Ghost754 wrote: im currently running at 7-12, what whould you think a good single pressure would be ?
It's really hard to pull out a number based on 1 report. If it wasn't for that one brief pressure increase that you see then I would think 7.5 or 8.0 would probably be a good starting point but something changed during that time frame to cause a need for more pressure. We don't know what it was...like was it REM sleep (time frame would support it) or were you on your back that time. If you choose a lower number and whatever happened to cause the pressure increase to happen then happens again then it's possible for that period of time the therapy would be sub optimal...now would that be a major problem? unknown.
Your AHI pre cpap was only 7...so not all that horrible in numerical terms.
Makes me wonder if there is some sort of UARS component maybe also be a factor in your situation. Google Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome to see what I am talking about.
Now, I don't know that is what might be going on here but there's the possibility that it might.
CPAP therapy is still the treatment of choice if there is some UARS going on here.
I think I might try 9 cm if I were in your shoes based on what you have said so far. It's a little big bigger of an increase than I would usually consider as I usually like to go up in smaller increments but that one time where you need more pressure is likely to happen again and 9 cm would probably have a better chance of preventing whatever was going on at that time than 8 cm would.
Also you need to evaluate (besides meds and general health)...
How many wake ups during the night are you having? That's critical to sleep quality.
There's a big long list of stuff that can affect sleep quality and/or how we feel during the day...just have to start digging for potential culprits.
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