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by Somnos
Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 150 Second Apnea Event
Replies: 6
Views: 26931

Re: 150 Second Apnea Event

Thanks Pugsy. Will keep trying to stay off my back. The graph below is pulled from this article on sleep position in sleep apnea... Length of Individual Apnea Events Is Increased by Supine Position and Modulated by Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sd/2016/9645347/...
by Somnos
Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 150 Second Apnea Event
Replies: 6
Views: 26931

Re: 150 Second Apnea Event

It would be better to see the AHI at the top of the left hand stats than the enormous(!) MyAir stuff (that you shouldn't be bothering with anyhow). So helpful. Thanks! Were you on your back from about 4:20 to 4:50? Your pressure needs weren't sufficient at that time of the night and seemed to be su...
by Somnos
Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 150 Second Apnea Event
Replies: 6
Views: 26931

150 Second Apnea Event

I am now 2 weeks into treatment. Because I was having way too many events (~15 per hour; 37 per hour on initial study) with My AirSense 10 Autoset despite maximal pressures, I returned that device and 3 days ago got an AirCurve VAuto Bi-level, which can produce pressures up to 25 cm H2O. Unfortunate...
by Somnos
Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Questions re Early CPAP Results
Replies: 11
Views: 807

Re: Questions re Early CPAP Results

Sleeping in a recliner helped limit obstructions. Awakened at about 5AM, took mask off to get a drink of water, and must not have re-applied it as well, because had more leaks and more obstructions thereafter. Seeing fewer central apneas, which is reassuring to me. Will be ordering the AirCurve today.
by Somnos
Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:06 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Questions re Early CPAP Results
Replies: 11
Views: 807

Re: Questions re Early CPAP Results

There's a good chance that going to 25 will get the job done. Even the ASV machines only go to 25. Good to know. And no respiratory disease I'm aware of. It'd be worth turning off EPR, that'd be a 3cm pressure boost. I'll do so. For tonight on the recliner, though, I think I'll leave it at 3, so as...
by Somnos
Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Questions re Early CPAP Results
Replies: 11
Views: 807

Re: Questions re Early CPAP Results

I appreciate everyone’s insights. The good news is that I spoke to CPAP.com and they will accept the machine for a full refund as long as it is returned within 30 days. I do not believe, from the way the representative answered the question, that their accepting the return is contingent on me obtain...
by Somnos
Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Questions re Early CPAP Results
Replies: 11
Views: 807

Re: Questions re Early CPAP Results

Thank you Pugsy for your thoughts! The machine link you posted shows that that machine can deliver up to 30 cm H2O of pressure. I do seem to tolerate 20 cm without great difficulty, so hopefully I would be able to tolerate even higher pressures. I will call CPAP.com, where I bought my machine one we...
by Somnos
Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Questions re Early CPAP Results
Replies: 11
Views: 807

Questions re Early CPAP Results

I am a CPAP newbie and have found this website to be helpful and instructive in dealing with my recent diagnosis and initiation of CPAP. By way of background, my wife has been telling me for years that I breathe irregularly at night, although she was not aware of prolonged periods of apnea. It is no...