Need help tweaking settings

[AshSF]

I don't think leaks are a problem. You have not gone into large leak territory at all. So don't get a chin strap. It just complicates life further. I believe that the P10 is suiting you well.

Your VS and VS2 lines in the event chart are concentrated to specific time periods. It may be that you snore only when sleeping in supine position. And overall no. of these lines are fairly small in my opinion. And I think that the machine chases these vs lines with raising pressure unnecessarily. It's probably not halting any impending apneas. But it's waking you up and making you restart the
Ramp.

I would suggest you raise the min to 11, and also cap the top to 17 to begin with. If the max of 17 is not causing any apneas to surface, then you can reduce it even further. Evaluate for 10 days before making more changes.

My guess is that you will ultimately move to a tighter 12.5 - 15.5 range and sleep well. But that's just a guess.

[Ghost1958]

I don't think leaks are a problem. You have not gone into large leak territory at all. So don't get a chin strap. It just complicates life further. I believe that the P10 is suiting you well.

Your VS and VS2 lines in the event chart are concentrated to specific time periods. It may be that you snore only when sleeping in supine position. And overall no. of these lines are fairly small in my opinion. And I think that the machine chases these vs lines with raising pressure unnecessarily. It's probably not halting any impending apneas. But it's waking you up and making you restart the
Ramp.

I would suggest you raise the min to 11, and also cap the top to 17 to begin with. If the max of 17 is not causing any apneas to surface, then you can reduce it even further. Evaluate for 10 days before making more changes.

My guess is that you will ultimately move to a tighter 12.5 - 15.5 range and sleep well. But that's just a guess.

Agree raise the min pressure.
But the PRS1 machines dont raise pressure to vs2 snores, which arent audible snores .

They will react to vs1 snores about the same as a flow limitation.

[ginzo]

SR,
Thanks for the input. I'm only familiar with Resmed equipment and am paddling as fast as I can to catch up. LOL

As far as chin strap, I just threw that in there...... I didn't see a leak issue either. (grasping at straws)

These threads are great teaching tools!!!

Ginzo, I agree with slow changes, however, unlike Resmed, PRS1 machines change in 0.5 cm increments. A 1.0 cm change to prevent obstruction, is not excessive given that the machine is going up by 8.0 cm. As far as a chin strap, I don't see a mouth leak pattern in the graph, and a chin strap can move the jaw back worsening OA. Disagree.

[Judi]

Sorry I've been late to respond. I cracked the screen on my $1250 TV I bought for Christmas and have been going through some major depression. THEN, I lost a billion dollars last night. 2016 has really sucked so far...

I'll start bumping the low number up .5 each night and lower the high to 17. You are correct in that the machine got so high that it woke me up. I turned off the machine each time so I could mark when it happened. Hopefully lowering the pressure will help.

Thanks for the responses and here's to a better start to the year!

[OpalRose]

[quote='Judi' pid='146433' dateline='1452787223']
Sorry I've been late to respond. I cracked the screen on my $1250 TV I bought for Christmas and have been going through some major depression. THEN, I lost a billion dollars last night. 2016 has really sucked so far...

It could be worse if your in the stock market.

I'll start bumping the low number up .5 each night and lower the high to 17. You are correct in that the machine got so high that it woke me up. I turned off the machine each time so I could mark when it happened. Hopefully lowering the pressure will help.

I think you will end up being around 12-13 as a starting pressure, but make changes slowly, also good you lowered the max.

[justMongo]

...I lost a billion dollars last night.

Actually, I lost the Billion Dollars last night!
One of the three 5+PB winning tickets was sold about 15 miles from me at a 7-Eleven.

[eseedhouse]

Actually, I lost the Billion Dollars last night!
One of the three 5+PB winning tickets was sold about 15 miles from me at a 7-Eleven.

Well no, there were three tickets so you "lost" a billion divided by three.

Also of course, they don't pay you that right away. The "present value" of the money paid out over ten years is a good deal less.

Actually of course you didn't lose anything. You had several days of fun pretending how generous you would be when you won. That alone is worth the price of the ticket.

Also you won because you weren't struck by lightening, because the chance of that is tens of thousands of times greater than picking all the right numbers.