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Hi all you CPAP friends...:regular_smile:

I am still trying to get used to the dang thing...I am on the mild APNEA side, my setting is 8.

Yesterday I came down with a chest tightness and drainage- post nasal which makes me cough...

Should I still be trying...I emphasize trying since I've never made it through the whole night with it...??

My mask is my full face...Martian man...so I can open my mouth but???

Help please:sad:

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I don't really have any advice for you. I only have a mask that goes over my nose but I have to keep my mouth shut or else I feel like I'm sufficating. I've never been able to sleep with it on when I have a cold, cough or am stuffy. In fact, I rarely am able to sleep all night with it on except when I'm super tired.

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Thanks for responding...

Mine covers my mouth but it is so hot and hard to wear...The only plus would be in having the humidity setting turned up for my lungs???

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I have a nose mask with a chin strap. I had a cough & waking up with a dry mouth & a co. rep. told me to turn up the heat & that helped. Just hang in there & you'll get used to it.

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I usually end up taking something at night if my nose is stuffy or runny enough that it makes me cough.

For drainage like that, I use nasal irrigation.

For stuffiness, often a snort of Vicks nasal spray keeps me clear all night.

If it's really bad, I take something with pseudoephedrine in it, which is the only thing that works for clearing me up when I have a sinus infection.

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I've had CPAP for about a year, but my mask's nose only (so I look like a fighter pilot or Cthulhu - attractive, no?) I've had occasionally problems with getting all stuffy at night, and nasal drip. I've sometimes resorted to Afrin to help clear it up, and that seems to work out Ok. I've also had a problem where I've heated up the air too much and the air in my bedroom is too cold (can't sleep without a fan on me) so I get condensation in my mask... which seems to seep in and make me a lil bit miserable. Fun! Anyway, the Afrin's helped me with that. You might want to talk to your doctor, too.

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Thanks to all of you who have shared your insight...I slept some with it on last night and then couldn't stand it anymore...I even have a fan that blows on my face too because I get hot with it on...

NO... I AM NOT "HOT" WITH IT ON...UNLESS YOU HAVE A THING FOR ASTRONAUTS! LOL

anyway, I forgot to call the doc today so I'll try again tonight...maybe some Afrin would help...

OK...now ...here is my whine....get the violins ready....

I am really trying to wear this (I call it the c-crap) thing....I know, a positive attitude is important...it is just so uncomfortable for me and I don't sleep well as it is...I doubt it is my mild apnea that keeps from not sleeping...I haven't slept solid through the night in like 30 years!! Even as a kid I wondered around the house and would finally fall asleep on the living room couch...UGH!!!

On a positive note...I try and pretend that it is my special clean and filtered air that will enhance my beauty and keep me younger...like when Michael Jackson slept in that oxygen tube...I know it is filtered air and it will keep me healthier so...I keep trying...any tips would be great!

Thanks for listening

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Use Afrin and keep trying. I only have the half mask, but I used to throw it off after a couple of hours. Now i put it on without a thought. One of my goals though is to be rid of the dang thing. No more airport security things, plus all the other things. It is one of many reasons I'm doing this.

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Me too! Thanks...off to bed with my c-rap friend...LOL

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Jack..you are lucky!

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I have the full mask covers mouth and nose. When I'm under the weather I turn the humifier up to like 7 or 8, use afrin and put a little mentholatuem just inside my nostrils.

Mucinex is an awesome over the counter product if you can take it for drying things up.

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