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When you move from 5-10 cm pressure to 6-9, the expectation was that we would see less pressure variation. Well, what we ended up seeing was a whole lot more flow limitation and positional apnea, resulting in your pressure staying at the maximum pressure of 9.0 for extended time. While I think the problem here was chin-tucking or some other sleeping position that greatly increased flow limitation. I understand you are blaming the pressure, but I think the problem lies in the flow lmitation. In actuality, your tidal volume and minute vent went way down due to all of the airway restriction, which makes no sense with higher minimum pressure and no change in EPR.
My recommendation is not to change any pressure setting but increase EPR to 2. Watch out for any sleeping position that raises your head or causes chin tuck. If you want to go back to 5-10 EPR 1 for a while longer and seeing if this resolves, that's fine by me.
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Last night slept good (maybe due to the few drinks I had).
What concerns me a little the number of CAs towards the 1st hour when trying to sleep. Is this normal?
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On your machine, Autoset mode has two options, standard and soft. Let's try the soft mode and slow down the response to the flow limits. The centrals are pretty common with sleep onset and arousals, and in this case are mixed in with a cluster of OA. I don't think there is anything to worry about.
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I am getting a feeling of uncomfortable pressure that I have to exhale the pressure from my mouth every once in a while.
Is this an indication of too much pressure?
Your pressure is actually pretty low and should not present a physical problem in exhaling, however it might be perceived as higher resistance, if you are a bit congested. I would suggest taking EPR to 2, but it might make your CA more prominent.
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10-13-2020, 01:45 PM (This post was last modified: 10-13-2020, 01:46 PM by sleep4.)
RE: CPAP newbie
It tool me a while to sleep, when I did, I did not go into deep sleep. When I woke up, it seemed that I did not sleep at all.
Can Oscar data shed some lights on why would this happen?
Can deep sleep be recognized?
How do Insomnia and Apnea play together?