Hi All, It's been a while since I've been here. I have CA and have Respironics System One 60 series BiPAP autoSV Advanced. It's been 5 years since being diagnosed. I never really got used to wearing it. I get frustrated and give it up only to try again because I feel like crap. I want to try again t...

Welcome to the world of CPAP. I've been using the same mask for about 2 weeks. What worked for "me", is that I needed a liner but only for the mouth area.(Which I made myself) I also switched headgear. I use the headgear from the Hans Rudolph 7600 V2 Full Face because it seems less stretchy than the...

Mark,     As a person with limited means, I rely on the intelligence , hard work and generosity of people like you. I am happy you decided to keep SleepyHead the same. There are a lot of us who are up to are neck in medical costs after being diagnosed with sleep apnea and what not. Only to be given ...

littlerainjacket, Have you tried a mask liner like RemZzz's? I went through 3 nasals and 3 FFM until I tried one of those liners. That took care of the leaking. I did have to modify the liner by cutting a piece out that contacts between my lower lip and chin to resolve leaking in that area. It's som...

Isn't it amazing the invitations that we XPAPer's come up with. I got the headgear switch idea from a poster on this forum. I think I'll try the cervical collar but I've been having a little trouble with air in my stomach because of the high pressures. Will the collar make it worse?

I also have had a terrible time finding a mask because of high pressures. I've tried some of the ones you have but I have the problem of my mouth dropping open when I fall asleep. I've tried chin straps and they don't work. I had some success with the F&P Simplus. The RT that I work with has been to...

I'm new and have a question for sleepgrumpy. You wrote:

sleepygrumpy wrote:When I had an issue with a machine or two, I called the FDA to ask what they know.

What was the issue you had that you could not call the manufacture that made the machine and ask them? or maybe your DME provider?

First off, well done Mark, I appreciated all the hard work your doing do help others of us with Sleep Disordered Breathing. I've been really enjoying exploring SleepyHead 0.9.8.1 test version. One very minor thing I noticed, for those of us that use the PRS1 960 ASV machine, where you have the list ...

Just one thing, I "just" finished taking a good look at the events my machine marked as events using both SleepyHead and Encore and it was WAY off. More than 60% of the CA's (clear airways) were not CA's and it was even worse with the hypoapnea's. It was very obvious when you zoom into the flow rate...

I just had to show someone. I'll probably get busted by my sleep doc when I go for my next follow up. With luck, he won't look at these days. All I changed was my backup rate from 12 to auto. Guess it didn't work to well did it??? Hee Hee Oh well, it's back to 12.

Hello All, Check these out. This is what you get when you play around with your settings when you've only got less than a month of treatment under your belt. Wow!!! http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag449/Snowleopard28/SleepyHead/screenshot-20140817-155929_zps98e77360.png [/url] http://i1375.photo...

sawinglogz wrote: 1) You're set to a fixed breathing rate. You should ask about setting that to Auto. If it's trying to make you breathe too quickly, your body is going to fight it since it doesn't want to hyperventilate. Auto will adapt to you to some extent, but I don't think it'll go to zero. Th...

Kiralynx wrote: When I got my ASV, within ten days of settling in with the machine, I was sleeping through the night without hip pain. Wow, that's great! I wish I could have similar results. Pugsy wrote Nothing would make me happier to be proven wrong in this situation but not everyone has their pa...

Thanks a lot Pugsy, I'll try to get in to see my doc next week. Who knows, maybe this "Cadillac", as my sleep doctor called it, will figure me out this weekend. [WHITE SMILING FACE]

I haven't played with the Pro to much yet. You were right about it being a pain. I found the hours use. I quess what I was trying to say was, there's no summary of the fragmented sleep hours. It's not a big deal but my sleep is just what you see. I sleep for a short time, then I'm awake for a while,...