There's some data on this device--see site for Excite OSA. It strengthens the tongue and surrounding area enough to reduce snoring and apneas for most people in the trials by a significant amount. I'm going to try it, with the hope that it might help with the persistent tongue blockage that a DISE s...

Thank you for your thoughts, Miss Emerita! I continue to have better results (fewer awakenings) with lowered "flex" (the Respironics Dreamstation bilevel machine's name for its added pressure relief beyond what happens with, say, 8/12 pressures). It may be that the added flex feature isn't needed on...

Hi, Miss Emerita, and thanks so much for your reply and thoughts. I will answer your questions and share some info./another question. I was prescribed bilevel because I was having so little relief in terms of exhaustion from CPAP, despite a low AHI and near-perfect "compliance" (I hate the use of th...

No worries, guess I won't be getting any other responses but will try again when I am able to focus better and ask one specific thing (after making sure it hasn't been answered in the archive).

Hi, zonkers, thank you for patiently reviewing all that! I had already read Pugsy's guidance on how to show the data, and I believe I did what is asked for with the posts just prior to yours.

This was an unusually high leak-rate night. A few nights earlier I had lowered my pressure to 7.5/10.5 from 9/12.

Hi, here is the screenshot per instructions for Oscar. Pugsy, thanks so much for your reply. I take various medications for a little while at a time but nothing regularly. Have used trazadone, gabapentin, etcetera. They do help me stay asleep but they either stop working at a dose I can tolerate or ...

Okay, thank you for letting me know, Julie. I will do that.

Here is an example of some disordered breathing from last night.

Dear friends in apnea, I have made many adjustments to my Dreamstation bilevel machine and gotten my AHI to well below 1 most nights. It's been that way for nearly two years. I've been using a machine faithfully for about five years. I've troubleshooted a lot and gotten improvements. But while thing...

Oh, and because my iron is at the low end of normal, at my doc's suggestion, I've just started taking iron. Low iron is linked to RLS, though higher iron may or may not help resolve it, per a variety of studies using different forms of iron and so on (not much uniformity). I do have more energy. My ...

I've been taking gabapentin for about two months for PLMD, due to tremendous fatigue despite good bi-pap results. Had 38 arousals per hour from PLMD showing up in a sleep study. At first, I took 150 mg. It helped so much--slept through the night and felt more rested (not well rested, but better at l...

Thanks very much again, palerider. I understand. My AHI went much, much higher in my two nights so far without the flex feature--weird. Usually it's around 1. Was 6 the first night, over 12 the next. I get that some folks don't do well with flex--I always have. The flex feature seems now to be malfu...

Thank you very much, Pugsy. I appreciate your advice about the replacement situation. From my previous experience, I agree with your point that the 50 percent of the inflated insurance price won't be much more than the full price on an online site. Also, yes, will look into used. Maybe this is a tim...

Hey, thank you so much! I can live with this! I wonder if you might mind explaining why this worked--I thought that without A-Flex, there'd be no exhalation relief. Is it correct that what I have now is CPAP (a steady pressure), but with some exhalation relief? Thanks again, palerider. This will get...