CPAP Newbie Asking for Air Pressure Advice

[dmypub]

I have been on cpap therapy for 48 days. The majority of this time I have been on air pressure of 8cm.
I have struggled with getting my mask to not leak.

I have finally found a mask that seems to have minimal leakage. However, my AHI has not significantly changed (30 AHI).

I upped my air pressure last night to 11.5 (incrementally increasing every couple nights) Yet my AHI was 27.14 (OAI 18.95, HI 2.02, CAI 6.17)

Anyone have any recommendations as to how high I should set air pressure to start seeing my AHI trend downward ?

Thanks in advance !

dmypub

[Julie]

What model of machine are you using? What mask?

Don't just keep raising pressure until you have a better idea of what's going on... DO read the 1st 'Announcement' at the top of the main page carefully.

[palerider]

I have been on cpap therapy for 48 days. The majority of this time I have been on air pressure of 8cm.
I have struggled with getting my mask to not leak.

I have finally found a mask that seems to have minimal leakage. However, my AHI has not significantly changed (30 AHI).

I upped my air pressure last night to 11.5 (incrementally increasing every couple nights) Yet my AHI was 27.14 (OAI 18.95, HI 2.02, CAI 6.17)

Anyone have any recommendations as to how high I should set air pressure to start seeing my AHI trend downward ?

Thanks in advance !

dmypub

Read the newbies post, and do what it says, so we have an idea what's going on with you.

[zonker]

the newbie post palerider refers to is here-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

please read it and follow the instructions. the experts need to know more about you and your machine before they can help. without knowing the facts, all they can do would be to guess.

good luck!

[palerider]

the newbie post palerider refers to is here-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

please read it and follow the instructions. the experts need to know more about you and your machine before they can help. without knowing the facts, all they can do would be to guess.

good luck!

Thanks, trying to cut and paste links isn't worth the effort for me when I'm posting on my phone

[zonker]

the newbie post palerider refers to is here-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

please read it and follow the instructions. the experts need to know more about you and your machine before they can help. without knowing the facts, all they can do would be to guess.

good luck!

Thanks, trying to cut and paste links isn't worth the effort for me when I'm posting on my phone

i just thought you were lazy!

[palerider]

the newbie post palerider refers to is here-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

please read it and follow the instructions. the experts need to know more about you and your machine before they can help. without knowing the facts, all they can do would be to guess.

good luck!

Thanks, trying to cut and paste links isn't worth the effort for me when I'm posting on my phone

i just thought you were lazy!

Well, there's that too... on the other hand, part of me thinks that the VERY FIRST POST on the page, that says "Sticky: Newbies PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING" ought to be something people can find on their own... but, what do I know?

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

[Pugsy]

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

Can't make it bigger or any color but black and for sure no flashing. Sorry.
The forum editor modifications aren't available in the Subject line.

[JonathanZK]

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

Can't make it bigger or any color but black and for sure no flashing. Sorry.
The forum editor modifications aren't available in the Subject line.

I can help with that if you want. I'm a graphic designer / web designer / developer by profession. But I would need admin access to phpBB to do it. PM me if you'd really like to emphasize that sticky.

[palerider]

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

Can't make it bigger or any color but black and for sure no flashing. Sorry.
The forum editor modifications aren't available in the Subject line.

I actually tried... hehe. found out that it can't be done

[palerider]

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

Can't make it bigger or any color but black and for sure no flashing. Sorry.
The forum editor modifications aren't available in the Subject line.

I can help with that if you want. I'm a graphic designer / web designer / developer by profession. But I would need admin access to phpBB to do it. PM me if you'd really like to emphasize that sticky.

Nothing short of an arm that reaches out and moves the mouse will work with some people... (yes, I know there's programmatic methods) but still. heh.

[JonathanZK]

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

Can't make it bigger or any color but black and for sure no flashing. Sorry.
The forum editor modifications aren't available in the Subject line.

I actually tried... hehe. found out that it can't be done

Did you try targeting the element using CSS Attribute Selectors? That was going to be my approach.

I wonder if Pugsy could make the text bigger and in RED... and maybe flash... it'd probably be ignored anyway, even if it were possible.

Can't make it bigger or any color but black and for sure no flashing. Sorry.
The forum editor modifications aren't available in the Subject line.

I can help with that if you want. I'm a graphic designer / web designer / developer by profession. But I would need admin access to phpBB to do it. PM me if you'd really like to emphasize that sticky.

Nothing short of an arm that reaches out and moves the mouse will work with some people... (yes, I know there's programmatic methods) but still. heh.

lol. True. Most new people (myself included) prefer to dive right in -- which I understand is annoying for the regulars. Sorry about that.

[Pugsy]

I can help with that if you want. I'm a graphic designer / web designer / developer by profession. But I would need admin access to phpBB to do it. PM me if you'd really like to emphasize that sticky.

No. People can either see it as it is or not...if they miss it someone can point them to it. Not that big of a deal.
I don't even have admin access (nor do I want it).
My powers are extremely limited and I am just fine with the limits.

[palerider]

Did you try targeting the element using CSS Attribute Selectors? That was going to be my approach.

I didn't even think of trying that, I just tried the usual markup that's used on forum posts... i didn't figure it would work... but one never knows

lol. True. Most new people (myself included) prefer to dive right in -- which I understand is annoying for the regulars. Sorry about that.

At some point, it does get old answering the same questions over and over...which of course, is why Pugsy took the time to write the "newbies" post, to save everybody time, including every newbie that reads it... they can take a few minutes, read that, put their equipment in their profile, figure out how to format their SH charts, and start getting answers on their first post, instead of a lot of back and forth...

It does save everybody time.

[dmypub]

Sorry, reading all the fine print was difficult since I was posting from my phone. BTW, if a post is irritating you, why not ignore it ? Is there any way to block certain annoying users from responding (you know where you can put your cpap hose palerider ! ) ? - I might use this forum more !