Well, major update... I went to the ENT today and it turns out I have a deviated septum. I had no idea. No wonder CPAP isn't working for me. I'm trying a prescription nasal spray for 30 days and if it doesn't help I have to get surgery. I was reading some posts on here about it but does anyone have ...

Well....first of all daytime med for wakefulness called Wakix. I take it when I first wake up so it should be out of my system by bedtime. Is far from being out of your system by bedtime. https://accp1.org/ACCP1/5Publications_and_News/WAKIX-Approved-Excessive-Daytime-Sleepiness-Adults-Narcolepsy.as...

Tell us more about the meds you take. And do the homework to learn how to distinguish awake vs asleep flagged events. This is critical. Your sleep quality is crap but most likely NOT from apnea related events and contrary to everyone's knee jerk reaction more pressure isn't going to fix crappy slee...

It is no wonder you feel like crap.....the detailed reports are screaming poor sleep quality. Crappy sleep quality. Now what is causing the poor sleep quality and/or how to fix it is the million dollar question. First thing I would suggest doing is trying to figure out if those flagged events (all ...

When reporting AHI it is also critical to mention the category of events that compose that AHI as well as how we slept in general. As to widely varying results...it can happen even if we don't change anything in our routines....mainly because we simply don't sleep the same each night. Here's some r...

I'm still playing with the settings, with taping my AHI was 11 last night and 8 pressure. The night before no taping and it was 7.5 AHI. Really inconsistent results. My average pressure is always slightly higher than my minimum so I'll try a 9 tonight. I'll try putting the Flex on 1. Something to no...

You probably already know this, but just in case you don't know, the Philips Dreamstation machines are being recalled due to health problems with the foam inside. There is a lot to read about it on this forum. Fortunately I found out about that right away from the Reddit CPAP sub and registered my ...

You guys have all the secret tips and tricks, I'm amazed. You should be the ones getting paid, not my sleep doc who has been useless at helping me! and you've learned something vital already. most sleep docs do NOT know how to help their patients. they seem to think that if they have prescribed a c...

Went down to 12 AHI last night but it also said I had 87% mask leak. I didn't tape last night, but I also feel like sleeping on my side possibly breaks the seal on my nasal pillows sometimes. I do think I heard some air leakage at some point. Taking off the Flex seems to help breathing feel more na...

Went down to 12 AHI last night but it also said I had 87% mask leak. I didn't tape last night, but I also feel like sleeping on my side possibly breaks the seal on my nasal pillows sometimes. I do think I heard some air leakage at some point. Taking off the Flex seems to help breathing feel more nat...

If you sleep on your back, those hypopneas won't decrease much - can you stay on your side more often? That's a cute kitty! I actually used to be more of a side sleeper before CPAP, I switched to back more because I don't like the mask straps digging into my face. But I'll give it a try. try padach...

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Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:56 pm

If you sleep on your back, those hypopneas won't decrease much - can you stay on your side more often?

That's a cute kitty! I actually used to be more of a side sleeper before CPAP, I switched to back more because I don't like the mask straps digging into my face. But I'll give it a try.

Thanks I'll turn off Flex and try 7 tonight, hopefully I can report some improvements soon. Watching the videos now.

I'm desperate here, I'm still so exhausted and I have no idea what I'm doing. I've been using my machine for almost a year consistently. My AHI was 10.29 for my study and I was titrated at a 6. I wasn't staying consistently under 5 AHI so my doc went up to 8 and then 10. I felt like 10 was definitel...