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11-26-2015, 06:17 PM
RE: New BiPAP User
Glad to hear things are going well! And it should get better with time too.
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11-26-2015, 07:47 PM
RE: New BiPAP User
(11-23-2015, 09:00 PM)cpdaniel Wrote: Hello forum! I am also on BiPAP. It's made a big difference. I also have severe osa. My biggest issue is swallowing air which causes a bunch of bad GI symptoms. I am playing with the settings to get it right. Unfortunately working with the doctors office has not worked so well. They are slow to respond and don't understand the latest machines. I have the air curve 10 Vauto. I wish you the best. Hopefully you will get some good rest soon!!
11-28-2015, 09:05 AM
RE: New BiPAP User
(11-26-2015, 11:07 AM)cpdaniel Wrote: Night number one is in the can . Not bad for a first night, I think. Didn't manage to get too much sleep, but when I was asleep, my AHI was <2, which is better than on any of my sleep studies. Three nights now. AHI holding at around 3.6, but I'm pretty sure that's artificially inflated due to all the SWJ time as I'm waking up quite frequently. My AHI was 58 in my sleep study, so 3.6 is a huge improvements. During any long periods of sleep (2+ hours), I'm seeing zero/one events. More "getting used to" time needed still.
11-28-2015, 10:10 AM
RE: New BiPAP User
Sounds excellent. What range has the pressure settled into?
Sleeprider
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11-28-2015, 11:03 PM
RE: New BiPAP User
(11-28-2015, 10:10 AM)Sleeprider Wrote: Sounds excellent. What range has the pressure settled into? Median IPAP is ~13, 95% percentile is 19 - but whenever the pressure gets over ~15, I'm suspicious that it's reacting to me waking up - thinks I'm having CA's. Time will tell - ordered a second mask today, will see if a different mask changes things.
11-29-2015, 12:15 PM
RE: New BiPAP User
Your machine will not raise pressure in response to CAs.
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11-29-2015, 08:55 PM
RE: New BiPAP User
11-30-2015, 08:35 AM
RE: New BiPAP User
11-30-2015, 11:30 AM
RE: New BiPAP User
I do the same thing. I go to sleep on my side and I think that I sleep mostly on my side but I usually wake up on my back.
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RE: New BiPAP User
(11-30-2015, 08:35 AM)cpdaniel Wrote: Looks like the times when the pressure is getting high and eventually waking me up is when I roll over onto my back. I'm normally a side-sleeper, but I'm noticing that when I wake I'm on my back. Definitely correlated to back sleeping. When I'm sleeping on my side, a constant IPAP of ~13 is held by the machine and my AHI is 0.39. When I'm sleeping on my back (deliberately), the pressure quickly reaches the max IPAP of 20 and hovers around there, and my AHI (last night) was 39. It's a chore to control leaks even at 20, but I'm wondering if I should try upping the max IPAP just a bit to see if there is a pressure at which my H/OA are controlled when I'm on my back. On the flip side, tonight I'm going to try blocking my back side so that I'm less likely to roll onto my back in my sleep - or at least, less likely to remain in that position for long! I might also try a back-sleeping experiment where I use my oral device in addition to PAP to see what that does. Recommendations/thoughts appreciated! |
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