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by Jonty
Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

Ok - will do -
Increase to 7? Starting
15 max and try that ??
by Jonty
Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

Hi everyone,

I have had another 3 days - printouts attached

Overall better although i still had a spike one last night

please let me know if you need any more info

Jonty
by Jonty
Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

Ok thank you

I will give it a few days and then upload some more charts - hopefully things will have improved
by Jonty
Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

I am going to try the increase in pressure I Will give that a few days and see if there is any change Happy to post the finding if anyone is interested If not - hopefully things will improve Any problems I will post again I do appreciate all the comments - and support Health service wise - the UK is...
by Jonty
Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

I hear a lot of people talk about changing minimum rates on auto machines on this board. Is there something I'm missing? I've studied ResMed "auto" algorithms and the minimum rate is meaningless as long as the maximum rate is within a therapeutic range. This is because the "auto" function studies e...
by Jonty
Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

Hi Pugsy,

yes - i always go to bed on my side - i then often wake on my back

I have managed to bypass the lock :) - changed the min starting pressure to 6 for now - and see how i do with that
by Jonty
Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

ok - thanks - Certainly worth a try - I am unable to do this myself as the setting is locked - I will ask the nurse next time i go (feb i think i am due)
by Jonty
Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

I have imported the graphs - last nights was down to 5.29 which is not as good as it has been - in the past (few weeks) it tends to vary between 1.71 and 6.33 - 9.31 being the highest i had early December I get there will be ups and downs - but 2 days of high results worried me I dont know if i shou...
by Jonty
Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

9 hours for the low one - 8 hours for the high

Possibly my sleeping position

I will download and install Oscar tomorrow and post results
Thanks for the comments
by Jonty
Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

In the past I had

clear airway apnea’s of 6
Obstructive apnea’s 7

Last night
Clear airway apnea’s of 47
Obstructive apnea’s 39

I use the dream mapped software to get this info - if I need to use Oscar it will need to wait till tomorrow so I can install it
by Jonty
Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Re: Increase in AHI

Thanks all - I have updated my info
The Philips dream station is model number GBX500S15

It is an auto with an SD card

I am new to this so don’t know much about the machine or apnea

Nothing has changed in the last few weeks that would cause the increase
by Jonty
Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Increase in AHI
Replies: 41
Views: 4469

Increase in AHI

Hi all I am a new user - and have been using a cpap (Philips dream station ) for 8 weeks I had an AHI of 25 prior to use and since using the device it has reduced to an average of 5 Until a few days ago 3 days ago I noted that my AHI jumped to 16.1 when prior to this it was hovering around 2-3 I won...