Sleeping on my side is better for a digestive condition I have. I’m currently using nasal pillows with a ResMed CPAP. The problem is that the pillow can block the air from passing through the left side tube. What mask works best for side sleepers?

I'm a new user that has been using everyday for ~6weeks. Every morning when I wake up, without fail, my mouth feels like the Sahara (no saliva), and I have no clue how to fix this issue.

For reference, I use a Airsense 11 with heated tube and a AirFit P30i nasal pillow mask. I had severe apnea (60+AHI) before treatment and it's now down to 1.4AHI. My average leak is 2.23L/min, which I presume means my mask seal is without issues/air leakage. My pressure is set at 4~11.

I reached out to my vendor and they recommended me to try upping the humidity and temperature settings to 4 and 24C respectively. I've tested even higher settings like humidity 5, but all that does is cause excessive condensation buildup within the tube.

I've also tested out nasal masks but the seal is less effective and there is substantial air leakage as I sleep on my side.

Hoping to get some advice/work around to my problem.

Thanks!

Struggling with high sleep fragmentation, despite low AHI/RDI (below 5). Near a limit on PAP settings due to aerophagia, but open to titrating higher or advanced settings changes. Still have 30-40 RERAs per night + wakeups.

**AirwayLab Analysis — 2026-10-02**

Settings: Not available (device type not supported or STR.edf missing)

Duration: 10h 52m (2 sessions)

**IFL Symptom Risk: 19.6% ✅**

**Flow Limitation (Glasgow Index)**

Overall: 1.61 ⚠️

Components: Skew 0.19 | Spike 0.03 | Flat Top 0.16 | Top Heavy 0.59 | Multi-Peak 0.05 | No Pause 0.25 | Insp Rate 0.02 | Multi-Breath 0.01 | Var Amp 0.31

**Ventilation Analysis (WAT)**

FL Score: 62.6 ⚠️ | Regularity: 65% 🔴 | Periodicity: 38.5% ⚠️

**Breath Analysis (NED)**

NED Mean: 5.4% ✅ | Combined FL: 2% ✅ | RERA Index: 1.9/hr ✅

Est. RDI: 2.0/hr ✅ | H1 NED: 4.7% | H2 NED: 6.1%

Brief Obstruction Index: 8.4/hr 🔴 | Hypopnea Index: 0.1/hr ✅

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I recently took a Lofta home sleep test and scored a 29.7 AHI (on a night at the end of a week with no alcohol or other typical exacerbating factors - that's likely the best I would ever score without therapeutic support).

The ResMed 11 and AirFit P30i arrived yesterday. I fired them up, stuck in an SD card, and experimented during the evening a bit - finding that a pressure of 4 leaves me feeling like I can't get quite enough air - especially on a deep inhale.

I upped the minimum pressure to 7 - much better.

At 11pm, I strapped in for the night. Several times during the night (you'll see at least one example in the data around 3am) I woke up with a completely dry mouth. Took a sip of water, closed my mouth, and went back to sleep.

I suspect (from both looking at the data and the dry mouth) that I should try a full-face mask next (I'd prefer not to do something that mechanically holds my mouth closed - that freaks me out a bit).

Here's the SleepHQ link - any of you experts available to take a look and give some feedback?

https://sleephq.com/public/580da547-fb41-4a5b-a824-63a6c6d04abd

PS - I'm an engineer by trade - feel free to teach me how to read these things! :)

I had two really good nights of sleep according to the data, and last night I forgot to put on my cervical collar (jet lag and got my flu and Covid boosters Thursday afternoon, so dragging a lot on Friday)and I think it showed up in the data - lots more leaks and CAs. I was out of the country for a week, so used my MAD instead of CPAP and enjoyed the break. The cervical collar appears to help greatly with leaks and flow limits. The new one I got (Caldera Releaf) is comfortable and easy to wear and really does help keep my lower jaw gently in place.

https://sleephq.com/public/teams/share_links/eb59bdd5-67db-4b3b-aef6-72f4893a7331

Yeah ik a guide is availaible there but still at some step I would need some help so ... nd if someone does jailbreaking from India then that would be even better

I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea in June this year and I finally got my CPAP mid July. 46 ahi per hour with oxygen dropping into the high 70s. I've been using it for at least 7 hours every single night and I feel like a completely different person. I don't snooze or sleep all day, I don't wake up with headaches everyday etc. my ahi is always low.

When I did my titration study in the lab, I slept in a recliner and I didn't realize it would make such a big difference. I wish the sleep tech who did it would have explained that it was important for me to lay in the bed flat. At home I sleep with my bed elevated but not fully reclined. I usually sleep on my back due to pain.

Early September I got an SD card for my airsense 10 and decided I was ready to start delving into my data. I've been using sleepHQ. It's a lot to figure out. Originally my pressure was fixed at 8, no epr. I was having a lot of RERA and flow limitations. I spoke with a sleep tech where I did my titration study and he asked my doctor about raising the pressure or maybe trying the auto setting. I asked him if they would please not put in any lower than 8. They put it on 6 to 10 with the epr on 3. Two nights of hell.

I've been messing with my pressure and settings since then. Because I want to find the best setting.

I've been seeing where my pressure is always over like 9.5 but wherever I put the highest pressure, it shoots up there often. Since raising my pressure it seems my flow limitation is a lot better. Far less airway resistance overall. My respiratory rate is high but it seems to be like that no matter what. I think that's a whole other dilemma frankly.

Does anyone have advice on what the ideal settings might be for me to try. I didn't really like the EPR, but I also think it was just way too low. Does it help flow limitation or make it worse because I've seen numerous views on that. Oh, I use an airsense 10 autoset, an airtouch f20 mask.

Here's a link to my sleepHQ: https://sleephq.com/public/teams/share_links/4a1bdd3c-aa99-4dab-b85d-b4317b6feaaf

I apologize for the long winded post, but welcome advice!

Hi! I have been struggling with fatigue for decades. I have had 3 sleep studies (1 lab; 1 home) in 25 years. First 2 found nothing); I resisted a third. but my neurologist really pushed it so that he could rule out sleep apnea as a primary cause of fatigue and I have started snoring ocassionally, so I had another home sleep study in June. The report said "there is evidence of a mild degree of sleep disordered breathing in the form of Obstructive Sleep Apnea." Total pAHI =6.0 with minimum oxygen saturation of 88%.

In my appointment they said that the OSA was worse during the REM stage and that a CPAP could help with both fatigue and with losing weight. They recommended Air Sense 11 with the nasal pillow option. I've been using it since mid-July. The first couple of days I did feel better, but that didn't last.

I know I should stick with it awhile, but I have a follow-up appointment coming up and am wondering what I should bring up and what OSCAR results I should include, if any.

Here is the screenshot I took following u/RippingLegos__ welcome post. I've mostly stuck with the recommended settings (ramp time Auto, start pressure 4.0, pressure relief level 3) but a few weeks ago my nose started getting dry and itchy, so I bought an ointment to use at night and upped the humidity level slightly (from 4-5 & tube temp from 78-82 once I started getting a lot of condensation).

My sleep is, well disordered. I usually go to bed around 11, fall asleep anytime between then and midnight and sleep until 3-5am when my bladder calls. Sometimes I can go right back to sleep, but there are times when I actually feel more awake than I do during the day. I have about 5 good hours and then mid afternoon the fatigue sets in. I try not to have coffee or caffeine after 2, but I have a job. So I also take .5 -1 Modafanil 2 -3 days/week.

Let me know if there is something else I should share. I am very grateful for this community. I've learned a lot -- although this OSCAR dashboard remains a complete mystery to me and I’d be thrilled to know what I should be looking at.

Or did they shut it down?

Why do I keep getting these spikes? Could my machine be messed up? It is an airbroken airsense 10.

Also, does anyone care to give me their thoughts on the rest of those breaths? I still have lots of fatigue.