new to the wonderful world of PAP.
Initial diagnosis via a sleep center; Severe OSA with an AHI of 45.4
unfortunately, I dont currently have the detailed sleep study info which those numbers came from. I was verbally told over the phone that my heartrate peaked at 112, and had some periods of low O2 saturation as well. (i have requested my study, will see where that goes)
I will say all symptoms matched my experiences, I certainly snored a lot, and wife has observed various apnea events over the years.. so no big surprise.
My experience at that point was a sleep center wanting my credit card to pay for a machine prior to any other info.. hmm.
Long story short, I started researching, purchased my own machine online (and good timing too, as #foamgate was just getting going), fired my sleep clinic, and now here I am, basically self adjusting my machine as we go. In Canada, slightly different than the US, my machine was covered by my insurance just based on the Rx. no contract or compliance numbers required. My machine was purchased from CPAP machines Canada (not currently on the supplier list), and I actually got a combo unit, the Resmed AirMini along with the Airsense 10.
also got a couple masks, the P10 and F30. I have not yet slept with the Full face, as I decided if i could make the P10 work, that would be the better solution. Historically I have been a mouth breather at night, but I've been having great success with the P10, so obviously mouth breathing was more due to the apneas than not.
Anyway, on to the results. My very first night i had fantastic numbers (ahi 0.5), but no SD card in the machine, so nothing I could see in Oscar. I've since put an SD card in, and have been having more typical results with AHI in the 1-3 range generally.
Initially started with a 4-14 range, and ESP 3. first couple nights there were huge pressure ramps, so set pressure to 7 based on median. Since adjusted up a bit more to 8, with a current max of 11 (have only hit that once very briefly, usually under 10).
Since starting treatment June 25, the majority of my events have been CAs, so trying to get that a bit more under control. couple nights ago, dropped my ESP from 3 to 2, which did result in fewer CA's reported. will probably try dropping that to 1 and see where it goes. Also removed ramp last night.
I did also order a wellue O2 ring, which i received yesterday, so last night's sleep, i also have heart and o2 info, which is really interesting. I do have corresponding o2 dips along with the apena events, and had one occur while i was just falling asleep which triggered the o2 ring vibration. I actually remember the not-breathing, the vibration, and the subsequent arousal. interesting / trippy / neat to know and understand what's actually happening.
So overall, I'm very happy with my results to date, but I wanted to start the thread so i have a place to put the info, and obviously get some setting feedback. I'm pretty happy and confident i'm going in the right direction, but as i dont currently have a sleep clinic going over my results with me, this forum is the next best thing (well, probably actually best thing.. not next best).
I have about two weeks of data i could share, but for now i'll just put the last couple nights, and ask if there are any suggestions, recommendations, or other comments.
three shots included on the post. July 2 being an example of one of those "wow wtf" apena even periods. added more shots (july 2-6) on imgur here:
(oops.. i cant post a link until I have 4 posts.. i better go make some more posts first!)
Cheers, and thanks everyone for the help and Support.