did not delete the post in order to help educate newbies about the cheap tricks these charlatans pull

chunkyfrog wrote:The preceding post (by 'a marriage saver') should be considered SPAM and ignored--
The poster is not registered, and obviously has a connection to the PureSleep company.
I did not delete the post in order to help educate newbies about the cheap tricks these charlatans pull

My assumption also.

Hello,

After reading a lot of the posts, I first want to say I am in no way affiliated any sleep company; I'm a professor who teaches electronics.

Like many, I have always been dubious about TV quick fixes. I had serious doubts that a "mouth guard" could do anything. But I figured that for the money, it was worth a try, with a money back promise. I was pretty skeptical after getting two items that looked like little more than mouth guards like I got in sub-varsity football.

I found the instructions mildly confusing. To I have an under bite? An over bite? How do I know? What is the right setting for this thing? Eventually, I figured it out, or more factually, I took my best guess.

The first night, I almost threw the thing away in disgust. My jaw hurt, my teeth hurt, and I thought to myself, "what kind of crap is this?" But I stuck it out. To my chagrin. That first night, I pulled it out about three hours before dawn for me (I work nights). I thought a nest of spiders had had an orgy in my mouth. My saliva was thick, sticky, and I drooled all over my pillow. I had the sensation that I was ungluing the thing out of my teeth. In a word, it was gross.

But I was better rested than I could remember.

Over the next several nights, I kept using the damn thing. I hated it. My jaw hurt in the morning, my teeth hurt. I kept thinking to myself, “If I keep this up I am going to need new teeth on the bottom.” But I did feel rested. And my wife said that I didn’t snore anymore.

This is unflattering, but true. I tend to drink a lot. Not every day, but when I do, I don’t hold back. Since the damn thing seemed to glue to my teeth, I figured there was little chance that I would swallow the contraption. So I slept with it even when drunk. That helped. I didn’t notice its drawbacks as much. The other day, I went to bed at 5:30AM and slept until 10 AM with the “bit” in my mouth, did a full day at work, and was OK. Stayed up until 2 AM.

So it kind of works for me.
I do have some complaints though. I don’t know if it is the plastic, the way it is in my mouth, or the way it holds my jaw out, but my mouth is so dry. In 20 minutes, my tongue is so dry, I believe that the plastic is sucking the life out of me. My lips are so dry, I think that I have eaten an entire bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. And it doesn’t go away. As I write to you, it has been 14 hours since I woke up, that salty pucker ring feeling in my lips has not gone away. But I do feel rested.

So what do I do? I have traded feeling sleepy for a constant feeling of thirsty. This was not what I had in mind, but it is better.

Anyone have a way of making the thirsty stop? Tonight I have soaked my mouth piece in a glass of water for 8 hours. I don’t know if it helps, but I feel like a denture user, like my grandpa, with false teeth in a glass.

DasGoat: Two things happened:
The device propped your mouth open all night, and the booze dehydrated you.
You're lucky you woke up.
Alcohol and apnea can be a DEADLY combination.

chunkyfrog wrote:The preceding post (by 'a marriage saver') should be considered SPAM and ignored--
The poster is not registered, and obviously has a connection to the Pur-Sleep company.
I did not delete the post in order to help educate newbies about the cheap tricks these charlatans pull

Please Note:
Your adding the ( - ) in PurSleep is WRONG - - Bret the owner and member of this forum Runs this company and it's NOT connected to "pureSleep Appliance " a real piece of JUNK! . .
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