I use a Ruby Chin Strap under my DreamWear Full Face mask. I tried the Ruby Chin Strap with a nasal pillow and my mouth would still open. I then tried the DreamWear Full Face mask by itself and found my jaw dropped like Pugsy said. I then tried the Ruby Chin Strap and the DreamWear Full face and fou...

I used a standard hose for less than a week and had all sorts of rainout problems. I played with the humidity levels and found I had to lower the humidity quite a bit to avoid rainout. I paid for the heated hose and have not looked back since. I tried the auto setting at first and it worked great. A...

Well a couple nights ago, I felt like my cold symptoms have been manageable and nearly gone, so I made the switch from ASV to ASVauto. I set the machine at the maximum ranges it would allow and let it manage both EPAP and PS. The last 3 nights my AHI has been 0.2 and I believe my aerophagia has less...

I've tried on 3 so far...the 2nd seems to work the best for me (not perfect but functional). 1) Philips Nuance Gel Nasal Pillow Mask - recommended by the sleep study (because that's what they used)...didn't work for a full night due to mouth breathing 2) DreamWear Full Face - 2nd mask DME said was h...

I haven't made any changes other than what was recommended by the prescribing Dr. so far. That's why I went from the 10 EPAP to the 5 EPAP and haven't tried anything else. Just recently the Dr. said that I could test out the ASVAuto, but to let them know the outcome. When I lowered the EPAP from 10 ...

Everyone asked for sleephead data, now I post it and noone wants to respond? Just kidding, posting a note to bring the topic back to the top of the forum.

Yes, the PS varies breath to breath and yes I'm maxing it out at 15 occasionally throughout the night. Sleephead shows a few times where the pressure is up to 25. I promise I will get the data and post the graphs. Maybe that's why lowering the EPAP from 10 to 5 showed more apneas, 5+15 maxed out at ...

raisedfist wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:41 am

Can you post some sleepyhead charts so we can see how your ASV is behaving as of now?

Yes, I will gladly post that once I have some spare time at home to download that data.

Doesn't the PS sit on top of the EPAP? So if my EPAP starts lower, and the PS stays the same then ultimately my IPAP would also be lower? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought EPAP was the lower pressure, the PS is the support on top of that pressure which combined makes the IPAP. So if my EPAP was...

EPAP: 5.0 not fixing the machine to an EPAP of 10 will help with the bloating. Huh? Sorry, I had recently tested running my EPAP at 5 instead of 10 and copied/pasted the wrong set of data. I use the ramp feature which starts out at EPAP of 5 but goes up to EPAP of 10 in about a 20 minute span of ti...

I have both central and obstructive apneas. Right now the pressures rise during events anyways and on a typical night they peak around 25 once or twice a night.

I will post some sleepyhead data when I get home tonight.