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by tomcatsf
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP
Replies: 19
Views: 4032

Re: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP

I'm getting conflicting information on the pressure setting in this forum which is confusing me. One person says 4 is intolerably high another says I need to go much higher than that. They experimented with all of that in my second sleep test. The machine was set at the prescribed setting when it ar...
by tomcatsf
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP
Replies: 19
Views: 4032

Re: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP

It is, I believe the lowest pressure possible. So probably something around two.
by tomcatsf
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP
Replies: 19
Views: 4032

Re: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP

When I had the very uncomfortable last sleep test they pushed the pressure to 4 and I found it intolerable. I believe the machine adjusts automatically when I stop breathing and returns to normal when I start breathing again. Again a lot of this information isn't being communicated to me and I am ne...
by tomcatsf
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP
Replies: 19
Views: 4032

Re: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP

I added the equipment information into the additional information line as suggested. Hope you can read it?
by tomcatsf
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP
Replies: 19
Views: 4032

Re: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP

Well I'm not sure why my machine information isn't showing. It is a Remstar Auto, DOM with a ref number 560P.. I don't find that exact match in the machine selection drop down so I chose the first one. Hope that helps. My machine is still set on the lowest setting even after the results of my second...
by tomcatsf
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP
Replies: 19
Views: 4032

Re: My sleep has not improved despite CPAP

I made my first posting before registering, sorry. In answer to a couple of questions posted to my posting, I believe I have filled in the equipment and face mask information now. The software I don't have a clue. Its a Phillips machine, supplied by Apria in California. I take xanax primarily for sl...