I have now changed my pressure to 6-14 with EPR of 1 and ramp time of only 5 minutes. I run a mask fit every day before I put on my mask for the night, ordered a CPAP pillow, got a cervical collar and have been careful to make sure humidifier tank is full and mask is clean. I've also raised humidity to auto with the temp at 80F.
All of these changes started on Monday. Since then my nights have been:
- 1.23 AHI (0.62 CA, 0.62 HA)
- 1.7 AHI (0.3 CA, 0.3 OA, 1.1 HA, 0.2 RERA)
- 1.05 AHI (0.48 CA, 0.10 OA, 0.48 HA, 0.10 RERA)
- 2.00 AHI (0.75 CA, 0.37 OA, 0.87 HA, 0.25 RERA)
- 1.41 AHI (0.62 CA, 0.18 OA, 0.62 HA, 0.09 RERA)
- 1.08 AHI (0.3 CA, 0.3 OA, 0.49 HA, 0.20 RERA)
I think I can raise my lower pressure up to 7 or 8 and likely eliminate more of the events, but I felt great now.
Another fun benefit for someone like me that has anxiety induce hypnic jerks (my breathing rate changing suddenly freaks me out and jerks me awake during naps) is that I'm able to pull up data on OSCAR and see that I, in fact, didn't stop breathing. More fun benefits - my Apple Watch sometimes will show a SPO2 reading of like 91% - 94%, but that doesn't correlate with any events, so I can assume those might be bad readings. In fact, it helps me when I see my HR readings showing low blips of like 40 or something. If there is no APNEA event, I can assume I'm probably just fine! (I've had full tests prior to getting the sleep apnea diagnosis, so I'm confident I'm okay).
This board has helped and I look forward to more assistance in the future!