I just saw my new sleep doctor today after almost 2 months of waiting. I presented him with this information but he had no comment. My sleep doc also said if xPAP is not working for me then don't use it. He thinks xPAP is making things worse for me and he also feels I do not have complex sleep apnea...

Congratulations. What machine are using that actually shows your pressure in decimals?

Maybe is as simple as you need to address mouthbreathing, the number one cause of treatment failure in patients that use nasal interfaces. Jim I will ask the sleep doc but nobody believes that I am a mouth breather while sleeping. I just looked at my data and VSnore index on that night was 11.9 and...

Sammy, here's something to think about: a lower sat doesn't mean you're sleeping worse. EVERYbody desats a little while they sleep. Even people that don't need xPAP. I can see a scenario where you desat a little more wearing your PAP simply because you're staying asleep continuously, as opposed to ...

Yeah, it is too low. As bad as 11.

WHAT were the recommended pressures? (range) If you have a lousy setup, you'll get lousy results. Recommended pressure is 11 or 12 on CPAP. But, in the lab I started getting mixed and central events throughout the night starting at 9 and then getting worse at 11. So, to balance things I have the pr...

What I am leaning toward is Complex Sleep Disordered Breathing where events are made worse with xPAP treatment.

But, yeah it would be nice to have all these toys but they are darn expensive.

When I am asleep, I find the scoring accurate. To me it makes no difference if it is a hypop or obstructive event. It's an event in any case. If I am dozing off or awake (have trouble falling asleep) then it may not be accurate. When using APAP mode I have tight ranges but I also use CPAP mode. In C...

I dont have the actual results. I dipped to below 89% for a period of time with xPap compared to around 92% with the oral appliance.

Yes, it can't tell if you are a sleep or awake. To have an accurate hypopnea evaluation you need to have a PSG. So, looking at the data you won't be able to tell if you had an obstruction or a hypopnea.

I had an overnight oximeter and this time my DME was alarmed that the results were worse now compared to the time when I was using an oral appliance. I used my xPAP in auto mode with the recommended pressures. My DME is sending the results to my sleep doc but I won't be able to see him until late ne...

I'm sure that this is TOTALLY a coincidence, but-- my RLS has actually gotten worse since being on xpap therapy. I don't take anything for the RLS though, I just deal with it, for now anyway. I am not so sure. I believe there is a neurological component with RLS and PLM. If you have an auto CPAP th...

How long have you had your equipment? Are you using C-FLEX? If so, have you tried turning it off? I have had my APAP for over a year and a half. I havent had that event repeat itself but I was using the F&P mask and I find that mask's venting is not that great. Perhaps I had excess CO2 build up. I ...

The other night I had a real scary experience. I was awoken completely out of breath and I ripped my mask off. I forget to insert my card in my Respironics machine so I couldnt see what had happened but it was very freaky and scary as it never happened before. I suspect I may have had a central or m...

Thanks for sharing...do you (think} you do this later on? I think I may do this constantly...hence my anxiety and my centrals events while a sleep.