Hey All,
Last night went better than expected. I slept for 6 and a half hours. I did wake up 3 times. The 2nd time, I upped the min pressure to 9. The 3rd I turned off Auto Climate Tube Control and bumped Humidity up from 4 to 8 because my mouth/throat was dry. I had no problems falling right back to sleep each time, but definitely looking forward to sleeping without waking up at all. The machine did have a sad face for mask fit which seems odd to me because I did the mask fir test before going to sleep and positioned it until the test passed. It didn't feel like it was coming off either. Not sure how I could make it fit any better without shoving the pillows up my nostrils.
I ordered these 2 things to help with keeping my mouth shut and nose open. I bet my parents wish they would of thought of that when I was a kid
I think it will help because of my deviated septum. The strap doesn't look uncomfortable and both products have great reviews. They arrive in 2 days so I will follow up on how I like them in case anyone else wants to give them a shot.
Chin Strap:
[commercial link removed - instead, search Amazon for "My Snoring Solution Anti Snoring Jaw Strap Supporter"]
Anti Snoring Nostril Openers:
[commercial link removed - instead, search Amazon for "Gideon Anti-Snoring Nose Vents"]
I also ordered these anti bacterial filters:
[commercial link removed - instead, search Amazon for "AirLife Disposable Bacteria Filter BAX001851"]
Has anyone used these? Do they help? How often do you switch them out?
I definitely feel better today than usual. I could tell that immediately after my alarm went off because I was actually thinking about what I was doing instead of being in zombie auto pilot mode of my routine getting ready for work. It is also noon now and usually I would have yawned a million times and be ready to haul ass home and take a nap for my lunch break. Instead, haven't yawned once and didn't need to drink any coffee. Hopefully, its not just a placebo effect.
Without further ado, here's some links to my data from my 1st night.
Please let me know what anyone thinks because I don't know enough about the software and data it is showing to make any changes to therapy or tell whether it worked well or not. Thanks!
Here's a .zip file that contains my data in case anyone wants to extract it and load it into Sleepy Head to take a closer look than what you can see in the images:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0...sp=sharing
Here's a link to the album of 3 Sleepy Head images containing all of the graphs:
http://orionsnet.imgur.com
Links to each individual image:
On the Resmed myAir Website, here are my results:
myAir Score: 80 out of 100
Usage Hours (I assume this includes the hour and a half nap I took prior to the 6 hours of sleep): 7 hours 32 minutes (70/70 score)
Adjust mask seal: (4/20 score)
Events Per Hour: 3.5 (5/5 score)
Mask on/off: 4 (1/5 score) Likely a few of these times was when I turned up to min pressure to 9 and humidity to 8.
Total myAir Score: 80
Looking forward to hearing any and all comments/feedback.
Thanks again everyone!
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