sws- I have completed 5 nights using the grid. With an EPAP Min of 4 and PS Min of 5, I got AHI's of 9, 10, and 9 and % Triggered of 93, 97, and 93. As soon as I changed to the next setting of EPAP Min of 4 and PS Min of 6, my % Triggered changed dramatically. Only 2 nights so far but AHI was 10 and...

Here's a link to an album with the 4 pages of the Encore Reports plus last night's data.

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff4 ... 03%202011/

sws- I'm going to give this a try and will report results. Would you like me to post the results every day or just fill in the whole grid afterwards and then report ? I felt much better today-- not perfect by any means, but yesterday was a disaster. It was similar to the night I set both the EPAP mi...

Used most of the settings last night recommended by Banned. Pres Max 28, EPAP Min 4, EPAP Max 15, PS Min 5, PS Max 15, Backup auto, Flex 0 (I have tended to do worse with Flex at 2). Results are mixed. Too early to tell if I'm going to have poor symptoms I had yesterday. AHI dropped to 9, but Patien...

I've had an awful time today. I'm absolutely exhausted, feeling woozy, and have made mistake after mistake on computer work I was doing today that demanded accuracy. I can't have another day like this tomorrow . Will upping the Min PS to 5 hopefully get rid of these extreme symptoms? Or should I imm...

I'll change the PS Min to 5 for a couple of nights and see. My doctor is in a very busy office and is usually not immediately reachable by phone, so I'll just make the change on my own. I may try his suggestion of upping the the Pres Max to 28. I have no means of comparing the Resmed and Respironics...

Maybe this will help. Here is a direct link to Photobucket with the 3 reports which I posted.

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff436/jimchi/

Here's my report from last night. I used Photobucket, as suggested, to upload the copy. I don't know how else to do it. I had no problems last night with the settings, but the AHI didn't drop at all. The Patient Triggerd Breaths dropped down to almost 50% about 3 hours into sleep and my Avg Minute V...

I presume "tweeking" was what was done when I had my last two sleep studies. And despite all the tweeking, the two studies revealed radically different recommedations. That's what makes my case so complicated. It's as though every night is a totally new scenario; I might as well be a completely diff...

sws- My settings last night were the same as the night before: EPAP Min 8, EPAP Max 12, PS Min 5, PS Max 10, Pres Max 22, Backup auto, Biflex off.

My readings were: AHI 11 (vs. 7 the night before) and patient triggered breaths were 97.9% (vs 98.2% the night before).

Jim

Went to my pulmonary doctor today. He was actually very skilled in sleep medicine. I showed him all my data and he agreed that a sleep study might not capture all that's going on. He said my IPAP is too low. So he wants me to try the following settings for a few nights: EPAP MIn 4 EPAP Max 15 PS Min...

I can't really control sleep positions. Amazingly, I sleep quite well so I'm not aware of what goes on during the night. The few times I've been aware, I've been on my back or on right side.

Any thoughts on what I should do if he wants another sleep study?

OK- will leave settings from last night. I need to see if some stability in these AHI numbers can be achieved. I just know the doctor is going to want yet another (will be my 4th in 7 years) sleep study. Would I be out of line in resisting this ? I just feel that another sleep study is once again on...

I have had poor results when I have lowered the EPAP Min. I did that just the other day at someone's suggestion (set min at 6 and max at 12) and had an AHI of 18, one of my highest and also felt tired. I also tried an EPAP min of 6 a few weeks ago and felt terrible the next day. So, eliminating that...

Increase PS MIN to 6 ??