I went to my sleep doctor a few days ago because I was having really hard time with my BIPAP. Their suggestion was to lower IPAP to 15 and EPAP to 9 (15/9) or 17/9. I have tried both as well as recently 16 and 8 and these settings seems way worse. Someone here suggested a higher IPAP of 20, would ev...

I think Philips Respironics reports total leak, so anything under 60 is good I believe. Maybe you don't have a leak problem - I'm not sure why sleepyhead says you have large leaks - maybe in the settings the threshold needs to be changed. It looks like again, the majority of your AHI is comprised o...

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Your backup rate of 16bpm is rather high for most people. It could be causing asyncrhony where you're trying to take spontaneous breaths but the machine is constantly cutting in because you're breathing spontaneously below 16bpm. What is your spontaneous breathing rate on the machine (lying down wi...

Your backup rate of 16bpm is rather high for most people. It could be causing asyncrhony where you're trying to take spontaneous breaths but the machine is constantly cutting in because you're breathing spontaneously below 16bpm. What is your spontaneous breathing rate on the machine (lying down wi...

I also wonder if maybe a lower EPAP would help me, I believe because of narcotics that my breathing gets very shallow, could it be there is too much pressure to exhale?

Actually that text you posted may have helped me, I have my rise time set at 3, I was under the impression that rise time was just a comfort thing... I dont think that it is my problem but it is something I will test out tonight though I am contimplatiung just sleeping without the bipap until my app...

squid13 wrote:If I'm correct what he has is a ventilator, ASV machine.

It says BIPAP S/T on it

I read through this but my machine doesn't give the same Ti MAX or Ti MIN, but it was insightful. Thanks. Did you not write down the previous settings before you started changing things? Anyway, here is some text from an older VPAP manual, but may be helpful to you. Den . VPAP assists spontaneous br...

LSAT wrote:Please go to the control panel and fill in your equipment....Machine and mask.

I edited my equipment and I have added a screenshot of last nights graph, though I only slept for 3 hours with the mask on.

I am having a huge issue, where it feels like my mask is making things worse. I do have a appointment with the sleep center that originally gave me the settings but all I remember them giving to the VA to give to me was 18 IPAP and 8 EPAP and 16 BPM backup rate. I have messed with my settings A TON ...

Greetings, Fellow suffering peeps. I am having a big problem, I have a bipap that I currently have set at 16IPAP / 10 EPAP / 12BPM / 1.5 TI and I am getting a TON of hypopneas. Last night I had a 16 for AHI, this is the pressure they sent me home with over a year ago. Unfortunately, due to family is...