RE: AHIs
Robysue,
Thank you for your input. I really thought that is probably the case with the AHIs and leaks. And yes, my data is a mess! My sleep doctor doesn't seem to be concerned about anything (!) but the AHI number. We asked about the CA, OA and Hypopneas at my last appt, which was a couple of weeks ago and she was not interested in any data I had. My wife took our computer to show her the Sleepyhead data. The doctors here do not recognize Sleepyhead as something they can look at reliably but use the Encore program which, in my opinion, doesn't have much in the way of data.
OpalRose - Thank you as well. I agree about the mask leaks, and I hope someone else can help with settings too.
RE: AHIs
I think your settings need to be opened up. Let the machine be able to work. A lot of times the ranges of pressure are limiting the capabilities of the machine.
My recomendations:
Max Pressure: 25
Min Epap: 8
Max Epap: 15
Min PS: 0 (you can keep it at 3 if you want)
Max PS: 15
Rate: Auto
try this for a week then post your download again. good luck...
07-06-2017, 06:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2017, 06:19 PM by ajack.)
RE: AHIs
The centrals are being sorted. It's all OA/H. How that is normally titrated is to raise the EPAP, in the first instance, keeping the PS at min 3. What was the pressure you had on cpap?
the other thing is if you are tucking your chin to your chest and obstructing the airway, some find the soft foam, cervical collar helps
RE: AHIs
Feel free to ask us in the forum for any questions you come across. Getting CPAP right is journey in and off itself and no one should have to do it alone.
RE: AHIs
ajack - I've been on a bipap machine from the start due to the central apnea, but when I started on that 5 years ago, my doc had the pressures at 19/9 and max pressure at 25. I've had 5 sleep doctors and horrible sleep over those 5 years. I have no idea about the data from the beginning, my old bipap machine used one of those "credit card" type of cards. I don't know about tucking my chin... I'll look into that.
dmeRT - Thank you. I will change that now to 10 and give it 3 nights and we'll go from there.
Javila - I'm glad this forum is here. Everyone is very helpful.
I really appreciate everyone's input! You all have already helped me more than my sleep doctors. Thank you, thank you !!
RE: AHIs
ajack,
Thank you for your help. A couple of things, I also wanted to let you know that I wear a chin strap because I'm a mouth breather. I get dry mouth quite easily wearing my bipap mask but sometimes at night I can't breathe through my nose (deviated septum, allergies ??) then I end up having a difficult night. I also sleep on my back, I used to sleep on my side but always end up with large mask leaks. The leaks are controlled better if I'm on my back.
I'll take a look at that document (pg 41). I'm not sure what RERAs are, will have to look into that as well.
Dreamless