Sweet Spot...or Not?

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Sweet Spot...or Not?

Post by krousseau » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:49 pm

I have chronic insomnia and I spend a fair amount of time awake with the machine on. When I'm awake my AHI is 0 and my pressure is low-doesn't that skew my numbers when I'm on APAP? I'm not even sure I could get a sweet spot on CPAP-my sleep is so irregular I'd have to stay at each pressure for days to average out the variance. Or am I missing something???

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Re: Sweet Spot...or Not?

Post by ozij » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:50 pm

krousseau wrote:I have chronic insomnia and I spend a fair amount of time awake with the machine on. When I'm awake my AHI is 0 and my pressure is low-doesn't that skew my numbers when I'm on APAP?
It will skew your average pressure, but will have less of an impact on the "90%" info - which is the the pressure at or below which you spend 90% of your time.
I'm not even sure I could get a sweet spot on CPAP-my sleep is so irregular I'd have to stay at each pressure for days to average out the variance. Or am I missing something???
No, you're not missing anything.

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Post by drummergirl410 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:33 pm

If you keep your machine in auto mode, you're covered either way.

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Post by ozij » Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:11 am

[quote="drummergirl410"]If you keep your machine in auto mode, you're covered either way.


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