Have you tried a mouth device for your sleep apnea?

@Joebryanjr I tried the nose cushions but they are so wide that they made my nostrils sore and they don't come in smaller widths.

I’ve been using an oral device for over five years. Before that I was told to sleep on my side.  I had a t-shirt fitted with a pocket in the back that held 2 hard rubber coated balls.  When the balls deteriorated I replaced them with 3 tennis balls.  The purpose of the balls was to keep me off my back.  This seemed to work pretty well most of the time. Unfortunately, after wearing this for over 20 years a couple of things happened.  First I gained some weight which I’m now trying to get rid of.  Second problem was I always needed an extra pillow to sleep to help support my head while I was sleeping on my side, I was able to adjust my body to use the pillow to negate the impact of the balls.  My apnea effects returned ( not every night) and my snoring returned.  I had more sleep tests and agreed to try a CPAP.  I used the CPAP for about 3 weeks but the years of sleeping on my side caused a lot of problems with getting a good seal. I tried several masks (5) in 3 weeks.  None worked when I got on my side. When I was on my back the CPAP worked pretty well but I decided to return the CPAP and try the oral device.  The town where I lived had a couple of dentists that specialized in these devices.  I picked one and got my device.  It worked really well.  I had to do another sleep test to adjust the amount the device pulled my lower jaw forward.  I was visiting the special dentist quite a bit but got everything adjusted and the device continued to work.  Now I have moved 500 miles.  There is a dentist in my new town that supposedly helps with sleep disorders.  So far my experience has been pretty bad. The only thing he recommended was another mouthpiece to wear in the morning after removing the appliance.  This mouthpiece was supposed to rest my jaw from the night before but since I had no pain I never got this mouthpiece.  I have continued to wear the device and have replaced the tennis ball with a backpack that contains an air filled ballon to keep me off my back. I’ve also had another sleep test which was the worst experience of the nearly 20 sleep tests I’ve had.  Now they want me to do another test to titrate a CPAP machine.  I’m a little reluctant first because I never met with the doctor,  seems like his solution is a CPAP only.  My main problem now is getting continuous sleep thru the night.  Lots of nights I come out of REM sleep and can’t get back to sleep.  More to come...

@Br1896 Have you tried a tongue stabilizing device? That's the route I'm planning to take since a mouth appliance won't work for me. Too many bridges. My dentist said the mouthpiece would very likely loosen or even dislodge them. Darn!

No, I’ve never heard of that appliance. I’ll have to investigate.

@Br1896 I should have added to my previous post the following.  I got called by a pulmonary doctor's scheduling nurse to do a CPAP titration.  My current doctor and I use that term loosely has no first hand knowledge about me or my condition.  Everything he protein his summary report was relayed by the tech doing my sleep test and that wasn't even correct.  I have a mouthpiece.  I think the doctor should be determining if that is doing the job and show me the data that it is not and actually meet me.  I purchased an oximeter/pulse rate device that I now wear at night.  I have the oximeter level set at 90% so if my O2 level drops below 90% it jingles my finger attempting to wake me up.  It seems to provide good information or at least I'm getting info that says I have very few occasions where my O2 level drops below or to 90% and these are just for a few seconds.  I'm going to meet this doctor in a few weeks and I'm probably going to go with a bad attitude because I don't think he has the necessary qualifications for sleep analysis. His specialty is orthopedic surgery!!  Anybody else experiencing this lack of support.

Tried it about 10 years ago, very uncomfortable. No way I could sleep with it.

I have the Mandibular advancement device now. It is uncomfortable initially and takes a while to get use to it. I am waiting to start the Ospey study which will put an implant in my chest and wires up to Hypoglossal nerve which is different from the inspire which is wired to move the tongue.

I had an oral device 10 years ago I didn’t like it. . I just got a new one made a month ago. I don’t mind this one. They adjust it every few weeks until it’s right. My wife said I m still snoring sometimes but it’s very light now Another adjustment on Thursday. When i take it out in the morning I use a bite plate while i feed the dog and make my coffee. This is supposed to stop the device from effecting my bite

Yes, I tried a mouth piece. Very uncomfortable and did not work at all for ms.