Yes that is bulls**t. I have become neurotic about having to breathe through my mouth at night. When i use a decongestant I sleep much better. Usually wake up with the blankets still on and the same part of the bed. If i'm stuffed up I snore like crazy, have an incredibly disrupted sleep, and a parched mouth. How is your breathing during the day?
It just feels so unhealthy to me to mouth breathe..I've noticed that people who mouth breathe are really struggling in their lives but they won't listen to me when I tell them their anxiety lack of sleep general life problems could be caused by a blocked nose they just switch off, but once a person has a comparison of a clear nose for a few days or weeks I feel it will become clear to them that a 'blocked' nose can be a major problem. It's a shame that these people just continue to mouth breathe without ever trying to make a real effort to nose breathe so how will they ever know.
It took me a long time to work out that my extreme anxiety was being caused by it, because no one ever told me that it isn't good for us to breathe through the mouth. I didn't even know we were designed to breathe through our noses. I just thought my blocked nose was separate from all my other problems.
I get the same thing with the blankets getting all messed when I'm stuffy. During the day the stuffiness of my nose varies, just like it does at night although I've noticed that colder wet weather can block up my nose pretty quick but there always seems to be exceptions. My own feeling is that my airways surrounding my turbinate's are underdeveloped so any kind of stress encountered in the environment or diet or emotional just causes a little swelling then I'm mouth breathing again. I get really pissed off because people who have normal function of their noses cannot sympathise they really don't know what it is like to live without the nose functioning properly. People have suggested that I take a sleep study to see if I have sleep APNEA, this is upsetting as I know that it is my blocked nose that is causing my problems and the doctors who run the sleep tests have trouble picking up on this, even they don't seem to realise the evils of mouth breathing.
I've been trying everything under the sun to improve my situation. I was gutted when my jaw expansion surgery left me with this (see picture). I went to a grain free diet 7 days ago so I'll see if my nose stays clear enough for longer than 2 months then I'll start to feel quite happy that I cold be on to something that could be of benefit.
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