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by Jas_williams
Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:29 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! Newbie - big problems adapting to CPAP
Replies: 59
Views: 8525

Re: Please help! Newbie - big problems adapting to CPAP

Your leaks are not bad enough to affect your treatment. I you are running a strait 20 cm pressure, you may want to talk to your doctor about getting a different machine. Most bi-level machines go as high as 25cm pressure. Right now, you are running your machine at its maximum output all night long....
by Jas_williams
Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! Newbie - big problems adapting to CPAP
Replies: 59
Views: 8525

Re: Please help! Newbie - big problems adapting to CPAP

The night with the worst leaks was Sunday night but even that one was not bad. It does not look like leaks play a part in your treatment. It looks more like your events are positional and a soft cervical collar may help prevent your chin tucking to your chest and obstructing your airway
by Jas_williams
Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Arousals
Replies: 11
Views: 1308

Re: Arousals

Dog Slobber wrote:
Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:53 am
Change your Response setting from Standard to Soft.

Brilliant :D :D :D
by Jas_williams
Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What should I share from Sleepyhead?
Replies: 22
Views: 2104

Re: What should I share from Sleepyhead?

Screenshot (10).png Looking at my flow rate, I frequently have these episodes of what appear to be disordered breathing that Sleepyhead ignores. Should I worry about something that looks like this? That area of non breathing was about 8 seconds so is not counted as an apnea the vibration of the lin...
by Jas_williams
Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:24 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Difference between BiPAP and ASV
Replies: 34
Views: 8284

Re: Difference betwewen BiPAP and ASV

I think someone does not know what they are taking about.... The Bipap treats with pressure the ASV is a very expensive machine that treats on a breath by breath basis pushing pressure high when needed leaving it low when not. However to Quailify for ASV you need to fail CPAP and BiLevel The BiLevel...
by Jas_williams
Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help for Bipap newbie
Replies: 90
Views: 27763

Re: Help for Bipap newbie

I would suggest that you are going to need an ASV machine to treat your symptoms the majority of you Apnea is central and without a bilevel with a backup rate or asv there is nothing we can do to reduce the events. You need to go backtoyour sleep doctor the bilevel us not helping
by Jas_williams
Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:37 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Just bought a resmed s9 escape and need advice please:)
Replies: 17
Views: 1255

Re: Just bought a resmed s9 and need advice please:)

cpap626 wrote:
Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:31 pm
I may have made a huge mistake, I got the s9 escape, I guess that one does not read data from sleepyhead, is that correct?

The resmed escape is a complete brick cpap machine all it provides is usage times it does not even give a reading of AHI yiu need a bettef machine than that
by Jas_williams
Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:32 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Purchased a used S10
Replies: 11
Views: 1006

Re: Purchased a used S10

Find and download resscan compliance information can be gained from the machine without myair Or the onscreen reports will also show compliance I see no need for my air. Sleepyhead will show the same information but us not approved for compliancy also if you don't have an SD card in the machine get ...
by Jas_williams
Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Climate Line and Airfit F20 coming apart
Replies: 7
Views: 833

Re: Climate Line and Airfit F20 coming apart

How old is the climate line hose sounds like it’s time to get a new one as the rubber connector has deteriorated.


As a temp measure wrap some tape arround the elbow connector to the f20
by Jas_williams
Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What did I do in Sleepyhead ??
Replies: 9
Views: 432

Re: What did I do in Sleepyhead ??

A usual my program is different..... but I did manage to find the what you described. So now the flags are back with one issue.... the mask pressure graph has the flags but they are not in the center of the graph but up a the top... as a matter of fact. Only a tiny bit of the bottom straight line i...
by Jas_williams
Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Stale/musty smell, ONLY in the middle of the night.
Replies: 10
Views: 696

Re: Stale/musty smell, ONLY in the middle of the night.

Where is the power brick, place it on the floor well away from the intake of the machine.
by Jas_williams
Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help for Bipap newbie
Replies: 90
Views: 27763

Re: Help for Bipap newbie

We need to see the flow limitations as it is likely those were what pushed up the pressure
by Jas_williams
Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:42 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How to get prescribed Bipap?
Replies: 80
Views: 11204

Re: How to get prescribed Bipap?

Adjusting the Rise Time may help as this controls the change from EPAP to IPAP.
by Jas_williams
Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is the humidifier heating?
Replies: 19
Views: 668

Re: Is the humidifier heating?

One other question is your tube set the the correct type ? All of my resmed machines came with a slimline tube or the heated tube and not a standard tube?
by Jas_williams
Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can you explain Aircurve AutoASV?
Replies: 13
Views: 536

Re: Can you explain Aircurve AutoASV?

The ASV is a specialist machine for treating Complex Sleep Apnea. Without graphs from sleepyhead we cannot make any suggestions.