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- Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:19 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
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Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
Sorry I wasn't clear! As others have said, I was thinking how wonderful it is that your AHI is below 2 when it must have been above 30 earlier. That is a very encouraging sign. The fact that you don't need a lot of pressure to achieve these results is neither here nor there; everyone's pressure nee...
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
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Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
Hi Ben. I'll leave the diagnosis to the experts here. But maybe my personal experience will shed some useful light too. I've been on CPAP treatment (It's a Devilbiss/Intellipap APAP machine with min and max pressure settings like yours) for nearly three months now. And it's been a real struggle. In...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:59 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
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Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
Can you please explain your comment ( Something to marvel at: you have severe apnea and your AHI was 1.89! ) should I be alarmed at that number ? On the contrary. Severe sleep apnea means an AHI of greater than 30 and potentially much higher. 1.89 is a great number, especially just starting out. Ho...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:13 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
- Views: 31112
Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
I agree that you should raise your minimum, and 6 is fine for now. Something to marvel at: you have severe apnea and your AHI was 1.89! Can you say a little about why your usage time was fairly limited? Thanks for the comment , its appreciated. The usage time is possibly due to me stopping my machi...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:08 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
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Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
From what I remember I was starting to fall asleep but after about an hour I started to get the feeling that some thing was stuck in my throat along with the sensation that the air blowing into the N30i was becoming too forceful. Yes, if you look at the chart you'll see an obstructive apnea at appr...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
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Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
Well I went to bed wearing my ResMed AirFit N30i , and as normal I slept on my side . From what I remember I was starting to fall asleep but after about an hour I started to get the feeling that some thing was stuck in my throat along with the sensation that the air blowing into the N30i was becomin...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:52 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
- Views: 31112
Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
To access the summary numbers available on the machine LCD screen you just click on the sleep report in your menu. Your screen shots showed "Essentials" set to "Plus" and that tells me the sleep report will show summary numbers. It's not a lot of detail though which is why we us OSCAR that shows mo...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:23 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
- Views: 31112
Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
That choking sensation is definably an apnea event. Do what Pugs said and post a few nights of Oscar graphs so we can see what's going on. We are here to help you. Sheriff Thanks for your thoughts, it appreciated. To night will be the first night using my machine and OSCAR , so fingers crossed that...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:14 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
- Views: 31112
Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
The hospital sleep specialist went through the Resmed Airsense 10 machine settings option and said that the machine settings were now set correctly . Your minimum pressure is set to 4.0. That doesn't work well for most people. OSCAR will give us some answers. Do you know how to get into the menu on...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
- Views: 31112
Re: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
Welcome to the forum. Get this software below and lets see if anything on the daily detailed report gives us a hint as to how the therapy is going and if adjustments are needed....how much and why. OSCAR https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php?title=OSCAR_Installa...
- Sat Dec 04, 2021 10:47 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
- Replies: 91
- Views: 31112
Ive been diagnosed with Severe Sleep Apnea – Advice Please
After undergoing a hospital sleep study I have been diagnosed with having severe sleep apnea. So now finding this wonderful forum is a real bonus and gives me some hope that I’m not alone and can ask others here for help , guidance and advice. So after many months of going to sleep and during the ni...