Time to reassess

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MoodyMolly
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Time to reassess

Post by MoodyMolly » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:57 am

I've been consistently getting AHI around 3. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower. Is it possible to improve my numbers? I guess an AHI of 3 isn't horrible, so if there's nothing that jumps out at you for changing, I'm sure I can live with 3, I'd just like to optimize if it's possible. I've been using p10 nasal pillows with a chin strap to keep my mouth closed. My pressure is 11-15. I had the low at 12 for a while, but switching to 11 helped with aerophagia and didn't change my AHI. Below is a range of sleepyhead data.
https://imgur.com/a/omW2R
https://imgur.com/a/RbvYk
https://imgur.com/a/8myUY
https://imgur.com/a/ZBqgQ

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zonker
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Re: Time to reassess

Post by zonker » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:55 am

MoodyMolly wrote:
Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:57 am
I've been consistently getting AHI around 3. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower. Is it possible to improve my numbers? I guess an AHI of 3 isn't horrible, so if there's nothing that jumps out at you for changing, I'm sure I can live with 3, I'd just like to optimize if it's possible. I've been using p10 nasal pillows with a chin strap to keep my mouth closed. My pressure is 11-15. I had the low at 12 for a while, but switching to 11 helped with aerophagia and didn't change my AHI. Below is a range of sleepyhead data.
https://imgur.com/a/omW2R
https://imgur.com/a/RbvYk
https://imgur.com/a/8myUY
https://imgur.com/a/ZBqgQ
will let the smart people interpret your charts. here's something i've used instead of the chin strap-
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=112758&st=0&sk=t&sd ... i#p1086296

my ahi went down almost at once.
people say i'm self absorbed.
but that's enough about them.
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TedVPAP
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Re: Time to reassess

Post by TedVPAP » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:54 pm

To improve your AHI you need more pressure but you are also trying to balance mouth leaking and bloating. Since you are searching for what works best, my suggesting is to switch to CPAP so it is easier to determine what pressure feels good and how well it works. For example you may feel better and have a lower AHI with a CPAP of 13 then letting it bounce around between 11 and 15.

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