I just discovered exhalation relief / A-Flex last week because of this forum. I wasn't able to average more than 3 hours a night on the machine without it. With A-Flex turned on (System One), I'm able to get a full night's sleep on the CPAP. Huge improvement for me. None of the techs at the clinic s...

If you start running out of days to get your compliance requirement met.....you can always use the machine while watching TV or reading. It doesn't know if you are asleep or not and those hours will count in the usage department. Hopefully you won't need to do that if that little change to AFlex he...

The cpap tech at my sleep clinic just recommended I come out and take a look at the Amara View mask because of the difficulties I've been having with the Simplus FFM. She said that only two people had done sleep studies with it, but they both loved it.

how can I uninstall Sleepy Head Broken GL from Win 8.1? Mine is corrupted so I need to replace it From what I could see, SleepyHead doesn't "Install" at all. It runs the executable directly so there are no start menu items, shortcuts, or registry keys anywhere. Therefore you uninstall it by deletin...

Insurance companies rarely even know what settings are being used or even if they are effective or not. They only care about hours of use so they aren't paying for something that you aren't using. They won't know that you changed anything and if they did they wouldn't care. Now they will probably c...

Are there any reports of health insurance companies refusing coverage for changing machine settings?

Why maxed? Do you live in an arid climate? If not, you probably have it set too high contributing to congestion and your feeling of being too hot. What climate do you live in and what are your bedroom conditions (temperature & humidity)? What is your bedroom temperature? Does it make sense to turn ...

Wow! Just tried the A-Flex. This is huge. Makes everything MUCH easier. Used the nasal pillows mask. I think this might work! Pugsy- are you sure that with 3.06 software, it still needs 6cm to engage A-Flex? It really seemed like it was working at 4cm to me. I did switch it to 6cm min also. Big impr...

Are you using AFlex or CFLex exhale relief? If not...try it...but remember AFlex needs to be set to at least 6 cm for it to engage at all. Starting out at 4 cm and trying to get the benefit of the Flex exhale relief doesn't work. I went to the provider menu and set Aflex to be on. It is default at ...

Have you experimented with Exhalation Pressure Relief yet to see if it helps you? Your machine has EPR settings of off, 1, 2, or 3. Please fill in the equipment section of your profile to display your equipment in all your posts. It has C-Flex and A-Flex settings in the software. I guess from pugsy...

What size P10 nasal pillow did you try last night? If at all possible go up in size and try it again and also change the minimum pressure from 4 to 6 and see if it helps or not. Use it while awake and sitting up watching TV or reading for about 30 minutes and then lay down and try it. And what sett...

Newbie here, a month in. The most common complaint about CPAP- I can't get comfortable with the mask. Is it common to be having this much trouble after 4-5 weeks? I average 3 hours a night of mask use. My record is about 5 and a half hours with Z-Quil. I have the FP 431 mask, size medium. The heat a...

Quote: It felt to me as though not enough air was flowing in, which made it pretty uncomfortable to sleep. Many people find this to be the case .... if so you might try a higher min pressure. That stifling feeling with those lower pressures is quite common. While technically we won't/can't suffocat...

That's good thinking Pugsy, but the levels are set at 5min, 20max. Therefore the most likely issue is me, not the machine. I'll try it for 20 or 30 minutes. It felt to me as though not enough air was flowing in, which made it pretty uncomfortable to sleep.

Thank you kaiasgram! I was able to get into the provider menu and see that the unit is in Auto mode.

Is there anything else I can check? Is there any other reason that the unit would apparently stay locked at 5.0, when I saw it adjusting at the clinic, as soon as I put the mask on?