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by Nom
Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:42 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flow Rate Flat Spots
Replies: 5
Views: 1459

Re: Flow Rate Flat Spots

Sure, here's all the various graphs around the time http://i.imgur.com/oON4stF.png http://i.imgur.com/86UZfLm.png http://i.imgur.com/hlbd28y.png http://i.imgur.com/0WIIUQo.png http://i.imgur.com/I9RF4jd.png http://i.imgur.com/EwK5Lc6.png I'm finally starting to feel sleepy again, and I've bumped up ...
by Nom
Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flow Rate Flat Spots
Replies: 5
Views: 1459

Re: Flow Rate Flat Spots

Just had another episode and properly woke up with a minor headache and unable to doze off again. There's definitely something not working right, so I'm going to find somewhere to look into the problem first thing in the morning. Here's another graph of the event right before I woke up that I pulled...
by Nom
Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flow Rate Flat Spots
Replies: 5
Views: 1459

Re: Flow Rate Flat Spots

It hasn't been talked about, no. After looking that up on Wikipedia, it does very much look like the situation. Looking at the data for the rest of the night, there are several periods where the breathing follows the pattern shown in that original graph, and the CPAP isn't responding to it by increa...
by Nom
Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI Way Too High - Pressure Help!
Replies: 22
Views: 7727

Re: AHI Way Too High - Pressure Help!

An AHI > 12 is considered mild sleep apnea. There's no question you've got it, especially if that's the number you're getting *with* a CPAP machine. I would definitely be turning the pressure up to see if that helps. There's no magic number, unfortunately, so you really have to turn it up until you ...
by Nom
Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flow Rate Flat Spots
Replies: 5
Views: 1459

Flow Rate Flat Spots

Hi Guys, I've been using CPAP for a while now (couple of years) and have 100% compliance. I can't sleep without it, but I've never felt like it's worked as well as it could. I still wake frequently (3-4 times a night), and while I'm not as tired as I was before CPAP, and don't need bathroom visits, ...