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- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Leaks and MyAir reporting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1868
Re: Leaks and MyAir reporting
If you're having a lot of very large leaks, that AHI number may not mean much, because the machine can't always detect events during large leaks. It'd be great if you could download Oscar (see below) and post a chart so we can see what's going on.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I apologize for this long post
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5720
Re: I apologize for this long post
Too funny!
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2149
Re: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
Thanks for the additional snippet. I see what might be arousal breathing at 8:07:30. It's pretty hard to tell whether there are other bits of arousal breathing during this segment, or just perhaps some sighs. And it's hard to tell whether you're truly asleep for some of this, though I think yes. The...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2149
Re: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
You are not experiencing treatment-emergent central apnea, because you're not having any central apnea events. You may be experiencing some instability in your flow rate, though that isn't apparent from the Oscar material that you posted. You mention frequent arousal breathing, though that too isn't...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Getting More Sleep Makes Me More Tired! Anyone Else?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1026
Re: Getting More Sleep Makes Me More Tired! Anyone Else?
Oh good; I thought you meant your were tired all the time. But getting sleepy earlier at night isn't really a problem. For whatever reason, your body is shifting your schedule around on you. I'd say to do what it's telling you to do.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New to Oscar - hoping someone can help analyze my data
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6088
Re: New to Oscar - hoping someone can help analyze my data
At 6.2, you don't get the full benefit of your EPR for some of the time. That's because the lowest pressure the machine can deliver is 4. So for consistent EPR of 3, your minimum needs to be at least 7. If you want to try an experiment, you could also set your maximum to 7, which would eliminate pre...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Feel better with worse graphs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3574
Re: Feel better with worse graphs
If your AHI and sleep quality are good, you can count your fine-tuning as a complete success. Don't worry about how your graphs look.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Getting More Sleep Makes Me More Tired! Anyone Else?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1026
Re: Getting More Sleep Makes Me More Tired! Anyone Else?
Are you tired during the day, or are you sleepy? If you're tired, you might talk with your doctor about tests to see whether there's something else going on. You might also review side-effects for any medications you've started taking since you started sleeping longer. And have you tried making your...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Central Airway events and AHI increasing (new APAP user)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11538
Re: Central Airway events and AHI increasing (new APAP user)
With an AHI consistently below 1.5, you don't need to give a thought to reducing the number of CAs that you're seeing. Keep your EPR where it is if it is comfortable for you. Don't mess with success!
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Help Using CPAP On Flight
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3063
Re: Help Using CPAP On Flight
From CPAP.com: Here are the CPAP policies of various airlines in the United States and a link to each airline’s policy overview. If you can’t find answers online pertaining to your specific airline, equipment, or needs, don’t hesitate to reach out to the airline’s help desk, as they will have the mo...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4651
Re: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
With your current settings of min 4 max 7 and no EPR, you are spending a lot of the night at 7, largely due to your flow limitations. If you set your min and max to 7 with EPR of 3, your average pressure over the night will be lower, since your exhalations will all be at 4. But I'm all in favor of g...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Do I need to turn off EPR and go CPAP?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12277
Re: Do I need to turn off EPR and go CPAP?
Sleep HQ isn't giving me access to your charts, but given what you've said about them, I see absolutely no reason for you to stick with the changes you've tried out. Your AHI and FLs are worse with these changes, so go back to what was working better for you. Side note: Often when people turn EPR ON...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Help dialing in settings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3724
Re: Help dialing in settings
Yes, bumping your EPR up sounds like a good next step. You're still pretty new to PAP therapy, and sometimes it takes a while before it provides restful sleep. So I'd recommend you have some patience and see how things look a month or two from now. There's a decent chance you'll be feeling better. I...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4651
Re: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
Well that's encouraging! Stick with these settings for a few more nights and see how it goes. The next step I would probably recommend is to re-introduce some EPR. That will give you a lower pressure when you exhale (except when you're at 4), which might help with the residual aerophagia issues.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Events per hour has increased
- Replies: 62
- Views: 22234
Re: Events per hour has increased
That's it; the change would give you more information. Who knows whether the information would be helpful or not; it'd have to be available before anyone could figure that out.
I hope you'll follow up on the periodic limb movement issue.
I hope you'll follow up on the periodic limb movement issue.