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Pugsy wrote:If you lay down without the mask on do you still get congested?
Or is this congestion something new that only happens with the mask on? Sometimes for some people the pressure of a mask (even one so slight as the Wisp) can cause congestion and when that happens a mask that doesn't put pressure across the nose needs to be tried.

Humidifier setting also may impact things...some people need more and some people need less.

I feel like I am in the same boat as Gavin. I have snored for a long time regardless of whatever weight I am. I am hoping CPAP is the answer and not surgery. I have not been checked for a deviated septum but maybe I should?

For me it's not some much congestion as it just feels like pressure collapsing my nose as soon as I put the mask on. I will wake up and blow my nose but I don't get anything out.

CapnCPAPn wrote:

Pugsy wrote:If you lay down without the mask on do you still get congested?
Or is this congestion something new that only happens with the mask on? Sometimes for some people the pressure of a mask (even one so slight as the Wisp) can cause congestion and when that happens a mask that doesn't put pressure across the nose needs to be tried.

Humidifier setting also may impact things...some people need more and some people need less.

I feel like I am in the same boat as Gavin. I have snored for a long time regardless of whatever weight I am. I am hoping CPAP is the answer and not surgery. I have not been checked for a deviated septum but maybe I should?

Capn,

If a doc has ever looked up your nose during an exam, they'd be able to tell if you had a seriously deviated septum. Most of us have some minor deviations in the septum that don't affect breathing; and a septum that is deviated enough to affect breathing will affect both wake breathing and sleep breathing.

For me it's not some much congestion as it just feels like pressure collapsing my nose as soon as I put the mask on. I will wake up and blow my nose but I don't get anything out.

Pugsy wrote about this in your thread: It could be the mask is pressing on the side of your nose in such a way as to cause the problem. The "fix" for that problem is to try a different mask and possibly a different style mask altogether. You might want to consider trying a nasal pillows mask that does not touch the sides of the nose at all.