Newbie - Getting better with help from this forum.

[FrayedTrain]

Thanks to some help, my 3rd night last night was better.
If I can continue to sleep like that in the next week or so, I would be ok with that. While it wasn't perfect, it shows that with some perseverance and some help with settings from the 'experts' on this forum "things will get better."

I bumped my min pressure from 5 to 7 and EPR from 1 to 3. I felt the difference with the EPR, that made me comfortable and not so anxious. At first, I thought 7 was crazy but it didn't take long for me to accept that pressure. I did wake up sometimes when the pressure went up to 10+. Sometimes I was a little concerned and others I felt that it was Ok and went back to sleep.

I don't want to tell any other newbies that this is easy, but it's not impossible. Be active in your health care, and don't give up.

[Pugsy]

It will get easier...I promise.
There was some significant leaks going on last night but which might have been mask movement and/or mouth opening but for now just concentrate on getting used to the machine and the pressure.

I knew you would think I was nuts suggesting 7 cm but I was 99.9% sure that if you tried it that it would work better with EPR of 3 than the previous 5 with EPR 1 setting. I know it seems counter productive but that difference is actually easier and feels more natural than EPR of 1 feels. With some time and experience that 7 won't seem nearly so scarey.