The graph below is from last night. My machine is set in auto mode from 10 to 13. http://home.comcast.net/~spkant/autoset0923.png The peak pressure occurs just before the 24 second apnea event (4th from the left). As you can see, the pressure declined from there, yet the event activity continued. I...

Your thinking is right in terms of the machine being designed to get rid of events, but if you have major leaks, for instance, you will have events that the machine cannot necessarily catch up with. How do your leak rates look? Good point. My leak rate was 0.00 throughout the whole night, and is ve...

The graph below is from last night. My machine is set in auto mode from 10 to 13. http://home.comcast.net/~spkant/autoset0923.png The peak pressure occurs just before the 24 second apnea event (4th from the left). As you can see, the pressure declined from there, yet the event activity continued. It...

I'm not completely certain about this, but I seem to remember reading that the daily data available on the display is not available after 12:00 PM. The data is still stored in the machine and available via the smart card (which you will need a reader and software for), but not on the display. //Scott

...... Having seen that in Rescan I narrowed the range until ultimately I wound up in the 9.8 to 10.4 range, and set the machine into cpap mode at 10.2 From what I understand at this point, if you can get some relief from aerophagia, you could set a pressure range of 10.2 min and say 13 max. Then w...

....... When it drops below 8 my stats get worse, when it goes above 10.6 I can't tolerate it. ...... Scott, Well the first part is easy; just set the minimum pressure to 8 cm. I would do that as a first step. Also, #2 - Have you determined whether you have positional sleep apnea? See http://www.cp...

....... When it drops below 8 my stats get worse, when it goes above 10.6 I can't tolerate it. ...... Scott, Well the first part is easy; just set the minimum pressure to 8 cm. I would do that as a first step. Also, #2 - Have you determined whether you have positional sleep apnea? See http://www.cp...

skantner : after the surgery , were you on any kind of Steroid or antiinflammatory medication to remove edema ? steroid/antiinflammatory can also remove edema of respiratory passages which might be a contributing factor in apnea- if not, it would be interesting for me to know what kind of medicatio...

Hi Skantner A few possibilities for you to consider - 1. Is it time for another sleep study 2. Have you talked to your sleep doctor 3. Any chance of trying out an auto machine 4. An oximeter would give you more data to work on 5. An AHi of over 10 seems to be too high to me. Somehow you have to get...

mdintx wrote:Have you tried sleeping in the "Falcon" position? That might allow you to bump up your pressure w/o experiencing aerophagia.

I haven't. Actually I didn't even know about it. I'll search the forum for details.

//Scott

I've been using cpap since about '98 or so, and despite a never-ending saga of working with the sleep doctor and his staff, numerous PSG's, ongoing mask, equipment, and pressure changes, I continue to feel worse. I am now getting scared. The only times in the last 11 years I have actually started to...

I have severe allergies and sinusitus. I had serious trouble with ear fullness,jaw pain and my nose closing. I have been useing a steroid nasal spray which helps a lot but I still have days when I am light headed and ears feel full and pop a lot. It is better though. I have trouble with finding a g...

I am guessing CPAP therapy isn't effective if I am breathing through my mouth, right? Right. I have chronic nasal congestion due to the infamous dust mite/mold allergy where the experts basically say "Good luck with that", and that turned me into a mouth breather. If you're using a nasal mask and y...

Just for reference's sake:


The numbers indicate the duration of the apnea event in seconds.

I have same physiological issues you do...deviated septum, nasal congestion, can't hack the nasal pillows and can't use a nasal mask due to congestion and/or panic attacks. You need to be patient. There is no microwave "done in a minute" solution to OSA or even finding the right mask for that matter...