I agree with Jim it's just a tool and doesnt do anything for your therapy. However for those of us who want to verify that our cpap is doing it's job it would be very handy. I am considering buying one but don't want to part with the money just yet. I read a lot on this board about people doubting t...

FWIW I had 2 sleep studies done. One was without any titration at all. At the first I had 49 RERA's with an index of 13.9 arousals/hour and 87 spontaneous arousals with an index of 24.7 arousals/hour. They noted these by saying "the etiology of some of (spontaneous) these is unclear". At the second ...

I want to ask the obvious here and that would be is there any agreement on how this is treated? I read a 9 page thread started by a doctor that was very informative. It was started a year ago. That doctor favored a bi-level for this but If one uses just straight cpap (I dont have a bi-level) would t...

Interesting.....I was titrated at 7. They called this the "Effective Pressure". I am only guessing here since I did not talk to the sleep doc at all about the study but I suspect that this "Efective Pressure" is the minimum pressure required to keep 02 sat above 90 for the whole night which it did a...

This post is valuable info for me because I wondered why I did better on straight cpap as opposed to Apap. I have a Respironics machine but I think the principle may still apply on what dsm said. I did my best at 10 on straight cpap w/ or w/out cflex with ahi of under 1. On apap at a range of 9-12 I...

I woke up last night with my mask off and in the Falcon position (I had read that post)
I do'nt think I've slept that way for years....but who knows...I live alone
Must have been the power of suggestion !


Luke

LOL !!

Merry Christmas to you too Jim !

Luke

My leak average is not bad but the thing I'm concerned with is how mine spikes up and down. I think I move around a lot at night which pushes the mask around apparently. I live alone so nobody to ask ! Don't know how I'll do going forward....I'm still in the learning curve but have hit a brick wall ...

I know some on this board claim cflex is a comfort only feature but some have implied that it changed their therapy. I've been on this cpap thing 5 weeks now and the whole time it was using cflex at 3. If I switch it off will it have any affect on the pressure ? If anything I think it could mean I c...

I am in the process of building a custom end table for my M Series unit and my HC 150 HH. The M series blower is at bed level but I am unsure of how high to mount my separate HH. I know it should be lower but what is the ideal height of it if I could make it anything other than being directly on the...

The only thing I can add to this is that I have only been doing this cpap thing for a month but started from day one with taping with the 2 inch 3m micropore tape from walgreens. No problems with doing it except my lips are getting a bit sensitive now. Nice low leaks and all....I thought I was gonna...

Interesting stuff.....my question is:
What is a normal dose of OTC Melatonin and how much can be tolerated ?
I take 2 of the little pills..I think they're 3 each.
Can't say they help me fall or stay asleep though.

Don't want to overdo it.

Luke

I am still a 3 week newbie at this but I think I have found that I do better at 10 straight cpap versus setting the APAP at 10-13. The numbers bear witness to this IF the data I am getting is reliable. I DO have the software and reader. I dont know if these APAP machines are all they're cracked up t...

Like someone here on the board said:

It's better than waking up dead

Luke

FWIW I did the boil and fit thing last night with the Comfort-Gel mask and it only lowered the leak 1or 2 pts at the most.

My leak rate was 37.....that seems to be the best I can do.

Luke