Help with Oscar

[csmlet]

I got my new resmed 10 autosense Sep 26 and have been try to understand the Oscar app. I am attaching a screenshot of last night and just looking at the previous night it is about an average night. Any suggestions as to what I might change? I have been on cpap for about 10 years and had the dreamwear app that I always relied on. With the dreamwear my AHI was probably an average of 3-3.5 but I am always sleepy when I wake up and doze while watching TV in the afternoon. This might be due to being 73 years old, lol. Anyway thanks for all you do and keep up the good work.

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[Miss Emerita]

Congratulations on using Oscar!

It's showing us that you are having a fair number of hypopneas, many of which come at around the same time you're having flow limitations. If you were feeling good during the day, I'd say don't worry about this. But because you're feeling sleepy, it's worth trying to fine-tune your settings to see whether that helps.

Let's not make dramatic changes all at once. How about raising your minimum to 9 and adding EPR of 1? I'm especially eager to see whether the EPR reduces the flow limitations and, perhaps, the hypopneas. Depending on the results of this little experiment, you may want to increase the EPR and/or the minimum in the future. But try the revised settings for a few days and then let's see what has happened.

One other thing. I see you had three breaks in treatment during the night. Can you recall why?

[LSAT]

I 100% agree with this plan.

[csmlet]

Thank you so much for your quick reply, will tweak my settings and try it for a few days, As for the 3 breaks, 2 was a p--- break, not sure what the third one was, must have been scratching my nose. Old man, lol

[Okie bipap]

Welcome to the group. I was your age when I started treatment six years ago, so I understand the old man syndrome. Hypopneas can interrupt your sleep cycle just as much as apneas can. By raising the lower pressure, you should be able to reduce the number of hypopneas.

[csmlet]

Thanks to all of you, My pressure setting on my dreamwear cpap was at a constant 11.0 and my average AHI was probably around 4-5. Will try my new settings for a couple of more day and resubmit my graphs. Thanks again.

[csmlet]

After a few nights on your recommended settings. Is there anything I need to change? Thanks again.

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[Miss Emerita]

Csmlet, could you post a daily chart with the news settings? Thanks.

[csmlet]

Not sure what is wrong but there is no data on my daily view

[csmlet]

this is what my daily shows for last night.

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[Pugsy]

Was the SD card fully inserted in the cpap machine during the night or was it sitting in your computer.

SD card MUST be in the cpap machine to get the detailed graphs.

Only the summary numbers you see on the left side are stored in the machine.
The detailed data files have to go directly to the SD card....otherwise they are lost forever.

[csmlet]

You are right, sitting in my computer, I saw it this morning and put in back thinking it would capture last night but apparently I was wrong. Thanks Pugsy, will try again tomorrow.

[csmlet]

OK, had the card in cpap last night and here are my readings. Thanks.

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[Miss Emerita]

Both hypopneas and FLs are improved, which is good to see. CAs ticked upward; this may reflect a restless night, or it may mean your body is adjusting to the changes you made. I'd suggest sticking with these revised settings for at least another 3 days or so, given how much sleep can vary from one night to the next.

I notice you had more leaks. Did they bother you?

Next time you post a chart, be sure to move the vertical slider on the left panel so the
information at the top is visible.

[csmlet]

Thanks, will do