Ok, I gotta change something...

Ok here's the one from last night. There's a good stretch in here with low leaks (or none) in which I slept well and didn't snore. What I'd REALLY like to know is if the leaks are causing teh pressure to drop and then I snore, or am I getting into an odd position and snoring and the leaks are coincidental... or.... which came fierst? The chicken or the egg? The snores or the leaks?

I want to A.) find a way to keep my mouth shut that I can live with, and B.) see if I can't figure out a way to prevent me from rolling onto my back.

yardbird wrote:Ok here's the one from last night. There's a good stretch in here with low leaks (or none) in which I slept well and didn't snore. What I'd REALLY like to know is if the leaks are causing teh pressure to drop and then I snore, or am I getting into an odd position and snoring and the leaks are coincidental... or.... which came fierst? The chicken or the egg? The snores or the leaks?

I want to A.) find a way to keep my mouth shut that I can live with, and B.) see if I can't figure out a way to prevent me from rolling onto my back.

you are getting old and feeble tissue not as taught as before

My guess is you are hitting REM and relaxing more in sleep, this increases the snore, allows the mandible to drop increasing leak.

Pay special attention to those snores, if you feel better when they go away that is what you should strive for.

And I would even suggest trying this simple device along with CPAP therapy, would probably work better than any chin strap and you could continue to use the swift or nasal mask of your choice, it costs less than any mask at $60 bucks, if it doesn't work they have a money-back guarantee.

This one slightly shifts your mandible forward, may be just enough in your case to stop or reduce the snoring, reduce the snoring you can probably get by with a lower pressure from the machine, then with the particular design this one may stop you from mouth breathing as it contains both the upper and lower device. It is boil-n-bite and doesn't need any prescription.

http://www.puresleep.com/

I'll keep that device in mind. I have some dental work coming up and don't want to have to buy another one afterwards. Meanwhile I just got back from the pharmacy and have polident strips. I'm going to search how people are using them My wife thinks gluing my mouth shut seems a bit odd.

But... I gotta do something here. I also bought somme of that wrap that sticks only to itself. We shall see.

WoW! What a difference!

This is the report from last night. I used polident strips to seal my mouth AND I went back to the Swift. This is an amazing difference. AND it looks like with this combination I could lower my pressure again, but....

Here's the report

I FEEL a ton better this morning. Looks like the polident strips failed right before I got out of bed but I was sleeping so soundly that I was sleeping through my alarm clock.

That little break in there is where I got up to use the bathroom.

This is where I wanna be. This feels good.

** edit ** Oh... and I did absolutely nothing to prevent me from rolling over onto my back. So basically all sleeping positions are in here.

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Congrats on your great night!!

I would leave the pressure right where it is for a few nights at least. Then if you need to go ahead and try it a bit lower. If you are sleeping well and the pressure isn't bothering you just leave it where it is.

Brenda

Hurray, Yardbird. Feeling a ton better is what its all about. Congratulations.
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