(03-22-2021, 05:37 PM)budor Wrote: @Sleeprider, of course it's OK. I think it's great how much this community helps each other out.
@SevereApnea, no I've never had a soft cervical collar. I plan on using Somnopose to record my sleeping position to see how it affects my stats. I just need to get something like an Ace bandage so I can attach a phone to my chest.
I think the assumption that my heart rhythm affected my flow rate is probably accurate. I had some weird dreams that night so my heart rate might have been elevated. I don't know if I was sleeping with my mouth open or not, but if I was sleeping with my mouth open I think it's even more possible my heart rhythm affected my flow rate. My wife reminded me that, in the past she says I sometimes squeak when I breath. I know, this sounds weird. If I've exercised or had physical exertion and then rest, sometimes when I'm breathing out my mouth you can hear a slight squeak sound that is in sync with my heartbeat. It doesn't happen that often but it sometimes happens, and always when my heart is really beating. I don't know what controls when it does and doesn't happen but I think it's positional.
I turned on EPR but didn't change my low/high pressure settings, and my AHI went from around 0.5 to 1.4. I need to change the low pressure setting from 5 to at least 8 tonight.
My flow rate curve looks a bit different last night, more like a class 6. I was sleeping on my side and breathing through my nose most of last night and I think I might have been sleeping on my back and breathing through my mouth the other night.
I almost need a camera to record what the heck I'm doing each night!
Hi, your flow rate curve is normal. Good news.
For the pressure, please provide a screen like sleeprider council to you.
Need to see the settings of the cpap and a global screen of the night.
But like I was thinking the epr seem to help you a lot.
0.5 and 1.4 are very low score, you have to first check the median pressure of your nights, check on a week and adjust the low pressure to this value.