How do you know if the pressure is too high?

skinnysleepapnea · Post by **skinnysleepapnea** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:13 am

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:51 pm

Without doing a titration or trying to interpret the data from a recording CPAP, you probably don't know.

Not the answer you were looking for, I'm sure.

neversleeps · Post by **neversleeps** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:28 pm

There's no way to know if your pressure is too high without being able to read the data from your software. If I recall, your Respironics Pro machine only gives compliance information, which won't help.

Ask your doc for a month trial on an auto machine. Do you have the card reader and software?

Waking up throughout the night can be caused my a multitude of things. If your mask is leaking and waking you up, it doesn't necessarily mean your pressure is too high. Perhaps your titrated pressure is correct and is treating your apenas, but your mask is not a good fit for you.

What exactly is waking you up? Mask noise? Snoring?

skinnysleepapnea · Post by **skinnysleepapnea** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:23 pm

Before I had cpap I was waking up 3-4 times a night.
Since I've been using a mask, to the degree that I've been using it, I haven't been sleeping much at all. It seems I'm in a state of revery with short sleeping interludes, and then I wake up fully maybe 4-5 times a night. Much worse than without the mask. The mask seems to make things much worse, except I feel energized because it has been pumping air into me... but as far as sleep is concerned, it is much worse. I wrote the question over again with a discussion of why I asked my doctor to put hte pressure up but they seem to have pulled it. In any case, I asked to have my pressure higher than lower thinking that higher pressure would be able to keep me asleep longer, but it seems to be the reverse...

neversleeps · Post by **neversleeps** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:53 pm

Can you tell why you are waking up? Mask noise? General discomfort with the mask?

In any case, I asked to have my pressure higher than lower thinking that higher pressure would be able to keep me asleep longer, but it seems to be the reverse...

By this, do you mean your doc did raise your pressure, or that you are going to ask him to raise your pressure?

neversleeps · Post by **neversleeps** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:15 pm

OK, I just saw the other thread you're referring to....

So you were titrated at 11 but your doc arbitrarily wanted to lower it to somewhere between 4 and 8??? What was the basis for his decision? Why did he bother ordering the sleep study if he wasn't going to use the results?

Demand an auto! Get the software so you can read your nightly results and determine the pressure range where you receive the best treatment. Waking up throughout the night might not have anything to do with the amount of pressure, and everything to do with adjusting to wearing your mask. The only way to nail down what pressure is best for you is to see the results. Once you've determined that, you can work on figuring out why you're waking up so often.

How do you know if the pressure is too high?

How do you know if the pressure is too high?

I started out waking up.