Thoughts on mouth tape

[oliveoil]

I've been using mouth tape to sleep for over a year now. Overall, I've had better sleep, and my mouth doesn't feel dry after waking up. I use 3M micropore tape. It feels weird in the beginning, but you adapt to it pretty quickly.

I've never been a mouth breather, but when I sleep my jaw is so relaxed that it drops as soon as I fall asleep. I'm basically the opposite to the people who grind their teeth. And the only way that I can keep my mouth shut and stop my pillows from getting wet with my drool is by using mouth tape.

So I would recommend anyone to try it out and see if their quality of sleep improves.

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@oliveoil
i attribute mouth taping to the reduction of my apnea issues a couple of years ago. if you tape nightly for a couple of months you should be able to breathe through your nose while you sleep without the tape.

[BerryMuncher22]

@oliveoil mouth taping changed my life. I would sleep 11h+ sometimes and have a hard time waking up. After taping I wake up early without alarm. Just like you, my jaw drops too. I try to create a slight suction and sometimes I wake up with my jaw intact, but not always. I think nutrient deficincies also have something to do with the jaw dropping, but can't find the reference

[GlucoseGal]

I can also attribute deeper sleep to mouth tapping, it’s changed my sleep dramatically. My teeth have become healthier also.

[Rah1woot]

I will comment since this is somewhat related.

I don't personally tape my mouth, but I have been making an effort to "mew" while sleeping, i.e., keeping the tongue on the roof of the mouth. Presumably, the more unconscious that practice becomes in daily life, the more easily it can be applied while sleeping as well.

This seems to have worked wonders for my snoring (i.e., subclinical apnea), as reported by my wife. You can give it a test easily too, try breathing through the nose in the unconscious fashion (i.e., deeply and relatively "hard"), and see how the position of the head, neck, jaw, and tongue might alter any blockages or mechanics.

I wake up feeling more refreshed, often feel better with less sleep, and have more vivid dreams more often.

I wonder if besides breathing mechanics, this is due to increased CO2 retention, as the mouth is relatively more blocked from the airways this way?

[gg12]

@oliveoil Bro if you cant nose breath in the first place and you have to force it that is a sign of a problem.
You may need palatal expansion + tongue tie release and double jaw surgery.....
r/uarsnew
r/jawsurgery
youtube channel : jawhacks

Some pretty entry level resources but take a look