First 3 weeks of therapy

[tjwoody]

I just finished my first 3 weeks on Bipap ASV. The results are mixed - not great, but not awful, given my original study.

AHI from study - 58.3

AHI from therapy - 6.2 to 23.8 up and down from day to day.

Machine says epap 90% ~ 10.

Clear air way apneas range fro 2 - 43, majority <10
Obstructive apneas 0 - 42 large majority < 10
Hypopnea - 25 - 130 they are responsible for the largest portion of the AHI.

6.2 hrs average therapy per night.

Unfortunately sleepyhead will not work with my machine - Dreamstation ASV so I can't show much in the way of data.

I have follow up appointment with the sleep doc on October 17.

Any comments, suggestions, ideas are appreciated.

[JesseLee]

You are improving! Keep trying, stay positive because you know that the therapy is going to help. How do you feel?

[Sleeprider]

Your profile truncates your settings. What is your PS range?

Glad to hear it's an improvement, but sorry it doesn't meet expectations.

[tjwoody]

Your profile truncates your settings.  What is your PS range?

Glad to hear it's an improvement, but sorry it doesn't meet expectations.

PS range 0-20.

Thanks for the reply and encouragement. I've been faithful to my therapy since day one, even when I was hunkered down in a motel waiting out hurricane Irma.

[Sleeprider]

Your profile truncates your settings.  What is your PS range?

Glad to hear it's an improvement, but sorry it doesn't meet expectations.

PS range 0-20.

Thanks for the reply and encouragement. I've been faithful to my therapy since day one, even when I was hunkered down in a motel waiting out hurricane Irma.

Some ASV users find a minimum pressure support of 2 can help with hypopnea without increasing centrals.  You might want to try it and see if it is comfortable for you.  A zero PS min setting is used when centrals increase as a result of the minimum PS, but the machine should be triggering breaths in that case.

[tjwoody]

Your profile truncates your settings.  What is your PS range?

Glad to hear it's an improvement, but sorry it doesn't meet expectations.

PS range 0-20.

Thanks for the reply and encouragement. I've been faithful to my therapy since day one, even when I was hunkered down in a motel waiting out hurricane Irma.

Some ASV users find a minimum pressure support of 2 can help with hypopnea without increasing centrals.  You might want to try it and see if it is comfortable for you.  A zero PS min setting is used when centrals increase as a result of the minimum PS, but the machine should be triggering breaths in that case.

I forgot to mention that my machine is set to Flex 2. Perhaps changing it to 1 or 3 would also help.