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by DoktorSpengler
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP ASV - Frustration
Replies: 1
Views: 736

CPAP ASV - Frustration

Hello All, I have no idea why I can't use CPAP ASV now. I am consistently waking up after less than 2.5 hours, feel very awake. Mask is pushing too much air / it feels wrong. Take the mask off and restart, but the process repeats within 2.5 hours. Sleep is unrefreshing. Here is OSCAR data from last ...
by DoktorSpengler
Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ASV - Low Quality Sleep Due to Overbreathing
Replies: 7
Views: 3387

Re: ASV - Low Quality Sleep Due to Overbreathing

>So....increase that max PS so the machine can do its job more effectively.., last night I changed settings to: Min EPAP: 6 Max EPAP: 9 Min PS: .4 Max PS: 9 The biggest change was Max PS. I left Min PS fixed because my central apneas don't kick in until late in the night, so I don't always want PS t...
by DoktorSpengler
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ASV - Low Quality Sleep Due to Overbreathing
Replies: 7
Views: 3387

Re: ASV - Low Quality Sleep Due to Overbreathing

Hello, Thanks for that. I had no idea that the machine is calibrating each time you start using it. When you say: PS of .4 is not enough to help with central apneas. Well,that is probably why I didn't sleep well last night. I specifically lowered the PS trying to reduce the pressure differential bet...
by DoktorSpengler
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ASV - Low Quality Sleep Due to Overbreathing
Replies: 7
Views: 3387

ASV - Low Quality Sleep Due to Overbreathing

I am getting low-quality sleep on my ASV. One of my problems is that I find it hard to fall asleep. The machine forces too much breathing (too deep and too frequent). This causes physiological arousal because inhalation is stimulating. So, I lowered my EPAP and PS Min EPAP: 5.6 Max EPAP: 7.4 Min PS:...
by DoktorSpengler
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP Therapy Became Intolerable
Replies: 5
Views: 2871

Re: CPAP Therapy Became Intolerable

Hi, Thanks Emerita

Is this better? https://imgur.com/a/FZQUsW5

Snores are virtually nonexistent on all days.
by DoktorSpengler
Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP Therapy Became Intolerable
Replies: 5
Views: 2871

CPAP Therapy Became Intolerable

Hello, I thought I was adjusting to my CPAP after 6 months, but after a couple weeks I regressed again. For a period of time when it was working well, I seemed to have found a relaxing breathing pattern which felt like: 1.) CPAP pushes in a deep breath 2.) I exhale more gently than normal and do not...
by DoktorSpengler
Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My CPAP therapy crashed
Replies: 4
Views: 2252

Re: My CPAP therapy crashed

Hello Emerita and all others, Here is some CPAP from recent "Bad Sleep" and some CPAP data from last month "Better Sleep." Please let me know if you would like more data - I just screen snipped a few data feeds that looked interesting. (edit: it will not allow me to upload the images saying that my ...
by DoktorSpengler
Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My CPAP therapy crashed
Replies: 4
Views: 2252

My CPAP therapy crashed

Hello, I have been struggling to adapt to CPAP for over a year. It often feels like my nose is 'stuffy' on CPAP and I can't relax. I was just examined by an ENT surgeon. He put a camera-rod up my nose and said the air space is great. I had surgery for a deviated septum in 2016. So, my nose is NOT re...
by DoktorSpengler
Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Heart Problems
Replies: 6
Views: 4606

Re: Heart Problems

Hello, I have no known heart problem. In fact, I've had multiple EKG, echocardiogram checkouts and nothing. The problem is that my heart feels like it skips a beat. There is a fluttering or falling sensation in the chest. This is followed by a feeling like I may black out. Other times, my chest just...
by DoktorSpengler
Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Heart Problems
Replies: 6
Views: 4606

Heart Problems

Hello, My CPAP data for last night doesn't look that bad, but my heart feels like I didn't sleep at all last night. I had gotten up to 6+ hours a night on CPAP in November, but now I'm really backsliding and feeling worse in general. Does anyone see anything actionable in the data? EDIT: it won't le...