Trying to interpret Data from CPAP

[elyfrank]

Hi,
I have been dealing with horrible sleep for about 3 years now, since covid days.
I have always been a light sleeper so I didn't pay too much attention before, but after feeling like crap for years now I decide to do a sleep study and they found I have moderate sleep apnea.
First I did on at home and came out with sleep apnea, I bought the CPAP machine and after a while I decided to do another in-lab sleep study and they hook me up with a CPAP machine after seeing I was having trouble breathing.
They told me that with a pressure of 6 my apneas were resolved, so I set my machine with a constant pressure of 6 and that didn't solve any problems, I still feel the same.
I have been playing with the machine for a while now, even before I did the in-lab study and I am about to throw this thing out and accept my new reality of feeling like crap and no sleeping. very frustrating really.

Here are three screenshots of my last 3 days using the machine.
Any help reading this stuff and help me to tweak the setting for a better sleep is really appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

           

[PeaceLoveAndPizza]

A few observations…

First, sleep quality consists of many components of which CPAP may only help with a few. The rest are outside the scope of what a CPAP machine can manage. Read the following to better understand things. 

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-apnea

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-hygiene

Second, overall things do not look bad, but we can tweak it to hopefully be better for you. I suggest setting it to APAP mode and using a narrow range with a bit of pressure support. After a few nights we can tweak things further from there.

Something like:

Mode APAP
Min pressure 6
Max pressure 9
IPR 2 full-time

A bit of pressure support should help with the flow limitations and adding some range adjustment should show whether a higher min pressure is needed.

And third, it takes time to find what works for you. Patience young Jedi….

Give it a go and let us know how it works. If you have a copy of your sleep study, redact your personal data and post the summary. It will help us better understand things.

[elyfrank]

Hi Peace,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
I am very good with my sleep hygiene.
I will try those setting in my future nights and post back the results.
I am unable to attach a pdf yet. So I am trying to find a way to do it.
Thanks a lot.

[elyfrank]

BTW, my CPAP has EPR not IPR.
Should I set that one to 2?
Thanks

[elyfrank]

Never mind, I found IPR and set it to 2

[elyfrank]

Hi Peace,
These are my last 3 days.
           
I guess there are some improvement?
I feel a little bit better.
Let me know what you see.
Thanks a lot for your help.

[elyfrank]

Hi there,
Yeah, I am still feeling like crap. Waking up multiple times.
Don't know what else to do.
Very frustrating.

[elyfrank]

PeaceLoveAndPizza pid='541251' dateline='1735141662']A few observations…

First, sleep quality consists of many components of which CPAP may only help with a few. The rest are outside the scope of what a CPAP machine can manage. Read the following to better understand things. 

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-apnea

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-hygiene

Second, overall things do not look bad, but we can tweak it to hopefully be better for you. I suggest setting it to APAP mode and using a narrow range with a bit of pressure support. After a few nights we can tweak things further from there.

Something like:

Mode APAP
Min pressure 6
Max pressure 9
IPR 2 full-time

A bit of pressure support should help with the flow limitations and adding some range adjustment should show whether a higher min pressure is needed.

And third, it takes time to find what works for you. Patience young Jedi….

Give it a go and let us know how it works. If you have a copy of your sleep study, redact your personal data and post the summary. It will help us better understand things.

Hi Peace,
I tried those setting and I felt the same way. (I posted the screenshots in a previous post)
Even though I am used to the CPAP now I am still struggling with multiple arousals during the night and fatigue during the day.
Here it is my latest Data. I have been back and forth with settings but still my flow limitations are very high and maybe those are causing me to wake up.
I don't know, this is driving me crazy, no sleep!

[Deborah K.]

Your charts are not set up correctly, making it hard to offer advice.  Hit the f12 key to copy the chart.  It gets it right usually.  Then check to make sure we see the following, and only the following, in the order listed:

Event Flags
Flow Rate
Pressure
Leak Rate
Flow Limits    

We need to be able to read to the very bottom of the Flow Limits.

Your pressure is set too low for most adults.  To find out what you really need try setting a narrow range of pressure.  I suggest 7 to 13.  Try that plus fixing Oscar, see how you feel and we can then make more adjustments as needed.

Best wishes for improving your therapy and comfort!

[elyfrank]

Your charts are not set up correctly, making it hard to offer advice.  Hit the f12 key to copy the chart.  It gets it right usually.  Then check to make sure we see the following, and only the following, in the order listed:

Event Flags
Flow Rate
Pressure
Leak Rate
Flow Limits        

We need to be able to read to the very bottom of the Flow Limits.

Let me know if this works better. I don't see flow limitations under my tabs so I couldn't to show it.
   

Your pressure is set too low for most adults.  To find out what you really need try setting a narrow range of pressure.  I suggest 7 to 13.  Try that plus fixing Oscar, see how you feel and we can then make more adjustments as needed.

I have tried 7, 8 and I get the same results, very frustrating. This thing has destroy my life for sure.

Best wishes for improving your therapy and comfort!  

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