Now that you are using an AUTO range for the pressure, we need to see the pressure graph, the leak graph, wave flow, and the events table. We don't need the respiratory rate graph.
The centrals settle way, way down after the break. Is the break in the data when you kicked the cats out of the room?lliann wrote:Here are the readings from last night.
This was the scenario. I took 1/2 a doxepin because I was still in itch mode. It helped with falling asleep. Had a little hangover this morning but its going away much faster at the lower amt.
The cats were with me the first half of the night. I have to accept that they probably are responsible for some of my events because they move around. And Eli found the tubing and I think he was starting to chew on it. So that was the stop as I got all the cats out of the room.
I need to see the pressure graph before I can comment on this.The pressure did seem a lot more and I have to read your description again. Maybe it didn't go to 14 (the air I recognized) because the machine decided in auto mode that I just need all of 17 if not more. (is this a usable theory?)
Your choice. Base it on comfort.I fiddled with the nose pillows a fair amt. It felt like there was air coming through. I could try the larger size tonight or switch to the zest?
Other impressions:
Leaks are very problematic during the last 40 minutes of the night, but are acceptable during the rest of the night. Did you tape or use a chinstrap?
The number of OAs is way, way down. So the pressure must have been doing something. We need that pressure graph.
The number of CAs is way, way up, but you say there were cats in the bed with you during the break, and the cats were doing enough cat stuff for you to notice. And the centrals almost disappear completely after the break. Hence those CAs in the first part of the night may be cat-related restless WAKE/SLEEP transition stuff that wouldn't normally be scored on a sleep test. As an experiment ban the cats from the bedroom at the BEGINNING of the night tonight. I'm willing to bet a donut or two that "no cats" will make the overall number of centrals look more like the number in the second half of the night rather than the first half. And that may be enough for you to finally see an AHI < 5.0 for the night.
I'd make the following recommendations for now:
1) Leave the pressures where you set them last night for the next week or so. That gives you several days of data to see what's really going on with these pressure settings.
2) Ban the cats from the bedroom for the full night every night. You need to convince yourself that "no cats" reduces the number of scored centrals. It's tough to ban our furry friends from the bedroom, but sometimes we have to.
3) Experiment with the mask if you want, but keep track of which nights use which mask.