For me the CPAP was too damn invasive. Fail. So as an alternative they made me a dental appliance. I put it in at bedtime and it kept my lower jaw jutted out just enough to maintain airflow. It worked :)
For me the CPAP was too damn invasive. Fail. So as an alternative they made me a dental appliance. I put it in at bedtime and it kept my lower jaw jutted out just enough to maintain airflow. It worked :)
Yes! I had a mandibular advancement device for many years, but after about 10, my lower jaw stopped resetting all the way in the morning. I forced myself to find the right CPAP (nasal pillows with fabric elastic chin strap to keep my mouth closed). It's been about 5 years and my jaw finally is >95% back to normal (YMMV).
But by far the most critical part of getting CPAP to work was using an open source program to review the SD card raw data every morning, learning the interplay between max/min pressure, temperature, humidity, and ramp. Gaining access to the admin controls on my AirSense and fiddling it myself over weeks to find the right settings--this was the only way I made it work. The idea of waiting 6 months to make a change to the pressure was bonkers to me. Especially, for some reason, my brain is shit the next morning if I over oxygenate with too high max pressure overnight, worse than not wearing it at all!
But once you dial in the settings. It's magic.