The Shocking Solution for Sleep Apnea: Tape Your Mouth
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Have you heard the new TikTok trend about mouth taping? Some of the people who tried it claim that it helped them sleep better and that they stopped snoring. Could this be true? If you have sleep apnea, you are most likely curious to find cure to fix your disorder. Hence, you could be exposed and might be willing to try trends that could do you more harm than good. In this episode, Dr. Yishan shares her insight on mouth taping. She’ll be discussing a few studies that were conducted related to this TikTok fad. Tune in to find out if this trend could really help people with sleep apnea and if it’s safe to try. “Your health condition, your sleep condition is an individualized thing. No two people are exactly the same. Other people's method may not work for you.” - Dr. Yishan Xu
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00:00 Start
00:54 If you snore, what does that mean to your health?
01:50 If you tape your mouth, will it help you sleep better?
05:13 Scientific suggestions from Sleep Foundation 
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I have been taping my mouth for several years and love how I sleep and wake up refreshed. At 85 sleep quality is presious.
Taping my mouth every night has improved my sleep and dental health.
Seems to work for me. I was diagnosed (sleep study) with mild apnea. I use a small piece of medical microporous tape to connect top and bottom lips. No need to cover entire mouth. Comes off easy and provides just enough adhesion to help keep my mouth shut at night. I experience less sore throat and dry mouth when taping. I also am more conscious not to mouth breathe while awake. Supposedly nasal breathing increases Nitric oxide production which has vascular benefits.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
It has been about six years for me. Some claim they can stop once trained but not me. I do 2 vertical strips on the corners. I start at my jaw by the chin and pull up tight. I can still sip through a straw, cough, and talk somewhat to pets kind of like a ventriloquist. If I do not pull tight though i still snore. I think it helps jaw sagging too.
I have noticed more dreams since I started taping(2 months)- longer REM sleep - according to my Garmin watch. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
I am also experiencing deeper sleep and now dreaming almost every night.
It really works but it takes a few night to get used to it.
Excellent advice!
Kudos for your honesty.
Great video!
Thanks for sharing
Nitric oxide is a needed thing found in the nasal cavities mouth taping worked for me .
Mouth taping not only improved my sleep but also greatly reduced nasal congestion and my breathing while awake. It won't cure the worst obstructive sleep apnoea but it is worth trying.
I think you are telling us too be careful taping our mouth.
I use a ResMed Aircurve ASV and an N30i nasal mask. Mouth taping helps greatly with this mask to reduce mask leaks and lower my AHI significantly. I take videos while I sleep and have stopped exhaling out of my mouth. Mouth taping certainly works well for me.
Mouth taping saved my life
Have moderate SA and am on cpap. Starting cpap, my leak rates were horrible, no matter what mask I used, so far, I've tried 6. Started mouth taping 3 months ago and leak rates have gotten better, not under 25 but not 50 and 60 anymore. As someone else commented, it has made me more concious to breath through my nose during the day and something I never knew before starting cpap, sleeping with the mouth open is the cause of some cavities in adults and before mouth taping, I seem to have at least one more cavitiy per year.
Is your AHI more than about 4-5? If so, you are not being treated. There's no reason for a person with controlled leakage and proper delivery to have an AHI much more than 3.0 routinely, and I have a five year average of only 0.6...week over week, month over month... I also tape, but I tape only because I mouth breathe....all the air will blast out of my mouth. If tape doesn't work well for anyone, make sure the mouth area is clean (I wash my lip area with soap and water prior to affixing the tape), use a suitable tape (Somnifix or 3M NexCare tapes), and ensure your machine is the correct one and that it is programed to deliver the proper therapy. Even make sure the mask type is set into the machine's program. It matters.
@@mesenteriaunfortunately, ahi doesn’t really tell how many arousals you have, and that’s reason why some people can have low ahi read but still feel crappy. Mouth leaks, especially for nasal mask users, not only comprises the therapy but also creates lots of respiratory arousals.
Ni hao Dr. Xu, I am so glad I found you on RUclips. I have been having sleep problems for quite sometime. But lately it has been getting worse, waking up at 3 or 4am. I have taken melatonin for many years, don't know if this is good or not. I saw you have alot of videos covering alot of topic that could help me. I look forward to your advice and recommendations. I sincerely need your help. Xie xie ni.
Hello, thanks for watching the videos. The best way is for you to consult with a sleep doctor locally, and figure out whether you have insomnia, or other sleep disorders. If it is mainly insomnia, you can find a CBT-I provider to meet you individually for treatment, or consider my 4-week long insomnia course (one in Chinese, one in English): www.mindbodygarden.com/insomnia
@@dryishanxu ok thanks, I will continue to watch your videos and learn more, also consider your plan. Thank you for your honest and thoughtful reply.👍 what is CBT-I?
CBT-I is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, the 1st line treatment and an evidence-based treatment for insomnia.
I have tried taping my mouth with athletic tape. The tape covers the entire mouth. There are 3 slits cut into the tape to allow breathing but does not allow the mouth to open. The tape alone does not help. However, when I use an ePAP device, my apneas per night goes from 179 to 35. The O2 saturation low goes from 75% to 85%. So when combined with other tools, the taping works.
In the discussion, reference was made to difficulty nose breathing. I have worked with a doctor who uses a balloon to open the nasal passages. This works very well to help with nasal breathing. Worthwhile to try. It does not necessarily stop snoring.
Thank you for sharing this! It is interesting to know that the combination works for you. I interviewed the founder of NasilAid, they use a expander in the nose to open up nasal airway, sounds like a similar idea as the balloon: www.deepintosleep.co/episode/nasal-aid
I've been using it for almost two weeks and my sleep has improved . I don't wake up during the night and I noticed I breathe through the nose more often during the day.
The very first night was a bit weird.
I have sleep apnea for years, and started tapping a month ago, and In now cannot sleep without taping-)))) I feel fully rested when I tape:-)) I still use my machine for now along with taping.
Great to hear it works for you! Thanks for sharing your experience using it with clap machine!
Just remember that the nose will become more stuffy at night while sleeping so the trail in the day is kind of pointless, be carefull with mouth taping, if you have swollen turbinates etc stay away from any of this
I've tried it both solo and with using the CPAP. But the key, at least for me since I have terrible nasal allergies and sinus issues, is cutting some slits in the tape so I can get air in my mouth if needed. Anecdotally I can't say I see any improvement taping or not.
I also have a little hole for the case I need to breathe thru my mouth, but I never actually managed to mouth breathe while CPAP is on, as the air comes into my nose.
I also have a little hole in case I need to breathe thru my mouth, but I never actually managed to mouth breathe while CPAP is on, as the air comes into my nose.
Veterans would be interested in this possible simple solution , mouth tapeing . VA doesn’t really help plus Vets may not have primary health insurance to get assistance. This leading to unnecessary suffering and possibly shortening life .
Sorry to hear about that, yes resources are really limited, which is a problem for the whole healthcare system. The problems for these simple tips are, it may not apply for everyone, but at the same time, it can be very helpful for some. Just need to be cautious about these methods out there.
A week of experience of mouth taping for me. Effects are so great that I hardly understand how it is possible. I reduce dramaticaly snoring, micro wake up (around 6/7 to 0 or 1) every night, no more headache when I wake up, much more energy during the day.
I have a medium apnea diagnosis with 16 repiratory pause by minute.
I hope it's not dangerous for health.
Thank you for sharing! Some research also shows improvement of OSA symptoms after mouth taping, among participants with mild to moderate severity. It is great that you found it helpful. However, I know most of the sleep doctors don't recommend this method. Maybe consider consulting with your own sleep doctor about this option for your unique situation?
@@dryishanxu I see my sleep doctor tomorrow and I will tell him about mouth taping. I didn't use mouth taping last night and the wake up is much less confortable. I snore 40 minutes versus 0 with mouth taping ...
But I feel very uncomfortable to use a it without medical support.
I'VE BEN MOUTH TAPING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. IT WAS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE NITRIC OXIDE. I HAD SEVIER ARTHRITIS SYMPTOMS. SO WANTED TO AVOID DOUBLE KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY I DECIDED TO REMOVE EVERYTHING IN MY DIET THAT CAUSES INFLAMMATION NO CARBS, SUGAR NO PASTA NO MILK NO WHEAT BARLEY,CORN OR OATS ! IN 6 MONTHS ALL MY ARTHRITIS SYMPTOMS WERE GONE AND MY NASIL SINUSES TOTALLY CLEAR AND AS AN EXTRA BONUS I LOST 100 LBS!!! I DISCOVERED ON A RUclips VIDEO THAT N O IS INCREASED BY BREATHING THROUGH YOUR NOSE. SO I DECIDED TO TAPE 2/3 OF MY MOUTH CLOSED. MY ZERO CARBS DIET KEEPS SINUSES TOTALLY CLEAR !! I'VE NEVER DONE MOUTH TAPPING WITH A STUFFY NOSE. I GET 8 HRS OF SLEEP EACH NIGHT AND I FEEL GREAT!!
NEEDLESS TO SAY THE TRI-FECTA CARTEL OF BIG PHARMA, FDA (FOOD AND DEATH ADMINISTRATION) AND THE AMA DID MORE HARM THAN GOOD!!
Not a chance I would do that. I have sinus issues so sometimes my nose is plugged and I can't breath through it. I have two CPAP masks - the one I use most is just for my nose, and the second one covers my mouth an nose on the occasions my nose is plugged. If I couldn't breathe through my nose and my mouth was taped shut, I would suffocate.
Thank you..for me mouth tapping works….previously I always have to wake up with paper tongue….
Glad it works for you!
I'm not thinking that taping is going to cure my apnea. However, I have had 2 nights of using my cpap, and each of those 2 nights I've worken up multiple times with severe dry mouth.
If I was asked I'd say no I'm keeping my mouth shut. However, I'm being told that no you're not, by others that have to cpap for their apnea. I've spent the last 2 nights sleeping on my back, cause Idon't want to dork up the mask andknock itoff. But was told to switch to side and maybe that would makea difference.
I'm going to try taping my mouth to see if that works. Will try something else tomorrow if it doesn't.
let me know after you try it for several nights, I am curious to hear about your experience!
The good Dr. Failed to discuss a leading reason for mouth taping! I wonder if she has ever heard about “dry mouth” associated with use of a CPAP machine? The CPAP provides plenty of oxygen during the sleep process and the discharge of its air flow through the mouth can cause Dry Mouth which in itself has troublesome health consequences. I challenge her to examine this issue and amend her position on mouth taping.
Yes, mouth taping with cpap machine is different and was not covered by this video. I discussed this topic with two more sleep specialists, provided different viewpoints. Those videos will be published in this channel later as well.
I never heard of mouth taking for my first 4 years of using a CPAP. Using mouth tape dramatically helped improve my sleep
Did you use it with the cpap machine together?
Yes. It has improved the effectiveness of my CPAP. No more waking up tired or with a dry mouth.
That is very good to know 👍Thank you for sharing 😄
@@dryishanxuActually many PAPer people do so to manage their mouth leaks which comprises the therapy.
@@catallergiccat Thanks for sharing. Yes it is a very complicated topic. In our sleep clinic, we always say sleep is a very individualized thing, so what works for one person, may not apply to another. Tailoring the methods to our own need is important.
Mouth taping has been a great help for me thus far. I use a bipap machine and have successfully done so for over 12 years. But--I needed to stop mouth puffing, and full blow-throughs of air after losing 42 pounds. Prior to mouth taping, I got almost no sleep at night. Since starting mouth taping I do manage to get more sleep. It is not a cure-all or magical. It's only helpful in cases where you can get sleep no other way. That is my situation. I am also careful to use medical, paper tape. Air has to still be able to pass through. I use Nexcare gentle paper tape by 3M. And each night I clear my nasal passages with a saline flush, and follow that with my Flonase nasal spray. I think you can tell that I use as many cautious, prudent add-ons as I can along with the mouth taping. Please be respectful of what you need to do to SAFELY mouth tape. Approach it with caution and carefulness.
Thank you very much for your detailed instructions of how you approach this carefully!
@@dryishanxuyou're welcome. It is very important to approach mouth taping with great respect and carefulness.
Dr, I’m claustrophobic and I fear my upcoming sleep study will require me to wear a cpap mask. My question, can hypnosis help getting use to the mask?
Thank you for the question. Some sleep centers have sleep psychologists on board and they can help you to get used to the CPAP mask using evidence-based methods. I am not sure whether hypnosis works and if it does, whether it could help you long-term.
@@dryishanxu Thanks dear!
Would not help me at all!
I have moderately severe sleep apnea and have to use a CPAP.
But I am not a mouth breather--and never have been.
I don't need to use a mask with my CPAP machine--just the nose piece--because I don't mouth breathe.
My ex-boyfriend would actually block my nose and mouth when I would start to snore. It was extremely disorienting. I would often wake up feeling like I was drunk due to the lack of oxygen in the bloodstream.
Is there anything that can be done about snoring to make it less aggressive or abrasive?
Have you done a sleep study? I think consulting with a sleep doctor to understand your condition fully is a reasonable first step. Sometimes the doctor may recommend CPAP machine to wear while you sleep, that can help the oxygen level
Lmao fam was tryna kill you 😂
Sounds like he wanted you dead lol
Please never tolerate this kind of dangerous behavior towards you! Sending you love❤
I’m glad you said EX, my god.
自我疗愈过程中，只是发现睡眠呼吸暂停综合中一年比一年增多，而奇怪的是此病症早年被定义老年疾病。但是现在的患病族群几乎都是4-5岁就开始了。而贴胶带的方法最早被用来一种轻微的面部矫正
嗯现代睡眠科学认为这个不是老年病，小孩时期就会有症状，因为跟气道周围的骨骼结构有关，只是很多人没有在意，然后随着成长越来越严重。
What about silent reflux as the cause
Some doctors observe that if you have acid reflux, mouth taping may make the symptoms worse, or make the related anxiety worse. I think it is important to decide for yourself and see whether you are comfortable with this method, and whether it is helpful to you or not. Always consult with your own doctor if you are not sure.
@@dryishanxu I would never consider mouth taping because I already can't breathe through my nose. I was asking about silent reflux as a cause that should be examined as well.
oh you mean it as a cause of OSA? That is a good point. I believe that many sleep doctors will ask for medical histories when they conduct the clinical interview, but not sure how many direct questions about reflux in the evaluation process. I handle insomnia mostly. I can ask some of my colleagues about their evaluation process.
@@dryishanxu yes I heard about it from another doctor broadcasting about snoring
Have You Tried Taping?
It is not an evidence-based treatment yet, and we don't recommend it in our clinic so far. I talked to many of my sleep colleagues, and most of them do not support this method. I breath through my nose most of the time and did not try the taping method. I would like to see more research about this method and hope to understand it better, before using it to guide myself and my clinical work.
@@dryishanxu Your not the gatekeeper. If I had listened to my cardiologist I'd be dead. The day science agrees with each other is the day we are all dead. You know nothing. .....and it's mouth, not mouse.
You made a point, and I do respect your opinion. Thanks for pointing out my mistakes and limitations.
@@mark_zettel I know one thing: that you are rude and impolite!