New to ASV-Need help getting more symptom relief

[Gideon]

That is a problem that I need to address.  Please post in your future posts the settings from your machine as they do help us help you.
It will NOT change in SleepyHead, but OSCAR, yes it will change, not in the initial release, but in a subsequent one.

That said I see a positive change from changing min PS from 0 to 3 but we can improve more, Please change min PS to 4.

And how are you feeling, are you seeing improvements?

[jteetie]

Thanks. I will make that change. It's only one day, but it is now 1:50pm and i am nodding off at my desk. So, no improvement after 1 night.

[jteetie]

On the Flow rate chart, you mentioned the black bars. Were you referring to the very top of the graph or across the middle of the graph at 0.0? I noticed that between the 19th and 20th, there are less black marks at the top, but the black line in the middle that is going up and down, also seems to be staying closer to 0.0. So, i'm not sure which one is the forced breath indicator. The Flow Rate chart is the one that i still know the least about.

[jteetie]

The chart does have "Timed Breath." Is that the same as a forced breath?

[Gideon]

Yes Timed Breath, they are indicated at the top of the Flow Rate chart and look the same as events in the event chart.

Flow Rate, To understand it better expand the chart by left clicking on it multiple times. I would also right click on the title and select dotted lines, then select zero. Everything above the zero line is inhalation, everything below it is exhalation. The wave forms can indicate what is happening to you on a breath by breath basis. Press the arrow keys on your keyboard to move your view to the right or left.

[jteetie]

On the summary section, where it lists Periodic Breathing, Large Leak, Clear Airway, etc. the last one is Timed Breath. Is that # the total forced breaths to the night? And what is the number in () next to the timed breath? Most of the time it is 14, 15 or 16. I did see a few other numbers too, but most of them are those 3 numbers. Thanks, again. You're a really huge help.

[Gideon]

The 91.3 Timed Breath, I don't know but it is not a count because it is not an integer, I suspect that it is either total minutes or an index similar to AHI.  The numbers in per() would be the duration in seconds as it is for all other events.

[Sleeprider]

We created support for the advanced Philips BiPAP machines in Sleepyhead 1.1.0 but the ability to transcribe settings is clearly not perfect. Hacking machine data is a difficult task, and the version of Sleepyhead you are using contains the best interpretation of the hexadecimal data from the SD card that exists. What we really need is manufacturer cooperation to provide an interpretation of the data. Working on it.

[ajack]

I also think min ps 4
I'd also have min epap 7 and see if that helps to clear the OA/H and snore

[Gideon]

1 change at a time. And I haven't seen any significant OA to warrant increasing minimum yet.