Hi! I have a major surgery decision to make. Any advice is appreciated. I'm a 35yr old male with a small jaw, sleep apnea AHI of 8 on my side, 16 on my back, constant muscular TMJ pain, and poor quality sleep. My ENT says my sleep apnea is 0% a sinus issue, even though I have small nasal airway pass...

Just curious, when you breathe do you put your tongue on "the spot" behind your front teeth? such that when you put your mask on, even if your mouth opens, there isn't air rushing out of your mouth? I know that's an important part of therapy. Thanks for the support, it’s appreciated. :) About this ...

Well that was the worst night of cpap sleep in my life. I got the F10 mask. It pushes against my bottom jaw in a way that is *so* painful. I’m feeling rather fucked at the moment. Nasal mask is the only one my jaw seems to tolerate, barely. Sigh. I’ve been in pretty bad chronic pain for 2 going on 3...

The smaller the mouth, the more teeth that will need to be removed. Thus the basis for the statistical association, which is unrelated to causation. Sadly, many docs don't understand the difference. My dentist's point about my teeth being pulled wasn't that it caused less airway space. It gave less...

When there literally isn't enough room for the teeth because of a small mouth, what do you propose as a healthy solution? It is rarely a matter of mere cosmetics in those circumstances, right? Teeth need to align to function optimally, as I understand it from the MMA people's point of view. Surgica...

My nasal mask is holding my jaw in a bad place. The pressure of having to keep a tight mouth seal is giving me TMJ issues, can’t even slack the jaw a little because it’ll fill my cheeks with air. I think I need a FFM. I’m about to try the F20 and the P10. It’s too bad the nasal N20 is soooo comfort...

Also I tried two nasal pillows masks, even just an 8.0 pressure forced through my sinuses is giving me pressure pain in the ears. I can probably thank TMJD for that too.

Hi friend. Wondering if you’ll still see this. It’s funny I came back to this thread today because I just came to the conclusion you told me about. My nasal mask is holding my jaw in a bad place. The pressure of having to keep a tight mouth seal is giving me TMJ issues, can’t even slack the jaw a l...

A 30 second mask removal? A quick pull the pillows away from the nostrils and refit the mask and then put it right back on the nose....I think that would give you that spike. Good point. I do this to itch my nose if I have to. Would be nice if I'd then put the mask back on my face. :lol: Take note,...

Does this look like mouth leak? I have a number of them per night since I turned off SmartStart. One of them prompted me to take my mask off for 3 hours. To me that has too high a flow and duration for a mouth leak it looks more like a mask removal A 30 second mask removal? … maybe I'm sleeping on ...

Does this look like mouth leak? I have a number of them per night since I turned off SmartStart. One of them prompted me to take my mask off for 3 hours.

Ah, SmartStart. Thanks all. I'll try turning this off tonight. I tried wearing the mask but only breathing out of my mouth, that didn't turn the mask off. But I suppose if there was a large enough leak the machine would turn off. So weird. Turn off SmartStart, this is a ResMed feature that will turn...

Hey folks, For the past week, Sleepyhead has reported gaps in my treatment. It *looks* like I'm taking my mask off and putting it back on without memory of it. My partner swears he was up during this time and I was wearing it, though I'm not sure he was awake during this time. This report seems to b...

For five hours your APAP was consistently at max value. That looks like reason enough to try a higher pressure than 8.

The past four nights I have ~1hr gap where it looks like I didn't wear my mask, then I put it back on. I'm very confused. I don't remember taking my mask off *or* putting it back on in my sleep. I just remember going to bed with the mask on, falling asleep, then waking up with it on. Any ideas? Look...