This is my first post on this forum as I feel i need some questions answered by the CPAP/BiPAP/ASV Boffins!
About 18 months ago i got the diagnosis of UARS and was thrown a CPAP (S10 Autoset) given the usual "4-10 + EPR 3" and leave it at that, well that didn't suit.. after about 12 months in and much research I pulled the trigger on a VAuto(Learning that it works much better with UARS) and have had what i feel is a reasonable success with that however my treatment is still not great and I just feel some days i go through these particular bad patches that bring me to my knees.. I'm not an expert on this by any means so i think its time to share a few screenshots and see what you all think?
The worst symptoms i seem to get from all of this and what triggered me to get help initially was what i believe is called "Sleep Starts" fall asleep - wake up - fall asleep - wake up in a vicious scary cycle that seems to trigger an adrenal response that combined with light sleep + ALOT of tossing and turning which is what seems typical of UARS now however that's mostly under control since starting CPAP/BiPAP however sometimes unavoided which makes me think the treatment is suboptimal. I've had a bad run over the last 1.5 weeks and I've been messing around with pressures but all of this is largely uninformed.
So!
What I found comfort in setting-wise for the last 4-6 months has been these pressures on the VAuto: 8.6-12.8 PS: 3.8. I'll attach those screenshots and use them as the reference as its my most used setting.
Another thing that has prompted me to create this is after scouring through other people's graphs my flow curves look bizarre compared to most others and my Insp time vs Exp time seems to be way off balance and wanted some thoughts around this? Is it the Vauto? Anatomy etc?
I did check my OSCAR of the old CPAP which i can posts screenshots of too and IPAP/EPAP 95% were a lot closer so I'm assuming it's a dynamic of the Vauto I just wondered if I needed to get those figures closer together somehow?
Thanks,
see attatched multiple screenshots :
Overview - Settings + Typical Run (Not a bad night per-say)
2Min Flow
4Min Flow with disruption
Its worth mentioning i have a Full Face F20 Resmed Mask + Headgear.
Let me know if you need anymore information,
Cheers.