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by robysue1
Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Aerophagia and bievel machine
Replies: 80
Views: 16183

Re: Aerophagia and bievel machine

Since you had no aerophagia, I'd say increase the min EPAP by .2cm tonight. copy that. As for Max IPAP: What does the machine's LCD say the 95% IPAP was? If it was less than 15, I'd leave Max IPAP alone for the night. where would i find that on the machine? in the sleep report? Yep. The number for ...
by robysue1
Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New update. Still not great. :( Added OSCAR
Replies: 50
Views: 11140

Re: New update. Still not great. :(

I also have a Fitbit. Thoughts? Does it tell us anything? My heart rate is rarely below resting and it's measures of REM and deep sleep say I'm getting zilch. All of which seems pretty accurate. Tbh. Sadly I had hoped the lower events shown on the resmed11 would correlate with a better looking Fitb...
by robysue1
Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Aerophagia and bievel machine
Replies: 80
Views: 16183

Re: Aerophagia and bievel machine

was hoping to see what made up the ahi, but i'm fairly confident that is all obstructive apnea. here are my current aerophagia free settings- ... so, team, what is my course for tonight? do i raise my ipap by .2? my epap by .2? or something else altogether? Since you had no aerophagia, I'd say incr...
by robysue1
Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hypopena Question
Replies: 4
Views: 1282

Re: Hypopena Question

Statistically, there is no significant difference between the data for Thursday: Thursday 4/27 Usage - 5.46 AHI - 1.2 Central - 2 Obstructive - 0 Hypopena - 5 and the data for Wednesday: Wednesday 4/26 Usage - 6.10 AHI - 1.3 Central - 1 Obstructive - 0 Hypopena - 7 Two additional hypopnenas (and one...
by robysue1
Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Still fighting with sleep and CPAP after many years
Replies: 23
Views: 4566

Re: Still fighting with sleep and CPAP after many years

About my sleep I know I fight against insomnia and OSA. And there is a lot of junk sleep of course during 8h of this recording. And I went to bathroom two times I think. But in fact it was not a bad night and today I did not feel exhausted, just a bit tired but bearable. If this is "not a bad night...
by robysue1
Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Still fighting with sleep and CPAP after many years
Replies: 23
Views: 4566

Re: Still fighting with sleep and CPAP after many years

I set min pressure at 8.6 tonight, we'll see if it helps. Going to 8.6 from 8.4 is not going to help anything. No it's not going to fix the flow limitations, but it's also not going to break anything. Not everyone can handle a big jump in pressure, and otterley's sleep is already fragile. Moreover,...
by robysue1
Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Still fighting with sleep and CPAP after many years
Replies: 23
Views: 4566

Re: Still fighting with sleep and CPAP after many years

Reminder : french man 52 years old, no risk factor but anxiety disorder, diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea (AHI 27) few years ago, on CPAP machine for about 3 years. Whatever I tried with CPAP machines until now, I feel exhausted (and depressed) minimum 50% of times. ... So last week I made a reb...
by robysue1
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Stuffy Nose Issues
Replies: 3
Views: 1259

Re: Stuffy Nose Issues

Starlette, How rapid was the onset of the severely stuffed up nose? You need to first try to figure out the cause. Is it just a super bad head cold or some other upper respiratory illness? If there's any chance you might have covid or the flu, it's worth getting tested for those; they can both cause...
by robysue1
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My second try with a CPAP
Replies: 11
Views: 2713

Re: My second try with a CPAP

Answering a few questions: My machine is currently being rented. After two months my insurance will buy the machine if my results are acceptable to them. Chances are the only thing your insurance really cares about is usage . They don't want to pay for a machine that you do not use. When the techni...
by robysue1
Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)
Replies: 21
Views: 2843

Re: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)

Please folks....I just banned the potty mouth piece of crap since he/she is posting this shit in multiple threads. Let it go...don't respond to it. Ignore and move on. Not worth it at all. Thanks. Let's hope that tempuser(OP on this thread) is not put off the potty mouth you banned and gets the hel...
by robysue1
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)
Replies: 21
Views: 2843

Re: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)

Now that I learn a little bit about arousals, could it be that salivia buildup with MAD be causing arousals during sleep? Could be. Or maybe not. I have been sleeping with a TMJ guard for close 35 years and I drooled before using it, I drool with it, and I drool on the occasional nights that I forg...
by robysue1
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)
Replies: 21
Views: 2843

Re: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)

And yes, I am worrying and stressing about the quality of my sleep and sleep apnea in general too much because it's been wrecking my life for years and the stress cumilatively added-up so much that I can't stop thinking about fixing it or thinking about it many times during daytime. The problem wit...
by robysue1
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)
Replies: 21
Views: 2843

Re: can't find my fixed pressure, varied results (positional?)

After watching lankylefty27's videos, I find myself here. I have had set my machine to 4-20 too long. had incredible painful aerophagia when I could sleep for even 1-2 hours with it. Got myself a mandibular advancement device, it reduced snoring but that's about it regarding daytime sleepiness. any...
by robysue1
Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Suvorexant (Belsomra) - "Sleeping Pill" - Stops Alzheimer's
Replies: 17
Views: 2075

Re: Suvorexant (Belsomra) - "Sleeping Pill" - Stops Alzheimer's

I haven't the foggiest idea of how they would measure that in a live human being From the article: ----------------> Researchers withdrew a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid via spinal tap every two hours for 36 hours, starting one hour before the sleeping aid or placebo was administered, to meas...
by robysue1
Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Suvorexant (Belsomra) - "Sleeping Pill" - Stops Alzheimer's
Replies: 17
Views: 2075

Re: Suvorexant (Belsomra) - "Sleeping Pill" - Stops Alzheimer's

I just read some studies of Suvorexant and wrote to my doctor asking whether I could try it. Be sure to check your insurance policy. Mine requires preapproval. And for self-pay, the GoodRx coupons are high cost. The cheapest price I see is $376 for 30 x 10 mg. Yep. Insurance companies can put restr...