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by Miss Emerita
Sun Nov 16, 2025 1:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

I'm glad to hear you've had some promising signs. I look forward to seeing the next chart at your new settings.
by Miss Emerita
Fri Nov 14, 2025 12:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

What I hoped would come along soon was a chart showing some actual sleep. I'm a little skeptical that you were actually asleep right before the end of the 11-minute snippet. At any rate, right before the end I don't see anything in the graphs that could explain the sudden onset of anxiety/claustroph...
by Miss Emerita
Thu Nov 13, 2025 12:57 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

I'm glad you're now getting all your Oscar data from the card. In this short snippet we can see that you paused your breathing for 14 seconds after inhaling a little more deeply for several breaths; then after the pause you caught up with more deep breathing. Am I right in guessing you were awake th...
by Miss Emerita
Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

I'm glad to hear that Oscar now gets all the data from your SD card. Do try using the machine at night sometime soon. With any luck, you'll get in some sleep and we can try to see what's going on when you wake up needing to remove the mask.
by Miss Emerita
Tue Nov 11, 2025 1:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

That's it. Make a middleman with the same useless data, in order to achieve what exactly? There were no events. Useless project. SleepHQ needs the data as well. It doesn't magically post itself. Maybe you signed up for the auto data, but I don't like sharing my health information with companies. Th...
by Miss Emerita
Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

daBee, thanks for posting what you have available from Oscar. Unfortunately all it is showing are your summary data. I'm not sure why that is, but do make sure you have the SD card well-seated in the slot when you return it to the machine. And thanks for saying more about what you are experiencing w...
by Miss Emerita
Sun Nov 09, 2025 1:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet Another Attempt
Replies: 76
Views: 6937

Re: Yet Another Attempt

It would help a lot to understand more about what makes you take the mask off. You say the mask isn't really the problem; instead "I just get claustrophobic from breathing rate." Can you say more about what the feeling you get is like? For example, do you wake up and start breathing faster and then ...
by Miss Emerita
Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:30 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What makes a machine say CA (central apnea / clear airway)?
Replies: 16
Views: 17286

Re: What makes a machine say CA (central apnea / clear airway)?

I'm really not sure why you're worried about this or trying the things you're trying. But to emulate a CA, I think you want to exhale and then pause for at least 10 seconds before you inhale.
by Miss Emerita
Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Coleman's Oscar Review request
Replies: 31
Views: 36938

Re: Coleman's Oscar Review request

You might try playing around with your humidity level. Some stuff noses want more; some want less. Just so you know, the link you provided earlier isn't showing recent charts. Like you, I sometimes am surprised to find that if I have a drink or two I sleep more soundly. But I also found that even mo...
by Miss Emerita
Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help please
Replies: 5
Views: 10214

Re: Help please

Ozij, I'm glad you noticed this, which I didn't. It may be that higher EPR helps, but the evidence we have doesn't help us reach any conclusions about this.
by Miss Emerita
Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Coleman's Oscar Review request
Replies: 31
Views: 36938

Re: Coleman's Oscar Review request

Your OAs still look as though a number of them come after arousal breathing. I'm not sure quite what to make of this, especially in relation to advice about your settings. Does anyone else have thoughts about this? More generally, last night your first couple of hours look pretty peaceful, but then ...
by Miss Emerita
Sun Oct 05, 2025 12:22 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help please
Replies: 5
Views: 10214

Re: Help please

I agree with the advice that ozij has given you. I also note that your FLs improved when you raised your EPR from 1 to 3, so that pressure differential is helpful to you. Your FLs are quite heavy, even with EPR of 3. Do you have a stuffy nose? If not, I think you'd be a good candidate for a bilevel ...
by Miss Emerita
Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Coleman's Oscar Review request
Replies: 31
Views: 36938

Re: Coleman's Oscar Review request

Yes, that link works; thanks. I'm not convinced you're fully asleep during all those OAs; many of them are preceded by what looks like arousal breathing. Be that as it may, I have two thoughts about what you might try. First, there's some clustering of OAs, which suggests you may be tucking your chi...
by Miss Emerita
Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Coleman's Oscar Review request
Replies: 31
Views: 36938

Re: Coleman's Oscar Review request

Well, travel is always unpredictable. I've had amazingly good nights in hotels and amazingly bad ones. I'm glad that on the whole you're doing well.

For some reason the link isn't working; it just takes me to a request that I sign in.
by Miss Emerita
Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Minimum pressure too low and causing microarousals?
Replies: 4
Views: 10228

Re: Minimum pressure too low and causing microarousals?

The variability could reflect periods of REM sleep. Hard to know. I basically agree with LSAT, though you might try some EPR to see whether that helps reduce flow limitations. I would leave your pressure settings right where they are and try EPR of 1 to start with. FLs may or may not affect the qual...