It has past so much time since I made my first post (I'm the same guy that posted this http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread-...for-advice). I did not reply anymore there because didn't want to revive an old post.
Having said that, the first thing I did was saving up for getting an Resmed S9 machine as Bonjour told me to do. Once I got the machine, I tried a lot of settings, getting great numbers that I had not had before. I still felt every single day as if I was crushed by a truck. But I noticed a curious thing. It seems that I'm having some kind of limitation that is not relief by the CPAP, and no matter how I set it up, I always see the same weird waveform everyday (which is not something I have seen before too much), and it sometimes is flagged as a hypopnea, sometimes it is not (and believe me, the waveform is like that the whole night unless I'm awake due to the arousal):
I have tried several settings, including:
CPAP mode
Spontaneous Timed mode (ST) with different Pressure Support of 4 / 5 / 6 / 12 (IPAP minus EPAP) at different pressures, as low as high, and everything is the same. But when I switched to only Spontaneous mode, (S), (which works by myself triggering the IPAP and EPAP with my own breathe patterns), my AHI soared to 10.63 AHI! with the same pattern as always, with a little change in the length of the waveform (worst night):
I have read some stuff about obstructions that can't be treated with CPAP as a floppy epiglottis or a palatal prolapse, for example this post http://www. a DME-owned forum .com/viewtopic/t171982/Mystery-solved-ever-heard-of-quotpalatal-prolapsequot-new-article.html, but I'm not sure if one of those was my case. I have an appointment with a new ENT, do you consider wise asking for a DISE based on this "evidence"? I'm a little afraid that they reject my petition due to a "lack" of evidence since they only consider AHI and oxygen drops to start treatment, and are unaware about UARS and SDB that is not the typical sleep apnea.
If you also need more data, please let me know. Thank you!