First Night on APAP, Settings question

[zaquon]

I picked up a Resmed Vantage for a good price on cpapauction. My titrated pressue is 8, I've been running at 10 so I set the APAP at 8-12. My AI ran a little better than my average, but my HI was about the same as it's been. Here are my numbers from last night:

AI: .2
HI: 5.2
95% pressure: 11.6

I can't remember my leak rate, but it wasn't bad at all. I should have written it all down as the #s are on my computer at home and I'm at work now.

Overall it did a little better than my CPAP set at 10. Some would say I'm asking for too much at this point as I've kept my AI under 1 for a while, and I'm taking the hypos with a grain of salt since I've been using ResMeds, but I've been at this 2 months now and I'm not feeling fully rested. I know it could take longer, but as long as there's a possibility of lowering my AHI I'm going to keep trying.

I'd like any input on what I should do. Should I set the range really wide so I can do a self-titration? Since it hit the max of 12 should I raise that? Raise the minimun? Or since I had a decent night on 8-12 leave it alone for a week to see how I adjust?

Thanks for any feedback on this.

_z

[DreamStalker]

First of all keep in mind that you need to take an average of at least one-weeks worth of data and two is even better if you have the patience.

If after a week or two your average 95% pressure is still 11.6 AND your leaks are within reason, I would bump min pressure to about 10 and max pressure to about 13 or 14 and see what happens after another week or two.