Bad bad aerophagia

Guest Bubble · Post by **Guest Bubble** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:14 am

I have been on cpap for months and am having really bad aerophagia. I have tried using my auto but it doesn't help me with my events as well as cpap does which causes me to have really bad aerophagia. It's so bad now that my partner tells me it happens all night long and now it hurts me all day too. Is there any help for this? I don't mouth breathe and have even tried taping my mouth in case but that doesn't help the matter at all. Anybody know of any tricks to get rid of or lessen the problem? Thank you.

Selena · Post by **Selena** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:50 am

Try turning down your pressure - I got the tip from someone here, and it worked for me - I had turned it up higher than I really needed to in the first place because of 1-2 otherwise not-so-great nights.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:10 pm

Selena, I did try turning down my pressure but I end up with a lot more events that way, and that was just dropping the cms by 1-2. I was hoping that there was another way to deal with this issue short of having to compromise my results but this is getting ridiculous. Aren't there any OTC meds one can take for this or something simple without having to change your pressure setting? Thanks for the suggestion.

jess928 · Post by **jess928** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:38 am

I had huge problems with aerophagia for over a year after I first started bipap. Then somehow, over a period of a few months, they disappeared and now I have almost no problems. So there is hope for you. I think what helped me was changing my sleeping position. Personally, I find that if I sleep with my head elevated and my chin tucked toward my chest, I have much less aerophagia. However, I've heard other people say that when they lie completely flat, it prevents aerophagia. I would try playing with your sleeping position, changing #'s of pillows, etc. to see if you can find what works for you. Good luck.

Guest Bubble · Post by **Guest Bubble** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:15 pm

Thanks for the position tip. I just don't know which one to try. And I don't know how to control it once I'm asleep. Do you mean try to lay like the before you fall asleep? After I fall asleep I won't know what position I'll end up in.

So there is hope that one day this will stop? I am in pain all the time now and just can't stand waking up at night from the "outbursts."

jess928 · Post by **jess928** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:21 pm

Sorry for the delay in replying. I know how you feel. I was completely miserable for a long time, and I would have given up if I had a choice, but I didn't. I'm still not sure why my problems went away, but I'm glad they did. I guess my body just adapted over time.

I don't know about you, but when I use my bipap I hardly move at all in my sleep. I sleep propped up on two pillows and a wedge, with my neck bent forward. Sounds a little uncomfortable but it works for me. My theory is that this position increases the resting pressure of my upper esophageal sphincter, which prevents my esophagus from filling with air. Also, I agree with the advice to turn down your pressure. I find that the higher my pressure is, the more prone I am to aerophagia. Maybe an APAP would allow you to turn the pressure down? I hope you can figure something out, I know aerophagia is miserable.

Jess

jess928 · Post by **jess928** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:20 am

Hey, sorry I missed where you wrote that you had already tried an APAP. I have one more suggestion for you. Someone recommended this to me (haven't tried it myself yet though):

http://www.phazyme.com/

good luck

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