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by Miss Emerita
Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Need advice on dialing in APAP
Replies: 4
Views: 65469

Re: Need advice on dialing in APAP

Double-check the ramp. Your minimum actual pressure is 6, while your regular pressure setting minimum is 7. That usually means the lower number is a ramp pressure.

Keep us posted after you make those changes!
by Miss Emerita
Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Need advice on dialing in APAP
Replies: 4
Views: 65469

Re: Need advice on dialing in APAP

Welcome! It's great that you're already sleeping all night with your machine. Your leaks look minimal, and your AHIs, even the higher ones, are good. So you're off to an excellent start. My biggest question for you: how are you feeling during the day? More rested? Or not yet? Sometimes flow limitati...
by Miss Emerita
Thu Jan 30, 2025 12:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How improve my CPAP therapy settings
Replies: 5
Views: 13087

Re: How improve my CPAP therapy settings

I second Julie's suggestion. If that doesn't help, you can try wearing a pocket t-shirt to bed, turning it backward and putting something like a tennis ball in the pocket. On Amazon, you can also see similar things if you search using "side sleep trainer."
by Miss Emerita
Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How improve my CPAP therapy settings
Replies: 5
Views: 13087

Re: How improve my CPAP therapy settings

You have a fairly busy flow-limitation graph, so you might want to increase your EPR to 3.

Is your nose stuffy?

On the worse night, you had more obstructive events, and there was a bit of clustering. I wonder whether you slept on your back for part of the night -- do you know?
by Miss Emerita
Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: mask problems
Replies: 4
Views: 20298

Re: mask problems

Could you let us know what make/model of mask you use?
by Miss Emerita
Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can't stay asleep
Replies: 24
Views: 42963

Re: Can't stay asleep

Your AHI and FL numbers are fine. What is astonishing about your chart is that you had a total of 16 sessions in one night and changed your settings multiple times. Please stop that! I recommend that you set your min EPAP to 8, your PS to 4, and your max IPAP to 12. This will give you constant press...
by Miss Emerita
Mon Jan 20, 2025 12:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Looking to buy a ResMed AirCurve 10 VAuto with Heated Humidifier
Replies: 1
Views: 7879

Re: Looking to buy a ResMed AirCurve 10 VAuto with Heated Humidifier

You could try sending a private message to member LSAT, who sometimes has lightly used machines for sale. I got mine from him, and everything went smoothly.
by Miss Emerita
Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hey, new to using cpap and oscar for uars
Replies: 2
Views: 8787

Re: Hey, new to using cpap and oscar for uars

Welcome! I believe your machine will provide FL data to Oscar. Here's a link to an explanation of how you can optimize the Oscar display for your machine: https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lowenstein_PrismaLine_optimization#Prisma_Smart_.26_Prisma_20A_Devices It's possible you don't ha...
by Miss Emerita
Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Looking for help getting AHI down
Replies: 3
Views: 8008

Re: Looking for help getting AHI down

Do you know whether you're rolling onto your back during the night? And just to double-check: are you using a single, fairly low, fairly firm pillow? I'd suggest you raise your minimum pressure to 16, which is your current median pressure, and your maximum to 20. Let's see how that goes before consi...
by Miss Emerita
Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Having issues. Insomnia makes my Bipap not practical?
Replies: 3
Views: 6083

Re: Having issues. Insomnia makes my Bipap not practical?

If you google “MG and sleep” you’ll get good information from trusted websites and scientific papers. You might ask your neurologist what she thinks about those findings.

Here’s wishing you the best of luck. Keep us posted.
by Miss Emerita
Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Having issues. Insomnia makes my Bipap not practical?
Replies: 3
Views: 6083

Re: Having issues. Insomnia makes my Bipap not practical?

A few quick thoughts. It's not a good idea to lie in bed for a long time trying to go to sleep. If you can't fall asleep without about half an hour, get up and do something low key (read or listen to music -- no screens) until you feel sleepy. Testosterone supplementation is not recommended for men ...
by Miss Emerita
Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with pressure
Replies: 1
Views: 4534

Re: Help with pressure

Welcome! It would be helpful to have more information. When did you start using your machine? Why were you prescribed a bilevel machine? How were your settings determined? What was your AHI during your sleep test (OAs/Hs/CAs)? And how are you determining the number of RERAs you are having now? Final...
by Miss Emerita
Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can't stay asleep
Replies: 24
Views: 42963

Re: Can't stay asleep

Did Jason explain why he recommended a pressure of 13? It would be helpful to know this.
by Miss Emerita
Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Looking for help getting AHI down
Replies: 3
Views: 8008

Re: Looking for help getting AHI down

Welcome! A couple of thoughts. Many of your OAs are clustered, which can mean you're having a positional problem. The clusters might reflect you sleeping on your back, despite your efforts to stay on your sides, or they might indicate chin-tucking. That's when you sleep with your chin down near your...
by Miss Emerita
Fri Jan 03, 2025 12:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: High Centrals, Bad Sleep Quality, Next Steps?
Replies: 8
Views: 68297

Re: High Centrals, Bad Sleep Quality, Next Steps?

Your sleep doctor is a jerk. Can you find another one?

A few questions: What medications do you take? Do you live at a high altitude? Do you have any pulmonary problems that you know of?