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by GrumpyHere
Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I need hand holding
Replies: 50
Views: 8241

Re: I need hand holding

A better way to say that is that setting trigger higher will make the machine more sensitive to the start of your inhalation, and trigger the switch to IPAP with less inspiratory effort, the transition happens at the same speed though. Again, it has nothing to do with speed. Changing cycle is somet...
by GrumpyHere
Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Low AHI, lots of fatigue
Replies: 6
Views: 1948

Re: Low AHI, lots of fatigue

lionheartck wrote:
Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:42 am
Good Afternoon! I posted previously and was given recommendations
Please stay in a single thread going forward so that your history is available for reference for the forum gurus.

Thank you.

OP's original thread
viewtopic/t182947/CPAP-Settings-Help.html
by GrumpyHere
Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I need hand holding
Replies: 50
Views: 8241

Re: I need hand holding

There are two more settings you can consider changing in the future. Caution: placing these two sensitivity settings too high can lead you to feel as if the CPAP is driving your breathing pattern rather than you being in control of the CPAP machine. —feels like I’m pulling too hard to get air. I wan...
by GrumpyHere
Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user, a few questions
Replies: 90
Views: 34087

Re: New CPAP user, a few questions

Is this pretty typical or do some machines also analyze the condition? If so, can you give me just one sample machine to read further on? There aren’t any CPAP machines that analyze untreated condition. Any pressure is treatment so they can only provide info on treated condition. I've been reading ...
by GrumpyHere
Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New to CPAP, need help choosing right pressure.
Replies: 123
Views: 21246

Re: New to CPAP, need help choosing right pressure.

I ask because I was just diagnosed with 'severe' OSA, with an AHI of 30.3. I guess I'm in for a rocky ride if my value is 3x worse than yours! The severity of OSA has no correlation as to whether you’re going to have a “rocky ride.” Some people take to the CPAP therapy like ducks to water (pray tha...
by GrumpyHere
Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP user, a few questions
Replies: 90
Views: 34087

Re: New CPAP user, a few questions

Yes, the AutoSet is an “Auto”. It allows for lower pressure levels when you don’t need the extra support -> less aerophagia, the air swallowing you’re experiencing. PATWatch is good enough for screening - your diagnosed AHI of 30.5 is far from the margins so that you needn’t worry about its accuracy...
by GrumpyHere
Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:59 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New BiPAP machine
Replies: 5
Views: 1065

Re: New BiPAP machine

I felt like I couldn’t take full breaths. The pressure would be super low and then spike on inhale but drop drown mid inhale. Is this what a Bipap is? Anyway to make the inhale longer? If TiMax time expires before you finish inhaling, the machine will cycle from IPAP to EPAP. Increasing TiMax will ...
by GrumpyHere
Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?
Replies: 10
Views: 1537

Re: CPAP Machine not working correctly, but not completely broken?

SD cards bigger than 32GB require some extra effort.

Please read the following:

viewtopic/t182174/Any-SD-card.html

Iloveflowers’ post has link to software that can used to set up the SD card with a partition smaller than 32GB.
by GrumpyHere
Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Wellue O2 Ring multiple sessions during the night
Replies: 6
Views: 1823

Re: Wellue O2 Ring multiple sessions during the night

Try some medical tape to immobilize the o2ring like they do for fingertip oximeters in sleep tests.

Don't wrap the tape too tightly or you're going to have an annoying numb finger (from past experience)

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by GrumpyHere
Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:34 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Need high exhale pressure
Replies: 25
Views: 3912

Re: Need high exhale pressure

I've gone as high as 19 on both inhale/exhale and the same thing happens. If you're configuring inhale and exhale pressure then you're not running in the CPAP mode. You're using bi-level (VAuto/AutoSet) mode. Use CPAP mode in the clinical menu. With EPR off, there's only one pressure setting. So yo...
by GrumpyHere
Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:51 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Need high exhale pressure
Replies: 25
Views: 3912

Re: Need high exhale pressure

Run the AirCurve/AirSense in CPAP mode with EPR off.
by GrumpyHere
Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Rapid heartbeat with 12-13 readings on Resmed
Replies: 3
Views: 1024

Re: Rapid heartbeat with 12-13 readings on Resmed

However recently instead of blowing at level of 5 or 6 later in the night it wakes me up at level 12-13 with very rapid heartbeat. WAG: you're being woken up by under treated apneas. The rapid heartbeat due to adrenaline rush when your brain tries to wake you up. Maybe change your min pressure to 1...
by GrumpyHere
Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oscar stopped working on my PC
Replies: 13
Views: 3876

Re: Oscar stopped working on my PC

The culprit may be that the Graphics Engine was somehow set to “Software Engine” instead of the default “Desktop OpenGL” That setting will sometimes make OSCAR take an inordinate time to render the screen view. Let it sit for an hour(??? How ever long it takes) Once the Welcome screen or the Profile...
by GrumpyHere
Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:22 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Waking up multiple times during night; use P30i nasal pillows
Replies: 13
Views: 2885

Re: Waking up multiple times during night; use P30i nasal pillows

I am an active side sleeper so I prefer having the tube attached on top. It can help to have the hose totally out of the way for your masks that don’t have the tube on top. Look up hose hanger/manager/holder/management (forum search terms for other posts) Examples of DIY https://www.google.com/sear...