[Diagnosis] Am I doing something wrong ?

[grego77]

Greetings !

So, I have been around the forum for a few months, and that was very helpfull for the start of my journey, so thank you all.

I bought my APAP a few months ago, and since then, I have been using it on and off I would say...

The reason why I say, on and off, is not because I do not put my mask every night (a have a full face mask), but more because, depending the night, I seem to keep it on, or not, and I can not point as to why.

So maybe you can help me. I attach below two sleepyhead charts...maybe the forum will see something I do not...



Thank you for your help

Last night (a good night):

     https://imgur.com/27fEL6u

A night last week (a bad night):

     https://imgur.com/rxvNnuo

[gwc2795]

I take it the night was bad because you slept for 2hrs 40 mins vs 6hrs for the 4/28 chart.
Did you have a sleep study or are you self titrating? I ask this because you said you bought your apap a few months ago. I don't see on the chart what woke you up on the bad night. How did you feel on 4/26 the 2:40 night? Any health issues that might have wakened you? Weather?
On 4/26 the med pressure was 12/10.4 and on 4/28 it was 13.6/11.6
You might need to raise your min epap.
Some of the real genius folks will be along shortly.

Welcome to the forum. You will receive all the help you need from this forum.

[grego77]

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.

I considered the night as "Bad" because I didn't keep the mask...
I slept the rest of the night without the mask, but obviously, the sleep was not as resting as it would have been with the mask...

I eliminated environmental factors as I do not believe that anything peculiar happened that night...

P.S I am self titrating

[gwc2795]

grego77
My suggestion would be to set your min epap to 11. You have hypopneas and the extra pressure should lower the count.  I am suggesting this pressure because I do not sleep well when my epap is lowered.
Let us know

[Walla Walla]

Review the Mask Primer on the link below. Are you taking off the mask while you sleep or are you aware that your doing it.