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by floki_cpap
Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:48 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions
Replies: 14
Views: 3219

Re: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions

Miss Emerita wrote:
Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:17 am
Floki, I'd suggest leaving your settings alone and really focusing on the advice you're getting from robysue.
Hello Miss Emerita,

Understood.

If I remember correctly, I started with an APAP setting of 8 to 15.
There were a few modifications until we settled on 12.
by floki_cpap
Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:25 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions
Replies: 14
Views: 3219

Re: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions

Hello, This is from this current night. https://imgur.com/jg9rvnp.jpg I decided to do do what robysue1 suggested about only sleeping with a mask and avoiding the no mask choppy sleep. I cant remember the exact time when I had my first awakening this night. After using the restroom and going back to ...
by floki_cpap
Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions
Replies: 14
Views: 3219

Re: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions

Hello robysue1, Thank you for the detailed response. In other words, the problem that I think you need to work on (and solve) is learning how to get back to sleep with the mask on after you wake up about 2-3 hours into the night. I agree. So let's talk about that first awakening: You wake up 2-3 hou...
by floki_cpap
Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions
Replies: 14
Views: 3219

Re: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions

welcome to the zoo! two questions- 1. do you know why you are on fixed pressure? 2. see the event graph marked "pressure"? it's stopped at 12 and won't go any higher. it plainly wants to but is restricted by the setting of 12. it CAN go higher if you set it higher. i think that this is probably the...
by floki_cpap
Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions
Replies: 14
Views: 3219

Re: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions

Hello Julie,

I fixed the images. I forgot to add the .jpg to the imgur link.
Yes I have a and use the built in humidifier that comes with the machine.
by floki_cpap
Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions
Replies: 14
Views: 3219

CPAP – Struggling and needing suggestions

Hello, I have been using CPAP since December 2019 with no noticeable difference. I have periods when I will use it consistently week after week and there are times when I won’t use it and I can not say that I feel “more rested/restored” when I am on CPAP. I have only slept well once in the last few ...