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by Miss Emerita
Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help Using CPAP On Flight
Replies: 9
Views: 3017

Re: Help Using CPAP On Flight

From CPAP.com: Here are the CPAP policies of various airlines in the United States and a link to each airline’s policy overview. If you can’t find answers online pertaining to your specific airline, equipment, or needs, don’t hesitate to reach out to the airline’s help desk, as they will have the mo...
by Miss Emerita
Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
Replies: 17
Views: 4631

Re: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization

With your current settings of min 4 max 7 and no EPR, you are spending a lot of the night at 7, largely due to your flow limitations. If you set your min and max to 7 with EPR of 3, your average pressure over the night will be lower, since your exhalations will all be at 4. But I'm all in favor of g...
by Miss Emerita
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Do I need to turn off EPR and go CPAP?
Replies: 17
Views: 12169

Re: Do I need to turn off EPR and go CPAP?

Sleep HQ isn't giving me access to your charts, but given what you've said about them, I see absolutely no reason for you to stick with the changes you've tried out. Your AHI and FLs are worse with these changes, so go back to what was working better for you. Side note: Often when people turn EPR ON...
by Miss Emerita
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help dialing in settings
Replies: 8
Views: 3717

Re: Help dialing in settings

Yes, bumping your EPR up sounds like a good next step. You're still pretty new to PAP therapy, and sometimes it takes a while before it provides restful sleep. So I'd recommend you have some patience and see how things look a month or two from now. There's a decent chance you'll be feeling better. I...
by Miss Emerita
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
Replies: 17
Views: 4631

Re: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization

Well that's encouraging! Stick with these settings for a few more nights and see how it goes. The next step I would probably recommend is to re-introduce some EPR. That will give you a lower pressure when you exhale (except when you're at 4), which might help with the residual aerophagia issues.
by Miss Emerita
Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Events per hour has increased
Replies: 62
Views: 22167

Re: Events per hour has increased

That's it; the change would give you more information. Who knows whether the information would be helpful or not; it'd have to be available before anyone could figure that out.

I hope you'll follow up on the periodic limb movement issue.
by Miss Emerita
Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Are these Central Apneas and what to do about them?
Replies: 6
Views: 1688

Re: Are these Central Apneas and what to do about them?

In at least some places, the CAs seem to be part of a pattern of unstable breathing. Deeper breathing (perhaps as part of an arousal) leads to a CA, there's some deeper recovery breathing after the CA, then the deeper recovery breathing leads to another CA, etc. You can also see some waxing/waning p...
by Miss Emerita
Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
Replies: 17
Views: 4631

Re: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization

I’d suggest you go ahead with the increase to 7 as your minimum. We can then take that as a starting point for any further adjustments. Occasionally it will make sense to cap pressure below where it “wants” to go, if it’s mostly being driven up by flow limitations and if pressure increases are probl...
by Miss Emerita
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: [Long Post] Am I getting enough sleep?
Replies: 5
Views: 1590

Re: [Long Post] Am I getting enough sleep?

I think your best bet is to keep a written record for a couple of weeks that notes your answers to something like this list of questions: How long did I sleep last night? Did I wake up early and feel like getting up? If yes, did I go back to sleep for some additional "lighter" sleep? How did I feel ...
by Miss Emerita
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization
Replies: 17
Views: 4631

Re: ResMed Autoset 11 Settings Optimization

Welcome! In so many ways, you're off to a great start. You're sleeping with the machine, you have leaks under control, you're using Oscar, and you're taking an active role in making your PAP therapy work. Sleep is highly variable from one night to the next, so when you make changes to your settings,...
by Miss Emerita
Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help dialing in settings
Replies: 8
Views: 3717

Re: Help dialing in settings

Your flow limitations may or may not be contributed to unrestful sleep. The best tool you have to reduce FLs is EPR. It drops your pressure when you exhale; by the same token it increases pressure when you inhale. This little increase can help reduce FLs if they originate in sagging tissues in your ...
by Miss Emerita
Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPap - Severe bloating no matter what I do
Replies: 34
Views: 7576

Re: BiPap - Severe bloating no matter what I do

As you may already know, IGA nephropathy can cause tiredness as a symptom. Are you seeing a kidney specialist? Are you receiving any forms of treatment for the disease?
by Miss Emerita
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help required to reduce AHI and Aerophagia
Replies: 31
Views: 11792

Re: Help required to reduce AHI and Aerophagia

+1 Zonker. One way raising your minimum to 7 might help is by giving you more consistent flex. (The lowest pressure the machine can generate is 4, so you get no flex at 4, just a little at 5, etc.) Flex can sometimes help with flow limitations and hypopneas. After you try that for a few days, you co...
by Miss Emerita
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie and confused.
Replies: 10
Views: 2201

Re: Newbie and confused.

About your sleep position: You might want to try this for stomach-sleeping:

wiki/index.php/Sleep_Positions

For some people who use CPAP, this is a big help.
by Miss Emerita
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap data
Replies: 8
Views: 1838

Re: Cpap data

I had some thoughts about this, but on reflection I think the prior question is whose requirement you're needing to meet.