wickedsleepy - Sleep Therapy Analysis

[PeaceLoveAndPizza]

Will EPR make you tired? I have no bloody idea. It does not to me, but others may have had a different experience.

What will make you tired are the flow limitations, positional apnoeas, and pressure swings caused by flow limitations.

Consider setting your pressure range to something like 10-14 or 10-15 with EPR 2 full-time. Your median is hovering around 10 anyway, so you can skip the pressure rise at the start which seems to cause some sleep-wake junk. Adding a bit of EPR will help with the flow limitations, so the continuous rise and fall of pressure should even out a tad.

Also ponder using a soft cervical collar or mouth tape to help handle the positional apnoeas. It also should help with the flow limitations as it does not allow your head to drop fully to your chest, so the airway is kept more open.

[wickedsleepy]

Thanks, I know my OSA is clearly worse on my back, but as far as kinks in the airways, I used to sleep with my head slightly elevated (two or more pillows), but I knocked that down to just one pillow as of a week or two ago, albeit a bulky single pillow.  I will try something a bit flatter tonight.

[Crimson Nape]

Thanks to UnicornRider's pickup on you having multiple threads (6) that all deal with your therapy, I will be merging them into one thread. I will be naming the thread, "wickedsleepy - Sleep Therapy Analysis". This allows the reader to see your history and prevent cross-posting. Please keep all posts that concern your therapy in this thread.

- Red

[UnicornRider]

I agree with PL&P,
    EPR - Full Time
     EPR - 2
     Pressure 10 to 15

   Tie a rolled up towel under your neck to  prevent chin tucking, if it works and gets rid of the clusters. Invest in a soft cervical collar.

    Meanwhile post back with future OSCAR Reports and we can fine tune that therapy.