04-16-2023, 01:32 PM
Can I get some help to find good settings
Hello,
I've been using my CPAP since August 2022. But no matter how much I use it, I am always exhausted throughout the day. I got diagnosed with moderate OSA (AHI 19) after an at home sleep test. I unfortunately don't have the results. I got put on 6-20 pressure and only followed up with the respiratory therapist who kept upping the min pressure to 10. Eventually, I started developing mouth leaks, so I am now sleeping with mouth tape and chin strap. My AHI has always been "good" (<5). But I always wake up exhausted and am ready to fall back asleep right away. I have to take medication for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness just to be able to function throughout the day, but even then I am tired and can fall asleep.
I also wake up multiple times in the night. I used to be a belly sleeper, before the APAP, then a side sleeper, but now I will frequently wake up on my back. I don't feel like I'm suffocating or anything, I just come awake. Sometimes I wake up to just change which side I'm sleeping on.
I use Resmed P10 pillows, I have tried 3 different facemasks and a nasal mask and just wasn't able to tolerate them. I have almost always been able to consistently go through the whole night with my mask on.
I should have posted here sooner. I have tried messing around with the settings multiple times to just no benefit. I changed my settings last night after reading some of the other posts so to be able to have a baseline. Any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.
Looking forward to your replies. Thank you so much.
I've been using my CPAP since August 2022. But no matter how much I use it, I am always exhausted throughout the day. I got diagnosed with moderate OSA (AHI 19) after an at home sleep test. I unfortunately don't have the results. I got put on 6-20 pressure and only followed up with the respiratory therapist who kept upping the min pressure to 10. Eventually, I started developing mouth leaks, so I am now sleeping with mouth tape and chin strap. My AHI has always been "good" (<5). But I always wake up exhausted and am ready to fall back asleep right away. I have to take medication for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness just to be able to function throughout the day, but even then I am tired and can fall asleep.
I also wake up multiple times in the night. I used to be a belly sleeper, before the APAP, then a side sleeper, but now I will frequently wake up on my back. I don't feel like I'm suffocating or anything, I just come awake. Sometimes I wake up to just change which side I'm sleeping on.
I use Resmed P10 pillows, I have tried 3 different facemasks and a nasal mask and just wasn't able to tolerate them. I have almost always been able to consistently go through the whole night with my mask on.
I should have posted here sooner. I have tried messing around with the settings multiple times to just no benefit. I changed my settings last night after reading some of the other posts so to be able to have a baseline. Any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.
Looking forward to your replies. Thank you so much.
