SleepingBetterCPAP wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:54 am
So, I made a thread in December 2017
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=157643&p=1211348when my AHI start jumping from it's usual <2 to 4 or 5. Felt like my old machine wasn't really doing its job and the humidifier was broken. I decided to finance a new machine and wound up getting the DreamStation Auto CPAP Machine.
Ok, First thing I was *strongly* suggest, ignore posts from "RonAKA", he's a self proclaimed "ex vice president" with all of the ignorance and know-it-all-ness that comes with a title, no doubt earned by the peter principle. He has no concept at all about the limits of his "knowledge".
Listen to Pugsy, she's wise, has a long medical background, and she knows all too well what she doesn't know.
Now, first question...
What was your old machine, and what were it's settings?
SleepingBetterCPAP wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:54 am
I don't have insurance coverage for my CPAP so I have to pay out of pocket for everything. The Dreamstation was a big expense but I was *hoping* the new machine + working humidifier would help get my numbers down. Instead, the numbers have gone from bad to horrible. I also switched masks in December from the Quatro to the Liberty Hybrid.
When exactly did you get the new machine? (trying to establish a timeline here... switched masks in December... new machine?)
SleepingBetterCPAP wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:54 am
For the last few weeks I've been really congested and thought maybe there was an issue with that.
As Julie mentioned, it's possible that you might be using too much humidity for your needs... some people like a lot, some people do better with little, or no added humidity, it's very individualized.
SleepingBetterCPAP wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:54 am
Is there some sort of inverse-relationship between Obstructions and Hypopneas?
Not really.. a hypopnea is a partial reduction in airflow, an apnea is a near total, or total reduction... if you were having hypopneas and started having apneas, then that just means your throat is closing all the way, instead of partially... (ie, you won't get a hypopnea and an apnea scored at the same time).
Get OSCAR
Accounts to put on the foe list: dataq1, clownbell, gearchange, lynninnj, mper!?, DreamDiver, Geer1, almostadoctor, sleepgeek, ajack, stom, mogy, D.H., They often post misleading, timewasting stuff.