I made a small change. I actually loosened the headgear slightly, and though the leaks are much worse, I am not seeing any BND sections. I think it's possible that I had the headgear too tight , compressing the mask too much. I'm not sure if the Dreamwear mask needs to really inflate, but it felt mo...

The AUTO OFF feature seems to work. I turned the machine ON and let it just go... turned off after ~90 seconds.

Maybe it's not the machine, and I just need a full-face mask/more pressure?

Just for kicks I did a little experiment. I put the mask on and breathed through my nose for a few minutes. Then I intentionally breathed through my mouth for a few minutes, and finished up with a bit more normal nose breathing. It looks like the machine tried to "pulse" me 8 times before giving up ...

Hi Pugsy, thanks for your reply. I checked the provider interface and Auto ON is ON as expected, but Auto OFF is OFF. Can you explain why I should turn auto OFF to ON? RE: the OSCAR leak rate, I think I manually set the max leak to 60 based on someone's advice previously. My hope is that this value ...

Hi Julie, thanks for your reply. Sorry, I was only trying (incorrectly) to show what I thought was the relevant part of the screen. I've updated the attachments to include the whole software interface. Sorry about that

Thank you for your replies. RE: chin-tucking, maybe? I'll give one a try! RE: leakage, maybe? The dreamstation usually tells me my mask fit is 100%. Does the leak rate look bad? Could you take a look at this section? Screen Shot 2020-08-05 at 5.06.33 AM.png I am so distressed by these "Breathing Not...

Hi Julie, Thank you for your reply. I don't think there's any reason I'm not on an auto machine. I was given this one 3.5 years ago, and I think the initial sleep study recommended CPAP. RE: weight gain, I've actually lost about 20lbs since I took a break from weight lifting earlier this year. Mostl...

Hi there, I've posted a few times on this forum, and the responses have been very helpful. I could use another set (or sets) of eyes on these screenshots and some advice. Basically I've been concerned that my therapy has been degrading over the last 6-8 months or so. I've suspected that something ma...

Well I reached out to a local sleep center here in Chicago back in late April and did a telemedicine appointment. After a week or so trying to get access to my machine's data, the sleep doctor agreed to increase my pressure from 8.0 to 9.0 on 5/8/20. My AHI is still all over the map, and according t...

Thank you for all your replies, Pugsy. I really appreciate it. As per usual (lately), I woke up after ~4 hours of sleep. I was pretty conscious when I woke up and noticed that my CPAP machine itself seemed to be struggling a bit. The machine was much louder than usual on every inhale (I usually bare...

Thanks for the reply. It does appear like many events happen after/during arousals/poor sleep quality. I wish I could pin down what's causing the poor sleep quality. Screen Shot 2020-04-09 at 6.48.32 PM.png I'm quite concerned about these BND areas (like the one attached). The flow rate is quite sma...

I don't understand how to interpret the leak rate graph. The lines look roughly the same during the BND period as during some "good" sleep earlier in the night. Also RE: mask removal, I never consciously remove the mask unless the machine is off. I suppose I could mess with it and not remember thoug...

Sorry about that. Here's a 5 minute window at 3:36, right after a short 1s of BND. If I'm interpreting the data correctly, I think I slept from 22:05-02:16, turned the machine off for ~3 minutes and then started sleeping again around 2:19. When I wake up, I typically leave the mask on until I turn o...

Well I had another bad night similar to the one I posted earlier. AHI of ~3 during the first 4 hour session (not great), and an AHI of >9 during the second 3.5 hour session (pretty bad). There's a nasty cluster of events during the second session about 70-90 minutes after the start. I think that may...

Thanks for all the replies! I really appreciate it. > any chance of your now using an Apap? No, I am still using the Dreamstation Pro. My initial sleep studies were done in 2017. The first study found an AHI of 17.7 and an Sa02 of 86% with no therapy. The titration study done a week or two later fou...