Well, I tried the ResMed Swift FX and the Dreamwear FFM again last night and ended up back with the Dreamwear nasal cushion. I was having a slightly stuffy nose and felt like I couldn’t breathe with the nasal cushion, but it apparently was still easier than the Swift FX and the FFM hurt my jaw and n...

Just chiming in to add my voice to the chorus of praise for Dreamwear! Both the nasal cushions and the FFM have done great at all the pressures I have experimented with. I actually have fewer leaks with the nasal cushion, because occasionally the FFM will move a little if I adjust my mouth or breath...

I don’t have much to add except my PCP looked at my AHI of 16-17 and a decent chunk of desats in the mid to low 80s and said I had mild apnea too. It doesn’t sound like that’s how it’s actually classified by the experts, however! If your machine has an EPR (or A-flex) function, raising your minimum ...

I’m sending a mask that didn’t work for me to a friend in Finland. I used it a couple of times so it’s technically used, so I assume the price would be lower. What exactly do I write on the forms??? What is the used value? I feel like technically it should be zero but I don’t want to do anything wro...

Just to update: I haven’t been using the machine due to the moderate to severe facial pain the masks have been causing me. I even started having migraines for the first time in my life. But I finally got hold of the Dreamwear nasal cushion, and WOW!!! What a difference. I slept so soundly even on ha...

I’m also a newbie, but it seems like you’re maybe having a lot of leaks relative to what I usually see in my OSCAR data. What kind of nasal mask are you using? Do you think you might be waking up slightly or just sleeping less soundly due to the whistling of a leak or the discomfort of breathing thr...

Ahh, so I should try to replicate the conditions during and right before?

Made it almost four hours last night. Can anyone help me decipher this? What happened from 3:05 to 3:53 AM? I'm thinking I might raise my PS min to 3 and PS max to 9 or 10, but capping the EPAP at 6 (since it didn't really go much higher than that anyway). Good idea? Bad idea? Also, any idea why my ...

o autoASV tracks respiratory rate continuously and checks for and treats central and obstructive events based on an autoset backup rate/PS adjustment and EPAP adjustment respectively, and it’s iVAPS/AVAPS that treats based on tidal volume for physiological hypoventilation/apneas such as neuromuscul...

is there also a “backup rate” calculated by the machine in the first few minutes of use as well as tidal volume and whatnot? Yes, there is a back up rate calculated by the machine which is why people need to try to breathe normally. It's not limited to calculating at the beginning of the night thou...

When I was looking at machines over the past few weeks, I found lots of S10 autosets and even a few auto aircurves(?) in the $100-300 range! The hours were mostly in the 100-3000 range as well. I ended up deciding to get an S9 ASV with 3,000 hours for $150 on dotmed, but I thought those sounded like...

Well, I could only sleep for about two and a half hours before apparently taking the mask off in my sleep, but I had an AHI of .4 during that time! My original was an average of 16.5 an hour and apparently I had roughly that amount every single hour I was asleep, so if the .4 is true, I’m thrilled! ...

The machine basically always runs at the min EPAP and maximum PS unless I’m being very deliberate and forceful about my breathing. I have yet to have a full night’s sleep with it, but apparently I breathe so slowly it starts freaking out and raising the PS really quickly. Very distracting.

Hello again! I was finally able to get my new machine working but I have some questions. I ended up purchasing the ResMed s9 VPAP Adapt for less than most of the bilevel machines I could find! I really like it so far, though it’s taking some getting used to. I only got all the parts for it last nigh...

I think the older auto bilevel auto machines have tidal volume data but let me go back and look at my software reports just to make sure. The settings aren't really that complicated. Don't let Ti max or Ti min or trigger stuff scare you....most people will do very well with the factory defaults in ...