Surprising results

[WindFlyer]

I had been thinking everything was hunkey-dorey for the last ten years or so... But my wife started complaining about me moving my legs around so much it was like I was running a marathon in my sleep. So I went to the sleep doc. We speculated on some stuff. I said, "Hey, the last time I had a polysomnograph done was fifteen years ago. Let's do another one and get some fresh data." So we did. And it turns out that though I THOUGHT I was sleeping okay- it was a trainwreck. I had apneas, hypopneas, and periodic limb movements all over the place. So I get prescribed a BI-pap machine. Because apparently- contrary to my belief, too much pressure during exhalation can be a bad thing.

So my point with all this is- if it's been a while since your sleep study, and things don't seem right, request another one. What you find might surprise you. It sure surprised me.

For reference, for all the tech nerds: Up until this point I was using a Respironics CPAP set at 18cm H2O with EPR set at minus 3cm, F&P HC431 FFM, built-in humidifier. My AHI was showing about 3.0 for past 7 and 90 days on the machine. Old machine here: https://www.cpap.com/productpage/pr-sys ... ap-machine

My new machine will be the DeVilbiss Intellipap Auto Bilevel with SmartCode, and the integrated humidifier.

-MJ

[palerider]

So my point with all this is- if it's been a while since your sleep study, and things don't seem right, request another one. What you find might surprise you. It sure surprised me.

Alternatively, just check your data.

[chunkyfrog]

Self-assessment with data is definitely the quickest and cheapest route.
One may need "official" input to switch to a higher level machine,
especially when insurance is involved.

[Pugsy]

So my point with all this is- if it's been a while since your sleep study, and things don't seem right, request another one. What you find might surprise you. It sure surprised me.

Alternatively, just check your data.

He was given the PR S1 brick model 260 fixed cpap... at least that is what he linked to.
More reason to insist on full data machines to start with.

[palerider]

So my point with all this is- if it's been a while since your sleep study, and things don't seem right, request another one. What you find might surprise you. It sure surprised me.

Alternatively, just check your data.

He was given the PR S1 brick model 260 fixed cpap... at least that is what he linked to.
More reason to insist on full data machines to start with.

Well, fair enough... but, yet another reason to refuse no-data machines, like you said.