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by tingull
Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:06 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

So could someone explain why the app says it had a max pressure of 3 above and below where the pressure is set at? I can’t seem to find an answer to that by reading the manual or searching around. Thanks
by tingull
Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

Well that’s how the tech explained it to me. It’s a fixed pressure machine that I set at 7.5 (they set it at 7) and this is what DreamMapper shows:
by tingull
Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

In my machine I have a set pressure, say 7, there's a setting in it that the doctor set where it will go 3cm/h2o below (for exhale) and it can go up to 3cm/h2o if it feels I need it. So my range for each night always says 4-10. I put it up to 9 for two nights and it was a range of 6-12. It's always ...
by tingull
Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

well, just to add a note: I upped the pressure by 1 and the mask blows off my face unless I'm in one particular position: straight, flat on my back. It's probably the mask cushion, and I've ordered a medium-wide to see if that helps. But I'm still in the 9-12 AHI and it shows it max's out the pressu...
by tingull
Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

Thanks. I've always been sort of comfortable going rogue (within reason). I'll give it a shot at small increments and see how it goes.
by tingull
Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

Thanks! Is it not advisable to change the pressures myself, and wait until my next appointment with the sleep doctor and let them do it? My AHI ranges from usually from low 5's to high 12's. Its not been stable since I started a couple of weeks ago. But I don't want to get in some sort of trouble fo...
by tingull
Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking at here, but I imported the data and on the left is the hypopnea section. Is that the number of seconds each event lasted in the parenthesis?
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by tingull
Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

I'm in the severe category. During my sleep study, I only had hypops and I desaturated to 83% -- yikes :shock: . After getting my therapy optimized, thanks to everyone here, my annual AHI is 0.1 since 2009. My lowest desat was down to 82% but it didn’t last super long thankfully. I appreciate the c...
by tingull
Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:30 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Re: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

Thanks! It says DSX400H11C and says DreamStnCPAPPro on it. The sleep doctor said it's set to have the pressure setting they put in +/- 3 depending on how the machine determines I need it. I do sleep on my back as when I sleep on my side, the mask seems to leak a little bit when I breathe in and the ...
by tingull
Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions
Replies: 30
Views: 5290

Plenty of hypopneas. New to CPAP with a couple questions

Hey all! Thanks for having this board for folks like myself to explore, I really appreciate having this resource. Little background: At 37 years old, I've been feeling extremely fatigued (sleepy) for a few years since being diagnosed with Lyme disease in January of 2015. I'd tried all sorts of medic...