I appreciate you taking to the time to reply to all my questions. This thread has been very helpful for me to have a better understanding what is happening and why.

Excuse my ignorance with the next question. Is it better or worse to have most of your events be arousal events? If you are actually awake how am I still not breathing? If they are arousal events do I even need the APAP machine? I feel like I am in school again. So much to learn! I have had poor sle...

Thank you for that clarification and the examples. I was confused and now I see what you are talking about with the actually asleep versus not fully awake/awake.

Pugsy: You spoke about learning to spot an arousal in the flow limitation chart. I do not I know how to see those spots on the chart. Can you help me to understand what that looks like? This is last night’s data: https://sleephq.com/public/25e0b5de-8a80-47f2-bc4f-88489997585c Subjective report: I re...

Pugsy: Thank you for the EPR explanation. It makes sense now. I will leave it at 2 for now because I understand what you mean about only changing one thing at a time and needing more than one night of data to decide if the change was helpful. It is clear that the change of low pressure to 12 helped ...

Pugsy: I forgot that you asked for a subjective report in addition to the link to the data. I remember waking up about 3-3:30am and went to the bathroom. Then around 4:30-5:30am I was in and out of sleep. I kept feeling the ear pressure and a few times I felt the mask leak on my cheek. When I got of...

Pugsy: Based on my link to last nights charts how would you change my pressure settings?

Vandownbytheriver: Thank you for your thoughts. When I was on my side around 4:30-5:30am I heard the mask leaking out of the side of my mouth. Maybe the machine didn’t pick it up. I am trying to learn how to hang my face over the edge of the pillow. When you say “ Just set 11-13 EPR 1 or 12-13 EPR 2...

Vandownbytheriver: Thank you for your thoughts. I don’t think the insurance will change my machine yet as I have only had it for about 5 weeks. I can’t even see the actual sleep neurologist until January 2025. The medical equipment supplier refuse to change the settings without a new prescription (I...

Thank you so much for your additional insight. I will adjust both levels tonight and see how it goes.

I seem to have posted twice when I tried to edit. Sorry! I am not sure how to delete.‍♀️

Update: I changed the lower pressure to 10 instead of 8. I left the high pressure at 16. I used this new setting for two nights and both were almost identical. Apnea events lowered to 6. Still hoping to get below 5 events per hour and ultimate closer to zero. I tried to make an effort to sleep on my...

Thanks again for all the help. It makes a lot of sense. Fingers crossed it works for me too.

Thank you so much for your knowledge able insight. I certainly feel better (less daytime fatigue and less headaches) than before I started using the machine but I still feel tired upon waking. I was having frequent night time urination (2-4 times a night) and that has improved greatly. I am waking u...

I am normally an active sleeper going from left to right side when I awake but according to the sleep study I end up on my back too. I really appreciate the help. I am not able to see the actual sleep medicine neurologist until late January 2025. There are no appointments at any location. My primary...