You necro'ed a 3 year old poll thread to tell off someone for something s/he said at least a year and a half ago? And you think that other people are miserable?
I wasn't even aware it was an old thread as someone before me in April I see now answered it. As I do not go looking for threads, and just go up and down the page to read whats there, it must have been one at the bottom of the page. Thats the only way I would have come across it.
But my point remains about some people being miserable and if you feel the need to question that you will note that another person has created a thread about the very same problem. The dates are rather irrelevant. You shouldn't try to insult me by suggesting I went digging for an old thread. Thats what creates a lot of insults around here, people that make assumptions that are wrong instead of sticking to the facts. You assumed I looked for an old thread as you studied it enough to notice that it was old, when I and perhaps others didn't. If you could have figured that much out, one would think you could have then wondered WHY someone would pick out a thread that the last answer before mine was only 3 months earlier. And so on.........but instead you chose to jump to a negative conclusion.
10 cm, is about the normal avg treatment pressure, many times it's a area to start to being aware of centrals, and the higher the pressure the harder to deal with mouthbreathing and mask leaks.
It's a good idea to put your pressure in your comments on your equipment profile. Jim
it appears this is directed at me since you quote my comment but my pressure is in my comments, so not sure if that is directed at me or someone else.
In my case I am a mouth breather at any number but was not aware it became more common at 10cm. I just though you were or you weren't regardless of anything else other than perhaps stuffiness in the nose??!!
The centrals I am aware of as I have to watch it on mine...
13 cm is probably your titrated pressure - the pressure that your sleep study determined to be the best pressure for you ( to give you an AHI below 5).
Your profile shows that you have an Autoset. It sounds to me like your autoset is set in cpap mode. Auto machines can be set in cpap or apap mode. In cpap mode it is a single pressure. Some set their autos ( or have them set for them) in apap mode which is a range of pressure so that you only get a higher pressure when you need it. An auto range allows the machine to adjust anywhere between the pressures as required by your breathing. People who set their machines (or have them set for them) in auto mode like to need that range of pressure. I was titrated at 11 cm in my last sleep study but had my auto set at a range of 11 cm to 13 cm. Usually my 90% was at 12 cm but sometimes one lower and sometimes one higher. Because of the narrow settings it could only range between those 2. Some set the range broader. It works well for me but some find the changing pressure causes them some sleep disturbance.
Hope that explains that.
Ah yes, NOW i understand the reason for that.
Yes you are right, mine is presently in CPAP mode.
I was advised to leave it there when I transferred from a brief usage of the S9 Escape to the S9 AutoSET until i got my sleep under control as I was overwhelmed by taking my mask off every night at the 90 minute mark until I figured out why, and was using the wrong mask as someone had advised me incorrectly but with RobySues help on this board since then, she advised me to switch my mask back to my original FF to stop leakage and immediately she was right and for the past 13 days I have slept perfectly as soon as i hit the pillow, all night.
So yes, I am aware that I could try the AUTO SET mode but a part of me would rather at least wait another week until i finish catching up with all my needed sleep and even then IF what i am doing now is working 100% I am not sure I went to make any changes. I don't seem to feel the need, at least at this point, for a lesser pressure upon exhaling. IF anything I might try it at 14.
In hindsight, I likely would have been fine with the S9 Elite
Thank yo for your help