Pugsy wrote:Okay. You have one of the first M Series Auto CPAP machines with CFlex. The later M Series Auto CPAP machines had AFlex in Auto mode.
You don't have a BiPap. BiPaps don't have CFlex...they would have BiFlex.
Your pressures were 7.0 minimum and 11.5 maximum....at those settings your AHI was fine...that's from the 7/30 day AHI averages.
I still don't know if you increased the 7.0 minimum to 12 or the 11.5 maximum to 12.
Changing the maximum from 11.5 to 12 shouldn't really do much in terms of causing aerophagia to be worse because the machine wouldn't go there unless it thinks it needs to and your overall 90% pressure was 10 cm...so it didn't want to go to the max of 11.5 all that much so I don't see it going to 12 all that much.
If you increased the 7.0 minimum to 12...that's the culprit for the aerophagia and I don't think you needed any increase.
Now if you weren't feeling so good and just thought more pressure would help...it might have if your AHI was high but it wasn't...30 day average was under 3.0.
You increased the pressure when there wasn't a need in terms of OSA results to increase the pressure.
Leaks are well within acceptable limits...so that's not the problem.
I don't know what your problem is or was to cause you to increase the pressure but the increase caused a problem with aerophagia and the AHI doesn't support your needing that much pressure so I would suggest changing it back to where it was.
If you aren't feeling the good numbers...probably should be seeing your doctor and starting there...
along with the usual speech...
How many hours of sleep are you getting? Are those hours of sleep fragmented with a lot of wake ups and if they are any idea why?
Do you take any medications of any kind that have side effects that could account for your unwanted symptoms?
More pressure doesn't fix everything and if your AHI is nice and low (and it is) there's no need for more pressure.
Now it doesn't hurt to use a little more pressure than might be technically needed UNLESS it causes a problem like the aerophagia issues you are having.
I had recently upped my pressure to 12 it was too low (somehow around 7max) and i was Exhausted. When i went to 12 it was Ok for a few days started feeling better.... then the Air in the Tummy ... Lowered it to 11.5 last night and much better.
Only thing i take at night is Melantonin 5mg or 3mg to help me sleep
Thanks for all of the help. When i first got the machine my Max pressure was 20+ sounded like a Airplane coming in my husband says. Thanks again