Spikes in pressure even without apneas

[vangmay231]

I've been using my cpap for over 10 months. Recently had a leak problem, fixed it by adjusting the mask. Have worked towards ensuring sleep isn't fragmented, and I had a 7 hour 40 minutes session after a long long time. My symptoms haven't improved at all but have just been worsened - fatigue, sleepiness, fogginess etc - and so I just want to get this absolutely perfect. In the first sleepyhead night log, even in some portions without apneas, my cpap jumped from 13 to 14.5 and back repeatedly over an hour or so. I increased the pressure to 14 thinking maybe that's what my body needs, and the same thing happens from 14 to 15.5. Why is this happening?

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[Pugsy]

Those are test pressure probes.
viewtopic/t80875/Respironics-APAP-press ... se-up.html

[vangmay231]

Alright, thank you. I've been getting really desperate though because my sleep just hasn't improved for a long time now. My eyes also burn very often and I'm not sure why that happens. Any changes you would recommend? People say that I need to get my AHI to under 1-2, is there anything I could do to achieve that?

[Pugsy]

Do you take any medications of any kind? If so, what?

[vangmay231]

Nope, no medications at all. For at least the past 3 months. At that point I was misdiagnosed with narcolepsy and treated for that. But since then it's come back to normal. And my symptoms were as bad before that as they are now

[Pugsy]

All I know to suggest is more minimum pressure and see if the AHI reduces and if it does...does it help in terms of how you feel.
It is entirely possible that some of your unwanted symptoms simply aren't related to sleep apnea and even if your AHI was 0.0 you might not feel the good numbers.

[vangmay231]

I do have ENT issues. Deviated septum, enlarged tonsils etc. My doctor said there is no way I'm breathing through my nose all the time because there really isn't any space. I could get surgery done but I'm just worried it might worsen things. For now I have changes to the dreamwear ffm and that has helped a bit for sure.
I have lost 4 kgs but am still at the edge of being overweight, and if putting more stress on that will help me I will. I have tried increasing the minimum pressure to 15-16 but it didn't help in the past, I could try it again.

[Pugsy]

You might take the time to go look zoomed in on those flagged events to try to figure out if they are asleep flags or awake/arousal related flags.

http://freecpapadvice.com/sleepyhead-free-software

We don't always remember arousals but they can still mess with our sleep quality and how we feel.