HELP WITH MIRAGE SWIFT

judysunlakes · Post by **judysunlakes** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:48 pm

I tried the mirage swift last night, putting the hose over the top of my head (side sleeper). After about 2 hours the air rushing in my hose was painful, so I turned the pressure down on the humidifier. Again after a few hours, too much air in my nose. Finally resorted back to the full face mask.
Am I doing something wrong??
Thanks, Judy

rock and roll · Post by **rock and roll** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:24 pm

I am not sure how all of a sudden you have too much air rushing in your hose/nose. The air is the same if you have a constant pressure setting, on an auto, if you have a leak your pressure will increase. If you have the right seal, you won't notice the pressure. Try a larger size and see what happens. My guess is you are using too small a size and not getting the proper fit thus seal.

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:09 pm

Judy,
Were you using your ramp button only to awaken to feel the full pressure and it was too much for you? Is this a new change in mask to the Swift? I have found, and others will agree, that a nasal pillow interface can feel like your usual pressure is more intense. I think it may be because instead of breathing in the air from a triangle, such as with a nasal mask, or even a larger area with a ff mask, this is air directed through two small openings directly into your nasal passages as opposed to actually having to breathe it in. You don't have a choice; it just blows right in. To me, when I first went onto a nasal pillow interface, I felt like the pressure was stronger even though it wasn't. I didn't really have a problem with it, though.

Are you on auto or straight CPAP? If you are on an auto machine, perhaps the pressure rose after a couple of hours of sleep and you're just not used to a higher pressure with nasal pillows and woke up. In any event, good thing you have the ff mask to switch to when the feeling gets too intense for you to handle. Maybe you need to take it slow and use it for as long as you can each night in the beginning and then switch to your ff mask until you're able to make it through an entire night without switching. I honestly don't think you were doing anything wrong. Where exactly was the pain you spoke of, inside the nose or under it?

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:45 am

Hi Judy

I've only just purchased the Swift after getting some great advice from Yawn, Lori, WS and so many others and I think the Swift is fabulous (but could use some minor refining of the headgear). Although I was happy with my flexi-fit mask I like having the security of two good systems.

The first couple of nights I went to sleep with the Swift and changed back to mask during the night (my nose felt sore and sensitive to the flow aimed directly into my nostrils).

I have switched to the large pillow and wear it VERY loosely with the hose upward to stop the weight pulling down on the headgear and causing leaks.

I also started using a saline nasal spray before bed as suggested, played around with the straps to get them away from my ears and the back clips away from the back of my head and by the 5th night I was sleeping like a (happy) baby.

I'd like to thank all these wonderful people.

Sleep well and may God bless you all.

Margaret from Oz

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:50 am

Margaret,

You made my day! Glad you are enjoying your Swift! .

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:24 pm

Another Swift convert! Welcome to the club.