I am going into detail. please bear with me.
I started with a CPAP machine. I took sleep test one. They said my apnea was so bad that they put me on the machine the first night during the test. ti-trate machine up to 18. but my legs where moving so much from restless legs that they couldn't pin down exactly what I needed. I was oxygen starved at 18. They moved machine to 20 on CPAP. Still oxygen deprieved. ordered another sleep test and knocked me out so they could get a good reading. Now I have a BIPAP 21/18 settings. I was doing great getting eight hours a night and all the sudden I have gone to He"" with this machine. I can't fall asleep, can't sleep with it on. I take it off in the middle of the night without knowing it. I am having a terrible time. The first 3 weeks when I got this new bipap machine I was doing great felt great. now I am struggling with machine. I don't understand why all the sudden I am having so much trouble with it. I have gone through four masks. I have tried nasal and full face. full face makes my checks hurt. Help please!!!
Need Advice on BIPAP
Re: Need Advice on BIPAP
Tau, welcome. Have you been watching your AHI with software, or on your machine's display? What make and model machine do you have?
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Re: Need Advice on BIPAP
I downloaded sleepyhead from jedi last night. I didn't know anything about software until I found this forum yesterday.
I have a Respironics BiPAP machine. I am using a resmed nasal and full face depending on if I can breathe at night well due to allegies.
I have a Respironics BiPAP machine. I am using a resmed nasal and full face depending on if I can breathe at night well due to allegies.
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Re: Need Advice on BIPAP
1st suggestion is to register here and post your machine and mask.... it'll help folk give you tips
I'm on bipap with setting pretty close to yours.... I have a resmed machine, so I really can't help with machine settings.
at 1st glance, my suggestion is to drop the settings a little bit to get accustomed to the new set-up and then raise them after you have become accustomed to the higher pressures.
To stop the removal of the mask, I suggest using painters tape over the connection area of the mask straps. it has stopped a lot of folks from removing their masks in the middle of the night.
Dave
I'm on bipap with setting pretty close to yours.... I have a resmed machine, so I really can't help with machine settings.
at 1st glance, my suggestion is to drop the settings a little bit to get accustomed to the new set-up and then raise them after you have become accustomed to the higher pressures.
To stop the removal of the mask, I suggest using painters tape over the connection area of the mask straps. it has stopped a lot of folks from removing their masks in the middle of the night.
Dave
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