The ineffectiveness of CPAP coupled with rampant aerophagia and depression makes me want to hang myself. I've managed to get past most of the roadblocks so far (blocked noses, drooling and mask leaks) but the only thing stopping CPAP from being effective now is the aerophagia. I get it even at very ...

http://i.imgur.com/rY3j5HY.png Heres the graph for last night. Some things I can point out with my rudimentry knowledge: pressure seems to be hitting the ceiling so I need to raise the max again. Leak rate seems to spike several times a night. I believe the cause of this, if I'm not mistaken, was w...

Thanks for all the advice. @Pugsy, I'm on CPAP the whole 9-10 hours. I take antidepressants (escilatopram). Ever since I switch to the medium mask, i've been getting negligible leakage and nose block problems. Its a full face mask. I will post some graphs in the morning (its night here in australia)...

Julie wrote:Sleeping longer - 10 hrs - is not an improvement. Take the advice given and raise your pressure.

Forgot to mention that I raised the maximum pressure to 12.

We appreciate you here pugsy. Don't you worry about those people.

Some updates. I switched to a medium mask and it seems to have greatly reduced the blocked nose problem. Small mask definitely too small. Still getting aerophagia. Sleeping longer now. 10 hours a night on the machine. I'm conscious of less arousals now. Usually seems to be when saliva or humid conde...

Might be interesting to see the flow limitation graph. Can you include it and maybe omit the mask pressure graph? Don't really need 2 pressure graphs. I am betting that is what is maxing the pressure out at 9.2. They may or may not be a factor in your not feeling the good numbers. Are you waking of...

I am curious as to why your high pressure setting is so low...so close to your low setting. There's no need for that at all - the low one is the meaningful pressure that determines how well you're doing and you could set the high one at e.g. 15, instead of capping it so low - that won't affect aero...

I would get the setup manual from http://www.apneaboard.com/adjust-cpap-pressure/change-cpap-pressure-settings-adjusting-your-machine-with-a-clinician-setup-manual you are hitting the maximum ceiling of pressure at 9.2, I would raise that to give the machine room to move, I would raise the max to 1...

Here is the CPAP data for last night, which I feel is a fairly representative night. Not sure how to interpret it.

Hi, I'm new to the CPAP thing. I've been using my machine for 3 weeks. Usually I use my machine about 7 hours and have an AHI below 5. But when I wake up, I feel very tired. I take off my mask and have a nap without the mask for another few hours. My pressure is set between 8 and 9 cmh2o. Am I doing...

Sometimes I seem to stop breathing or shallow breathe when I'm awake. Usually when I'm tired.