Hello to all
Now with 4 days of tuned settings and SCC, this is where I am :
I am using the CPAP since Dec 21st 2020
On Jan 15th eve, I have applied the settings recommended by the forum members :
-Low pressure at 8 (while it was 5 before)
-EPR at 3 (while it was at 2 before), and last night I put it at "Full time" (not clear what it was at before Jan 14th as Oscar just says EPR 2 for those dates without anything more
-and a properly set SCC
My average indexes from Dec 21st eve to Jan 15th morning (before the tuning) were
-Hyp index : 0.47
-Obstructive Apnea index : 1.74
-Clear airway index : 0.43
-AIH : 2.64
From Jan 15th evening to Jan 19th morning, the same average indexes are :
-Hyp index : 0.86
-Obstructive Apnea index : 0.56
-Clear airway index : 0.9
-AIH : 2.32
And most important, I feel better rested.
Last night, was the most peaceful one, where no leak had disturbed me, which I believe is due to the EPR setting now to full time (several noisy leaks at certain time during the night were waking me up before)
But also, last night I have seen a value for Clear Airways at 1.4 where my average so far was 0.4 – Not sure if this is correlated to the EPR change
This would tend to tell me (remember I am a newbee) that
- the pressures and the SCC have improved overall : I feel better rested and IAH got down to 2.3, so below 3 for 4 nights in a row
-I have much less obstructive apneas than average and more hyp (maybe I managed to transform some A to H)
While I probably need more time to confirm a sustainable improvement, I would appreciate to have more advises to try to tune AIH down.
For example, could I tune more (on top of having set the min pressure at 90% of med) the speed of the machine reaction to apneas : it seems to increase only slowly when it meets an OA, and not at all when it means a CA (see screenshots below)
And anything I should pay attention to vs the CA?
Anyway, a big THANK YOU for your help so far, it feels great to have you around!