Thank you for the pic Dog Slobber.
Zonker, you are very resourceful! Thank you for the suggestions!

and it's good to have goals. 8) may i make a suggestion for something else to try?- http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/p1089718/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=112758&p=1086133&hilit=+waveforms#p1086296 i use this with some modifications. it really does the trick for me, maybe it'll work for you. I made one and...

have you considered a firm foam cervical collar? I have one and have tried using it several times. I should give it another go. was there a problem using it? if you give it another go, please tell us how it went. When I put a cervical collar on and lie down, it creates a lot of upward pressure on m...

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Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:23 pm

have you considered a firm foam cervical collar?

I have one and have tried using it several times. I should give it another go.

So I got out the nasal mask, F&P Eson 2 and tried again last night. I put on the chin strap. I actually didn't do too bad. My AHI was 2.2 and I felt pretty good this morning. I did wake up a few times with air escaping my mouth and the leak rate on Oscar was all over the place, but this was definite...

I just saw that ResMed is making a nasal mask with the foam cushion. I currently use the AirTouch F20 but am not happy with it. For one thing, it pinches the top of my nose and restricts airflow a bit. Second, it blows air on my upper gums, giving me gum irritation, which I need to fix before it get...

I noticed something in my report this morning. When the machine noticed a FL and raised pressure, I got the arousals and AHI events. I checked previous days and don't see the exact correlation, but it happens, just not as predictably. I am tempted to narrow the max from 9.5 to 9.0 to see if it furth...

I am speaking from personal experience but I know that my acid reflux is bad when my pressure is too LOW. And I know with a FFM you need more pressure, not less. You can try increasing the pressure relief setting on your machine (EPR on a Resmed not sure what it is on the Dreamstation) to see if th...

You made a change in your pressure settings and you had one night with higher hyponeas. We don't sleep the same each night and there is a lot of truth to the "give it time" thing which is why we don't go changing things based on one night's reports. It's not impossible that you would have had a hig...

I see at least 2 breaks in therapy last night where we know for sure you were awake. Why? Anything specific that you can remember? I had dry mouth both times and got up to get a drink of water. Did you have other times where you were awake but didn't turn off the machine? I remember being awake 2 o...

Last night I reduced the minimum pressure from 9 to 8 and the max from 11 to 9.5. My stomach feels a lot better although there was still a little aerophagia. But it is much better and tolerable. I reviewed each event and all of them appear to be arousal related. The 9 flow limitations aren't anywher...

I reviewed the SleepyHead videos. Here's a screenshot of last night that represents almost all flagged events, not just last night but all the time. If all of these aren't really apneas, then I'm close to 0 AHI. If these events are because of arousals, then I wake up or move around a lot, which is p...

I have a wedge but can't figure out how to sleep on my side on a wedge. Any tips on that?

I have the max at 11 because I get aerophagia with higher pressures. I am trying to get just enough pressure to control AHI while keeping aerophagia at bay. I was doing great before allergies set in. My AHI was almost always between .7 and 1.5 and max pressure never went more than 9.5. My allergies ...

I woke up this morning with stomach distension from hell. I'm attaching the last 2 night's Oscar reports. The first one is from 5-5-20. I felt pretty good when i woke up. The second is this morning's report. Any suggestions will be most welcomed.