I haven't had anything tested blood wise. But I'm starting to realise I should do. I think that will be first port of call after the sleep lab stuff is concluded. Cholesterol too. Way back earlier is not where I had been focussing as I had assumed it would be more relevant at the time where my sleep...

Well there's the funny thing. I went to the doc complaining of sleep maintenance insomnia. Had to take an oximetry test before I could see that doc, so thought that was just a formality that I had to go through to talk to him about my insomnia. He convinced me I had sleep apnea after I started out b...

Thank you @Pugsy. Ha, I thought I had zoomed in as much as I could, but now I've just discovered the "highlight an area" option in Oscar... Which is much better. I've added zoomed images to the original post. The image you just posted was one of the references I was using, and to me, especially zoom...

@Pugsy, thank you very much for the reply! I've just realised I was being an idiot and using the wrong kind of embed link. Yes, that makes a lot of sense about the arousal irregularities, and waking up at the end of REM does sound a possible explanation. There are a couple of things that make me dou...

(Also, apologies, I've been trying to use imgur's embed link but my post was refused on security grounds, so had to change them to clickable links)

Trying to cut a long story short, I've had a really mixed up set of being half-diagnosed, un-diagnosed, half-diagnosed then half-diagnosed again with sleep apnea, but the results kept coming back differently and I've ended up with no diagnosis and confused as to whether there ever was something or w...

If you feel discomfort exhaling at 7 cm minimum you might consider adding Flex exhale relief and see if that helps. Thank you! I've tried the flex before and found that it woke me up every time I fell asleep because my breathing changed pace, but it didn't... I found the 7cm quite comfortable though.

Since it's an auto machine, put it in auto mode, and set the min to 7 and the max to 20, and let's see what the data looks like. While it's not as responsive a machine as the Resmed Autoset machines, it will raise pressure if your breathing is bad and that will give you a better, faster indication ...

You want that top leak line to stay below 90 L/min as much as possible. Above that and essentially all bets are off. Absolutely, makes total sense. I'll go away and mess about with it for a week or two and see what I get then come back for help when it's a bit less botched. Thanks a lot for looking...

Only thing I can tell you about the one image you posted is that you weren't asleep from at least 08:18:20 and maybe prior to that time frame. If you weren't asleep it's not sleep apnea or airway related. Does your single zoomed in image look anything like the examples in my "how to post" thread? I...

Which one, exactly? Look on the bottom, there's a REF number, what is it? Text on the bottom says REMStar Auto INTL -- REF 561 P Hopefully you're aware that they've been recalled, all of them, ever. Eugh. I missed this as I have had it stowed away in a cupboard for the past couple of years. (Explan...

Try a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 7, with EPR of 3 Thank you! That fixed it! I didn't do the EPR bit -- I think that's the equivalent of flex on the Philips Respironics? I always find that my breathing changes just as I fall asleep and the machine is then pushing against me for a moment and it wa...

Thanks again everyone! I will reply to the individual comments in a moment. First just a couple of bits of background and results from last night (based on your suggested settings). Firstly, I bought this machine a couple of years ago, tried it once, woke up feeling that I was suffocating, but it wa...

Thank you everyone for the replies! I could have sworn that I added my machine to my profile as instructed in the sticky, but I'll check it tomorrow. It's PR System One. There isn't much to see in the full shot as I had pretty much only just got properly to sleep when I woke up with a start feeling ...

@Pugsy thank you for taking a look at my post and particularly for picking up that I messed up my Imgur link. I think I've sorted that now. I did read the FAQ and before-you-post sticky before posting, but if there's something I've missed, happy to be nudged in the right direction!