I don't know which is the best travel cpap. I have a resmed s9, which is not a travel machine, but I have taken it on many trips. It can fit in my suitcase, and have put it in a checked bag and have also brought it as a carry on. The resmed s9 fits in a small bag. What type of machine do you have?

My 2 cents worth about increasing that minimum pressure..... Thanks Pugsy, amazing post and advice. Very well written and thought out. I decided to leave the min at 4 but I will increase the max. Right now I tried 12 for one night but the machine came just short of reaching the new max. If I see th...

It's simple. You may not have a problem inhaling at 4, but you do have a problem with inadequate therapy as seen on Sleepyhead. The reason for that is the low setting of 4, while theoretically able to adjust to a higher level when called for, in fact cannot do it in time to address many events from...

My minimum pressure was set to 4 and I was advised by certain members and guests in this forum to increase the minimum pressure to 6 or 8. When I asked why I should do this the answer was: 1) At 4 it feels terrible and suffocating (However I personally do not feel suffocated at 4 I feel fine, so thi...

I can breathe at 4cm, it was never a problem I have been at the 4 setting as the min for 10 years. if i can be honest with you i am truly surprised that anyone who has been on cpap for 10 yrs would even want to start out at 4 by now you should be able to start out at your 95% pressure to eliminate ...

I'm afraid I'm one of those people that it happened to. I didn't have sleep apnea until I lost 30 pounds. So you had a sleep study and it showed no sleep apnea. Then you lost 30 pounds and you went for a 2nd sleep study and it showed you had sleep apnea? How long of a period of time was this? Why d...

I can breathe at 4cm, it was never a problem I have been at the 4 setting as the min for 10 years. if i can be honest with you i am truly surprised that anyone who has been on cpap for 10 yrs would even want to start out at 4 by now you should be able to start out at your 95% pressure to eliminate ...

Thanks guest. That is a great idea that I never tried. I will set the machine to the highest pressure I plan to sleep at and check the mask to make sure it doesn't leak. Then I will put it back to the lower settings. I am going to try this tonight. I had always been adjusting the mask at a pressure ...

you can see your pressure rise as your leaks rise fix your leaks first then raise your starting pressure to 6 or even 8 but leave the max at 11 for now until you get the leak line straight That makes sense to me and something I was thinking that when it hit the max on the chart there were also alot...

Raise the max, yes, but it's the low pressure at 4 that matters, so I'd put it at least to 6 for now (few days) and see how it goes. You can put the max to e.g. 15. Thanks Julie. I will raise the Max. Wow all the way up to 15? Seems kind of high but ok I will try it and see what happens. I am wonde...

Do you think I should increase the maximum pressure from 11 to something higher? I see that in last nights sleepyhead report I jumped up to the max at around 2:30-am and stayed at the max for almost a half hour until 2:50 am. Other nights I never reach the max of 11 but other nights I do hit the max...

Have you considered raising the low pressure of 4 to something a bit easier to breathe at (no one seems to be able to manage that) for a few days to experiment how things go (e.g. 6-7)? Most of us do that when prescribed the standard 'default' figs of 4 and 20... and at those levels it's quite harm...

ChicagoGranny wrote:

pumbany wrote:What data elements do you think I should track to see how wieght correlates with my sleep apnea?

What are your machine settings and what is your AHI on a typical night?

Thanks for the feedback.

My machine settings are 4 min and 11 max
My last 4 AHI's were
1) .37
2) .48
3) .38
4) .18

Thanks Julie,

I will track all the stats.

That is a scary thought that you mentioned about some people doing worse after weight loss, hopefully that doesn't happen.

Either way I will be a human guinea pig and see what happens.

I plan to lose weight and see what effect if has on my sleep apnea. What data elements do you think I should track to see how wieght correlates with my sleep apnea? These are the data points I plan to track: 1) Pressure (Median, 95% and Max 2) EPAP 3) AHI Please let me know if you think there are ot...