CSA can be a difficult thing to get a grip on.

My doctor once told me, "sometimes we don't always know the why but if we can get your number of events under control we'll take it as a win.".

If you have the desire - do some research on low Vitamin D levels and sleep apnea.

Best of luck...

Seems to me that there is a lot of heavy breathing right after the apnea to get some oxygen and then the breathing tapers down to next to nothing....resulting in another apnea.

I'd like to see what the flow direction is of the first large breath after the apnea....is it an inhale or exhale?

MinEPAP: 8 MaxEPAP: 10 MinPS: 0 MaxPS: 0 MaxPress: 10 These settings (assuming the new PR1 has them) might get you close to what you're looking for, at least until you can fix and/or replace your APAP. Try it during the day or weekend and see how it goes....keep your old machine handy in case this d...

Jedimark,

Is your AHI still low?

Have you noticed any changes on how you feel during the day?

It will take a while but you'll actually start to realize that you're sleeping better than you've ever remembered. For me the afternoon nap cravings stopped first followed by the absence of morning headaches. Then I experienced a few nights where I couldn't remember dreaming and now I'm having pleas...

Stormynights wrote:Thank you for the reply but I don't know how to look at that in ReScan and I am not sure about Sleepy head with my machine but it looks suspicious but I am just not sure.

I'm not familiar with ReScan....maybe Pugsy?

I guess the flow data would look something like this.....apnea (horizontal line) and then exhale (downward sloping line).

After 2 months on my ResMed S9 AutoPap, Crapria calls me and says "congratulations! Your insurance co decided to buy your machine outright! It's yours!" Accustomed to distrusting them and assuming they never, ever have my needs anywhere in sight, I'm wondering what this is about. I did ask what the...

I don't know exactly how the ASV's work but what I've found is that they tend to take the 'where you're now' pressure and the 'max pressure' and split it up into segments. Look at your first line. The first timed breaths' pressure start out say at 1/3 of the difference then it goes to 2/3 and then u...

chunkyfrog wrote:Aliens got into the leftover Halloween candy, didn't they?

"...and never, ever feed them after midnight..."

Man, you're one determined guy with a lot 'stick to it-ness'. Impressive. I would like to say that I kept on keeping on all those years but that would be a lie. I’ll admit that more often than not I was frustrated and at times down-right angry. There were a few times I thought that I was broken bey...

Respiration rate seems high (much higher than I'm used to seeing on my reports) for a portion of the night - Is that YOUR normal rate?

After 7 titrations, 3 specialists, and 14 years of CPAP, APAP, Bi-PAP and ASV therapy I’ve finally gotten my AHI to an acceptable level. I just wanted to thank everyone that is currently active here as well as all the past members for without the documentation of their experiences I know that I woul...

You might have what is known as Complex Sleep Apnea. The use of CPAP can, in some circumstances, cause Central Sleep Apnea while curing Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Since you're using an Auto setting it makes sense that the pressure setting is accurate (not too high). With a CAI that high I would discus...

You mention centrals, was i actually having centrals here? I don't see the "CA" marker.. Well yes and no. You were having something because you weren't breathing. I'm assuming it was central in nature because of how much flow the machine was able to generate during the timed breath. The CA marker d...