Reading SleepyHead software stats

[MichaelWD64]

Is this good? Any suggestions?

Here’s the initial info:

The last time you used your ResMed VPAP Adapt ASV…
was last night (on Friday, December 11, 2015)
You had an AHI of 1.70, which is considered reasonably good
You machine was on for 8 hours, 50 minutes and 2 seconds.
You had significant periods of major mask leakage.
Your EPAP pressure was under 14.98cmH2O for 95% of the time.
Your IPAP pressure was under 22.02cmH2O for 95% of the time.

Pix: (the long blank gap is between a two-hour nap and 7 hours of sleep):







Thank you!
--Michael

[MichaelWD64]

(moved images into top post, can't yet delete post)

[Julie]

Michael - if you have an 'Edit' button (yet) above your posts, can you try to cut and paste the other note re your life at the top of this one - it's hard to follow someone's story all over the place and it'll be easier for all to help if things are in sequence... But Welcome!

Don't think you yet have a 'spam' or delete button (or do you have an 'X" above your note?) and if not, maybe just leave one line on the other not after copying to say please see this one...

Quick question - do you normally sleep on your back? Have you tried not to for significant lengths of time and if so, did your numbers etc. look better (they should have)?

Any idea what the big gaps in your graphs are - did you use the bathroom then?

[Pugsy]

The only thing I see that could maybe stand to have some work on is maybe the leak but 5% of the night being in large leak sure isn't the end of the world. It you find yourself waking often with the leaks then I would work on them more from the disturbing your sleep side of things than the actual amount of large leak.

For someone using a full face mask and the ASV machine with those pressure and only be at it for 4 nights and you are sleeping...hey, I think it's pretty darn good.

Leaks are a war that we never totally win....sometimes we win the battle but sometimes the leaks do the winning.

I read your story in the other thread. I think you are doing extremely well.
Leaks are the only thing I see here and I wouldn't get all in a panic over 5 % of the night...that's less than 30 minutes over almost 9 hours which isn't horrible at all.

Congratulations.

[MichaelWD64]

Michael - if you have an 'Edit' button (yet) above your posts, can you try to cut and paste the other note re your life at the top of this one - it's hard to follow someone's story all over the place and it'll be easier for all to help if things are in sequence... But Welcome!

Done. Thank you.

Don't think you yet have a 'spam' or delete button (or do you have an 'X" above your note?) and if not, maybe just leave one line on the other not after copying to say please see this one...

Done. Thank you.

Quick question - do you normally sleep on your back? Have you tried not to for significant lengths of time and if so, did your numbers etc. look better (they should have)?

I never sleep on my back. Always on my side, with a second pillow that I put an arm under or over. I usually change sides about 5 times a night, but on CPAP I don't feel the need to, or maybe do so only once.

Any idea what the big gaps in your graphs are - did you use the bathroom then?

The long blank gap is between a two-hour nap and 7 hours of sleep.

Thank you, Julie.

Michael.

[Dingdongdiddlydoo]

I am jealous, have only slept that long months on my BiPap..I think it looks incredible. As far as telling you to cut and paste your posts..well they don't have to read it all! I did not know there was some kind of rule! I have not figuered out even how to go online for my resmed report..and I am grateful to see what it looks like. I did not analyze it..I just looked over it.
We are not robots, a small amount of leakage is human. If I was a robot, it think I would be healthier, turn off my power and plug me in. Oy vey

[MichaelWD64]

The only thing I see that could maybe stand to have some work on is maybe the leak but 5% of the night being in large leak sure isn't the end of the world. It you find yourself waking often with the leaks then I would work on them more from the disturbing your sleep side of things than the actual amount of large leak.

For someone using a full face mask and the ASV machine with those pressure and only be at it for 4 nights and you are sleeping...hey, I think it's pretty darn good.

Leaks are a war that we never totally win....sometimes we win the battle but sometimes the leaks do the winning.

I read your story in the other thread. I think you are doing extremely well.
Leaks are the only thing I see here and I wouldn't get all in a panic over 5 % of the night...that's less than 30 minutes over almost 9 hours which isn't horrible at all.

Congratulations.

Thank you Pugsy!

yeah, the leaks blow air into my eyes. Lol. I wake up with kinda blurry vision from it. Basically I have a second pillow next to me and kind of push my mask against it to minimize leaks. It works most of the time.

I'm glad I'm doing well with it. I figured I was based on what others have said on some threads about not sleeping at first. I'm basically just so tired I can't help but sleep when I do, even with the mask. Also the machine is pretty quiet and I'm wearing ear plugs. I do wake up a few times during the night, usually when air blows up into my eyes, but overall, seem to be sleeping pretty well.

MWD

[MichaelWD64]

I am jealous, have only slept that long months on my BiPap..I think it looks incredible.

Thank you! I'm glad this software exists, whoever made it, thank you. It's a lot easier than just trying to describe what's up. lol.

As far as telling you to cut and paste your posts..well they don't have to read it all! I did not know there was some kind of rule! I

Yeah, well, but I'm new so I did it. It seemed like an odd request. The reason I didn't put them all in one post at first is I tried to post them first on another CPAP forum, but that forum had a rule you couldn't post images until you had a bunch of posts, so I came here. Didn't know if this forum would have that rule, and didn't want to write an elaborate post just to be told I couldn't post it.

have not figuered out even how to go online for my resmed report..and I am grateful to see what it looks like. I did not analyze it..I just looked over it.

What I posted isn't from ResMed, it's from taking the SD card out of my ResMed machine and putting it in free software SleepyHead. http://www.sleepfiles.com/SH2/

We are not robots, a small amount of leakage is human. If I was a robot, it think I would be healthier, turn off my power and plug me in. Oy vey

That has some appeal to me as well. I think my whole life is an attempt to jailbreak the programming I've been dealt.

MWD

[Pugsy]

You might look at adding a mask liner to see if that helps with the leaks.
Some people find they help a lot and some don't. Everything about cpap comes with a big YMMV sticker.
You can make your own out of an old T Shirt to help you get an idea.
Also review any mask fitting tips, hints or videos to see if there is something that could maybe be altered a bit to help.

[MichaelWD64]

You might look at adding a mask liner to see if that helps with the leaks.
Some people find they help a lot and some don't. Everything about cpap comes with a big YMMV sticker.
You can make your own out of an old T Shirt to help you get an idea.
Also review any mask fitting tips, hints or videos to see if there is something that could maybe be altered a bit to help.

Thank you Pugsy.

[MichaelWD64]

For someone using a full face mask and the ASV machine with those pressure and only be at it for 4 nights and you are sleeping...hey, I think it's pretty darn good.

I looked at my stats for the first three nights. My stats get steadily better over the four nights too.

Apparently this robot can learn. lol.


MWD

[Julie]

Sorry Michael... no rule re posting, I just thought it would be easier for all to follow your posts in one place starting out.

[MichaelWD64]

Sorry Michael... no rule re posting, I just thought it would be easier for all to follow your posts in one place starting out.

Cool.

[MichaelWD64]

The other night the software said:
You had an AHI of 1.70, which is considered reasonably good

Last night it said:
You had an AHI of 3.34, which is considered technically "treated"

Why is a higher number "treated" and a lower number "reasonably good"? Shouldn't it be the opposite?

FWIW, my untreated AHI (no machine) is 145.

MWD

[story1267]

The other night the software said:
You had an AHI of 1.70, which is considered reasonably good

Last night it said:
You had an AHI of 3.34, which is considered technically "treated"

Why is a higher number "treated" and a lower number "reasonably good"? Shouldn't it be the opposite?

FWIW, my untreated AHI (no machine) is 145.

MWD

I think this is a feature of SleepyHead (one that I love BTW), since it's created by an actual person. "Treated" is a euphemism for "better than nothing" where "reasonably good" is .... reasonably good.

I rated a "pretty darn good" on a few nights and was inordinately pleased with myself.

Thanks for sharing your story.