tried full face mask but nose pillow seems to work best

When I got my new machine and full face mask, because the doctor "felt" it was better, I tried the full face mask for nearly a week and watched my AHI go from 1.7 to 7.4. With my nose pillow last night, I slept better and I dropped to 1.0 AHI. With the nose pillow I almost can forget I use anything. The face mask is more annoying and seems to leak more, even though the leaks were never more than 14. I think I will stick with the nose pillow. I had been using the nose pillow with my trial machine. It was a brick so I never could read how I was doing. Still waiting to feel lots more energy but today feels better than before...

Lisa: give therapy time. It is not practical to get the "ahah" feeling in such a short period of time. In fact, some never achieve that "ahah", but can attest to improvements over a long period of time. If you can get the pillows to work, it's probably in your best interest. I would kill to be able to wear pillows. As you said, they are less intrusive. Note that your doctor's remark about "felt it was better" ought to be a red flag for you about him/her. Masks are like shoes... what I like and what feels comfortable to me may in no way be comfortable to you... and vise versa. The mask search is a journey. If you find one that works for you, stick to it. I never thought I could ever wear a full face, but just recently have been able to withstand the Quattro. After getting it to work for me, I felt rather foolish for trying and went back to my ole' trusty mask. Hope the pillows work for you and work all your issues here.

Sheriff

It is weird, with my full face my mouth comes open. Not sure why because on my nasal pillows my mouth stay shut. The full face tends to leak a bit when I lay on my side...which annoys me. It also feels a tad claustrophobic. I can deal with it but I am conscious of it and wake up more. With the nasal pillows I do not notice it hardly at all. Yeah, I need to change doctors...but just started a new job...so it will have to wait a bit.