Preparing for my first night on CPAP

mjmia3 · Post by **mjmia3** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:30 pm

Hi All,

I picked up my AirSense Auto for her today, and I'm trying the Dreamwear mask. Do you know if the AHI is calculated off of run time, or when it senses you are asleep? I'm afraid of wearing it for fun while awake as it could artificially lower AHI. My pressure range is 5-15. I am fairly familiar with CPAP. My daughter had it for a few months (severe OSA that corrected with removing tonsils/adenoids), my mom and both of her parents are also on CPAP/BiPAP.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:32 pm

mjmia3 wrote: Do you know if the AHI is calculated off of run time, or when it senses you are asleep.

runtime.

Diamondminek · Post by **Diamondminek** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:02 am

Wearing it while awake will help you hit compliance numbers though. If you use sleepyhead to check the data, you can see what's happening with your ahi when you know you are asleep,so the machine number won't matter so much.

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 5:28 am

mjmia3 wrote:Hi All,

I picked up my AirSense Auto for her today, and I'm trying the Dreamwear mask. Do you know if the AHI is calculated off of run time, or when it senses you are asleep? I'm afraid of wearing it for fun while awake as it could artificially lower AHI. My pressure range is 5-15. I am fairly familiar with CPAP. My daughter had it for a few months (severe OSA that corrected with removing tonsils/adenoids), my mom and both of her parents are also on CPAP/BiPAP.

Will most likely RAISE your AHI.

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