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by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New here with a question
Replies: 5
Views: 905

Re: New here with a question

What are the advantages of buying the software for my machine? I don't have an appointment with the doctor for a month to look at the results but how do I know if I am using the cpap right so I will not go to the doctor with a blank sd card? TIA! Well the advantages are endless. Most of the the tim...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Reducing Hypopneas..How To?
Replies: 8
Views: 4281

Re: Reducing Hypopneas..How To?

Ideally you need all your data, or at least how many hypopneas vs apneas you're getting a night. Hypopneas can be considered as partial apneas, lesser in time and the machine can respond if it's an auto to stop it becoming an apnea. I tend usually to get more hypopneas than apneas because I have twe...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Looking for tips and clues with Cpap machine
Replies: 6
Views: 1436

Re: Looking for tips and clues with Cpap machine

As others have suggested you're probably breathing through your mouth. You have the H5i but you don't mention if you have the ClimateLine or not? If you do then turn up the ClimateControl to make the air warmer and that will help. One important thing to mention is that I started out on a full face m...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI Graph
Replies: 23
Views: 1938

Re: AHI Graph

AHI graph will not show any data when it's at 0, until it starts to increase to something greater than 0 and at that point it will start recording. This is normal practice in ResScan.

Thanks
Dave
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: last night's sleep report--why so many events?
Replies: 21
Views: 2221

Re: last night's sleep report--why so many events?

Thanks LoQ, that made me smile this morning!
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: last night's sleep report--why so many events?
Replies: 21
Views: 2221

Re: last night's sleep report--why so many events?

Thanks VERY much! I really appreciate the guidance. I'll up the minimum, and let the max go to 20 tonight. Just remember that if the AHI is under 5 then the treatment you are getting is working to keep most of your apneas at bay. You can keep tweaking the pressure to on average reduce the AHI even ...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: last night's sleep report--why so many events?
Replies: 21
Views: 2221

Re: last night's sleep report--why so many events?

I've set my machine to run from a minimum pressure of 6 to a maximum of 12. Last night, I got these results: AHI 1.1 Pressure: Median 6.4, 95% 9.0, Maximum 10.6 This would suggest that for 95% of the time the pressure is at 9cm and at some point through the night the machine ramped up the pressure ...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Tossing and turning - is it ok?
Replies: 5
Views: 2873

Re: Tossing and turning - is it ok?

RLS is a definite cause of turning in bed. Actually I did video myself about 4 years ago whilst on CPAP when I had my S8. I did toss and turn a lot in bed, but I do suffer from RLS. The other thing that can cause you to toss and turn are things like mask leaks, or even if your mask is pressing too h...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New sleep study ordered!
Replies: 4
Views: 1145

Re: New sleep study ordered!

If you do go for another sleep test and if it's only for one night then yes they'll probably want you to at least sleep half the night off a machine and half on, or maybe the full night off the machine. It won't be good, you'll probably awake a lot but think of it another way, the tech will probably...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is my new RESMED S9 APAP Defective...or?
Replies: 7
Views: 2665

Re: Is my new RESMED S9 APAP Defective...or?

Marc, I think it would help us better if we could see your graphs. The S9 will score events within the RAMP time afaik, the RAMP is there only to just make the pressure more bearable, the machine isn't used to really be used when you're awake and reading with it as Bill suggests. You could get some ...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP and blood pressure
Replies: 8
Views: 1565

Re: CPAP and blood pressure

As others have mentioned the BP can be just because you're at the hospital/sleep doctors/doctors and you've been waiting for a while, your nerves and tension build up and so does your blood pressure. Likewise if you're been drinking a lot of caffeine that day or drinks with caffeine in them, this ca...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: last night's sleep report--why so many events?
Replies: 21
Views: 2221

Re: last night's sleep report--why so many events?

Looking at your graphs the Apneas aren't related to leaks, so it looks like as Katie suggested it's probably positional related, maybe sleeping on your back. Around the big cluster of obstructive apneas along with the central apneas between 3am and 4am you can see you went into snore mode, so it's q...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:57 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question-To comfortable?
Replies: 3
Views: 699

Re: Question-To comfortable?

jabman, Don't worry too much, think of it as a new toy. You start off wanting to tinker with it, and keep up with it, check the stats, clean the machine etc, but the newness novelty wears off. I just empty the H5i reservoir every day, rinse it and re-fill at night. I clean it once a week (just with ...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:54 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New to the forum - Hello
Replies: 7
Views: 1001

Re: New to the forum - Hello

Welcome to the forum James! Don't be put off if you don't take to it like a duck to water. Some of us do and some have a really hard time to acclimatise to using a machine. The S9 is very quiet and it's air management system does not hit you like hitting a wall of air at 100mph so hopefully you can ...
by dave21
Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:51 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: APAP
Replies: 8
Views: 1541

Re: APAP

There's a number of good reasons why you might want the S9. It's the smallest and lightest machine in it's category. It has Climate Control with a heated hose, it has the ability to detect Central Apneas much better than most machines. I could go on but I won't. It really depends what you're after. ...