Flipping the model presents a new way to treat sleep apnoea

Is it really difficult to understand why people don't like sleeping with a mask that makes noise?

Has anyone used an oral appliance off the market? I googled and found this thing called snoreRx. Any recommendations or reviews?

I would prefer to just go get something like this which I can pay for directly rather than have to navigate insurance etc. so if there's a DTC brand that has worked for someone that would be a great plus.

Totally agree. My journey started with TMJ disorder. Turns out bruxism (teeth grinding) is common in sleep apnea patients; I assume because it forces the lower jaw forward. I started with a mandibular advancement device and it was amazing. It completely relived my debilitating TMJ jaw pain and fixed my sleep apnea. I couldn’t believe how amazing I fet every morning. Unfortunately, and which was clearly communicated to me by my sleep dentist, after about 8 years my lower jaw stopped resetting back to a normal bite during the day. So I switched to CPAP. I love my nasal pillows plus chin strap CPAP, the sleep quality is unbeatable and my light-sleeping partner would have left to sleep in another room permanently if not for it. Along the way I have tried many other ideas—a tongue suction pull forward thing, a rear tongue electro stimulation device, prone sleeping, wedge sleeping, just the chin strap, and I looked into the pace maker thing and participating in an oral small molecule trial but didn’t follow through with it (also, I’m already thin, just a weak jaw line). Nothing compares to CPAP at high humidity and medium temperature. What has made a major impact was seeing an ENT, and the discovery of sinus blockages, so I recently had major sinus surgery and it’s improved my sleep apnea about 75%! Turns out “negative pressure” is a major cause of airway collapse. So I’m going to try some of the non-CPAP stuff again to see if my partner is able to deal with at most some loud breathing.

Sorry for the long post, but my advice to all is see an ENT if you need a CPAP and are already thin.

There’s a reason why this sort of thing is managed through someone medically guiding you and that’s because it’s complex, and there is a lot that snoreRx is not suited for. Unless you feel like you have a firm physiological foundation on which to base your need for some sort of treatment, you’re really doing yourself a disservice. There’s also no harm in discussing this with your doctor either