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DIY Sleep Apnea Fix Update: What We’ve Learned

Essential Craftsman · 542.3K views · 2022-11-30 · 10:23

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Essential Craftsman follows up on his earlier video about a DIY approach to sleep apnea. It centers on forcing nose breathing during sleep with mouth taping and nasal strips, and says to seek medical guidance.

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HN people mention it as where they first heard of mouth taping and DIY CPAP-style fixes for sleep apnea.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2023–2025

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Fitness, sleep & longevityMedicine & infectious disease
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What people said

ghostbrainalpha · 2023-01 · Recommendation

You can actually cut a little slit in the mouth tape, so that you won't panic. Breathing a straw sized amount of air through the mouth if you need to, will prevent suffocation anxiety, but also limit your mouth breathing enough that your nose does most of the work. Watch this guys two videos on a DIY CPAP. [VIDEO]

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linsomniac · 2025-05 · Reference

Has anyone tried the "hostage tape" or similar to force breathing through your nose like Essential Craftsman discussed in his series of videos [VIDEO]

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linsomniac · 2023-09 · Reference

Essential Craftsman on Youtube is where I first heard about mouth taping, he just uses a "GrifGrips Sports Tape", which I was interested to try until I realized it's not really compatible with my beard... I sleep only "ok", been trying a lot of things to improve it. I have borderline apnea (5.2 events per hour, they start treating at 5), and my Garmin watch puts my SpO2 average around 90, which is maybe a little low for sleeping, but my doctor isn't worried about that. I was hoping the tape would up my "sleep score" a little, but again I haven't tried it. Essential Craftsman did say he tried the nasal strips and they increased his SpO2 a couple percent. I've tried them over the last week and while it seems easier to breathe through my nose with them, they didn't translate into any increased SpO2 over night according to my watch. [VIDEO]

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