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by UARSandApneaguy87
Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Raised my minimum pressure but still experiencing lots of Flow Limitations
Replies: 7
Views: 429

Re: Raised my minimum pressure but still experiencing lots of Flow Limitations

As the others have said, patience is a virtue when it comes to treating sleep apnea. We do not recommend making adjustments based on single night results, but make changes based on trends over a period of time. Normally, we recommend changes only after five or seven nights to see how things are doi...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Raised my minimum pressure but still experiencing lots of Flow Limitations
Replies: 7
Views: 429

Raised my minimum pressure but still experiencing lots of Flow Limitations

I am on the Phillips Dreamstation Auto CPAP (APAP) and wear a full face mask. I increased my minimum pressure to 12 last night and still had a lot of flow limitations I have attached the screencaps. I'm still waking up many times during the night. At one point my pressure went up to 16 which result...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is it a bad idea to change my pressure by a few pts suddenly?
Replies: 3
Views: 404

Is it a bad idea to change my pressure by a few pts suddenly?

My min pressure was on 8 last night and looking through my night's data and the night before, my flow limitations were far less on pressure 12/13. I don't mind those pressures that much. Would it be a bad idea to increase my min to 12 so suddenly if i did it today? Would it cause centrals? I am usin...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

Re: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night

Hi UARSandapneaguy87 , Yours is a complex story with nothing that jumps out and suggests which way to go. It's also that you are asking questions after only three nights, when often it can easily take three weeks or more before 'the pattern' becomes obvious. And also because you say (a) 'suspected ...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

Re: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night

Thanks. Well OSCAR says that for 95% of the second night i was in pressure 9.5 and third night was 8.2. So do you think I would benefit from raising the minimum pressure from 7 to 8, and wearing a medium mask instead of a large one (for leaks)? First of all the 95% number just means you were AT OR ...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

Re: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night

Well I also noticed that my pressure got up to 12 on the second night of CPAP, despite there being no flagged flow limitaitons or apneas when it did that. Is it possible it adjusted itself to 12 because i woke up? Awake breathing irregularities can confuse the machine and it might increase the pres...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

Re: New CPAP user. Still waking up throughout the night to pee

Gray area....yes you were in large leak when that hyponea got flagged. Not deep into large leak territory though but likely just barely over the line. We can have wake ups during the night and they not be related to a full bladder but often people figure "I am awake I might as well go pee" but the ...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

Re: New CPAP user. Still waking up throughout the night to pee

Welcome! It's great that you're already sleeping for good chunks of time with your machine and that you're feeling sharper during the day. I see that you raised your minimum pressure from 4 to 6; that was a good move, and you might consider experimenting by inching it up .5 at a time, staying at ea...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

Re: New CPAP user. Still waking up throughout the night to pee

Welcome to the forum. First let's clean up the report images so you and the members can better evaluate things. On the left side of the graphs scroll all the way down to the bottom and find "sleep sessions"....the sleep sessions you want to ignore because they are cluttering up everything just clic...
by UARSandApneaguy87
Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night
Replies: 13
Views: 1366

New CPAP user..In England/UK... Still waking up during the night

I'm a guy in my 20, based in England. Recently diagnosed with suspected UARS, bordering on sleep apnea. Basically my AHI was 2 per hour for my sleep study, but some hours it went really low (1.5) whereas other hours it was higher (5). I had long hypopneas (40/50 seconds on the study). Got a Dreamsta...