[CPAP] Session times always 61 minutes

[SleepyRocky]

Hi,

This is my first post, so be gentle, please. Two questions:

First, how do I change "additional info." in my profile? I am using a Dreamstation APAP, not a Remstar CPAP, for instance.

Second, after ten years, I finally got a modem to send data to sleep professionals. I installed it 3 nights ago and it is working to send data to them. But, since then session times are every 61 minutes (or shorter if turning off machine). See bottom left corner of attachment. I used to be able to look at session times over many months to get a sense of my sleep fragmentation. Any thoughts?

I'll have questions of greater import if I post this successfully. Thanks!

Rocky

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[Deborah K.]

You need to change your upper pressure limit to 16, as you are hitting your 12 too often.

Again, welcome, and best wishes for achieving great therapy and comfort!  

[SleepyRocky]

Thanks, Deborah.

I'll outline my complex medical history later, but it includes recent tonsil cancer treatment, irradiating much of my upper airway. So, I recently tapered off of many serious meds. and have what is hopefully transient swelling. Then, I suffered a leg injury, am using ibuprofen, and sleeping (poorly) with an elevated leg. Bottom line, last night is not typical and the respiratory therapist, the first one I've used in about 9 years, wants to wait a week or two before making significant changes. A few weeks ago, he changed the upper limit from 20 to 12 and plans to change it to 13 soon.

Do you have any thoughts on question 2 (the 61-minute session time question). I'd really love to figure that out.
Obviously, I figured out question 1. 

Thanks for the welcome and your comment. :-)

Rocky

[Deborah K.]

I don't have any ideas about the 61-minute sleep sessions, but maybe someone will have an idea by seeing this at the top again.  I'm sorry about all your medical problems.  I will pray for you.

[SleepyRocky]

Thanks, Deborah.

Another clue for anyone reading:

I took the modem out last night and the session time was normal--a full night without a break. I wonder if the pressures get messed up every 61 minutes as well. Maybe I need a more modern modem or newer APAP? I have enough variables I'm juggling without this issue :-)

[Sleeprider]

Ask for a prescription that changes your device from the Philips Dreamstation Auto COAP to a Resmed Autoset. The Dreamstation is recalled and no longer sold in the U.S. with the Resmed we can significantly reduce your event rate and greatly increase comfort. There is no reason anyone should have to use this abomination of a device given it is no longer sold. Get a new machine. If you need more details on the failure of Philips devices, just ask, but don’t subject yourself to it any longer.

[SleepyRocky]

Thanks, Sleeprider.

I was beginning to muse about a new machine! This one was a replacement in the recall.

I'll peruse the stickied thread on product reviews, but in your opinion is the ResMed AutoSet the clear winner? I assume that is the Airsense 11? Sleep is way more important to me than a few hundred bucks I'd save on a used Airsense 10. With your experience base, I might mitigate my tendency to over-research.
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Incidentally, for nearly 10 years, my leaks were near zero, AHI averaged 1.3/hr, and I had little sleep fragmentation until I had 33 radiation sessions, 7 chemo sessions ending 12/10/24; then weaned off steroids, opioids, laxative, Gabapentin, and Tylenol in January and February. AHI went up by a factor of 5x to 10x in early January and sleep has been fragmented ever since. Clearly, I have residual edema, which is supposed to continue improving through the first year, at least. I have a great team of specialists at the top cancer center in the country. I'm working with a sleep therapist for the first time in years, but I live more than a thousand miles from there. I'll probably ask him about a new prescription.

I also have A-Fib, which is why I discovered apnea back in 2015. I had three ablations (2018, 2018, 2023) and developed pulmonary vein stenosis which progressed to full occlusion for both left pulmonary veins in 2023. In January 2024, I had both pulmonary veins stented and went from being on one lung, short of breath on a flight of stairs to joyously jogging slowly again!

When/if I ask for advice, after a new machine and settling into it, I'll review my history, including the fact that I live at 5,700 above sea level :-)

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to name the institutions--they have each been wonderful in their own ways.