I_shot_JR, I'm the "insomnia" "expert" Pugsy referred to. I just wanted to quickly touch base since it's a gorgeous day (albeit a bit cool) here in Buffalo and I am going outside to do some badly needed yard work. I will get back to you tonight or tomorrow after I've had a chance to go over what you...

It's worth remembering that any doctor can write the script for a CPAP mask. And you can ask for the script to include unlimited refills. Ask for a hard copy of the script so that you can upload it to on-line sites that require a script to buy a mask. The fact that insurance isn't going to pay does ...

Questions: 1) The rounded tops of my respiration don't look horrible to me. I think my issue is that the inhalation of my respiration for 50%+ of the night pauses (goes horizontal) halfway up for 0.3 to 1 second and then resumes going up. I think this pause, which goes undetected with Resmed's FL m...

Awesome, this is super valuable information. I tend to chill in bed a bit before i actually fall asleep so that's definitely what is shown in that time frame, but I do tend to see high intensity clusters after I've fallen asleep. I'll continue to monitor this before I make any adjustments for now. ...

Hi folks, I recently discovered this site and I've heard the community can be really helpful interpreting CPAP data and dealing with long term sleep issues. I'd love any info anyone can offer as I've been really struggling with insomnia and getting restful sleep for many year. As someone who starte...

Overall, there's already been a massive improvement in my sleep quality, I do wake up a bit tired but I'm falling asleep almost instantly and I feel much more rested. This bodes well. Since you have already seen a massive improvement, you've got the incentive to keep at it. Since starting CPAP I've...

The fatigue lasts throughout the day, converting from sleepiness in the morning to tiredness thereafter; like feeling physically depleted. Eye twitches and dryness are common. Inability to recover from rigorous workouts such as weightlifting, lack of endurance despite prior training and good physic...

How are positive pressure ventilators currently used to handle RERA and Flower Limitation events? 1) CPAPs and APAPs are not ventilators. Whether one considers a bilevel PAP machines like a Resmed VAuto or a PR BiPAP a ventilator or not is a slightly different question, but these bilevels do NOT ha...

'chunkyfrog' The Question is what interface design suits an individual's face. I have tried many. The best for me is Respironics nostrils cushion, latest incarnation is in its Dreamwear design which has air passage tube forming the headgear, one leg down each side of face. The Resmed P30i Nasal pil...

Carol Oliver, First, I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with aerophagia issues. They can make everything seem so much harder because you feel so miserable. You write: I have had trouble with my stomach for years, but notice a difference lately. Let's start there: How have you managed the stomach issue...

robysue1; Why is sleeping on your left side much better for reducing burping than on your right side? Unlike our outsides, our insides are not symmetric. It turns out that the location and the orientation of the valve that closes off the top of the stomach from the esophagus makes it sensitive to w...

Why would you have such a negative outlook and/or assume you'd need to use it forever? I'm not a positive person generally to be honest, so having had it on briefly I don't like it. The problem with being a "not a positive person" is that expecting the worst often leads to self-fulling prophesies. ...

I've been studying my data with Oscar and finding that I have lengthy blocks of time where my breathing is real messed up and where most of my recorded events happen. This is also when most of my numerous wake ups are happening. Other times breathing looks normal. I'm wondering if those blocks of t...

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Wed May 07, 2025 3:43 am

Another use would be analyzing waveforms from "legal" bilevels to show that what would seem to be FL in the Flow Rate waveform is simply engineering the breath by IPAP.

Could you give an image of what you mean by this?

When I am experimenting, I try to change only one parameter at a time. Since I posted that, I have tried changing the ramp setting. I spent several nights with it on Auto, and then last night I turned it off completely. Neither change made any difference. I still wake up about two hours after falli...