UARS settings...

[justerry]

Hi everyone. I've been to my sleep specialist and he thinks he can get me out of fibro and migraine pain by treating my sleep problems, I'm sure he's right (at least it should help some). We had a sleep study done and was diagnosed UARS. He wants me to use a cpap and sent me for another sleep study, a split. When I got there the nurse said they would only put on the cpap if I had sleep apnea. I told her I didn't but proceeded anyways. This was another $200 for a sleep study. He was trying to see what the cpap needed to be set on. Anyways, I can't do another sleep study. I'd like to know what anyone with UARS set their cpap on. I'm very new to mine, it's a used Resmed S7.

Thanks for any input,

Susan

[sleepsurfer]

first off, i am certainly not a doctor. that being said, start off at a pressure of 7. take daily notes on how you feel at that pressure for an extended time. slowly raise the pressure until you begin to feel improvement. is the s7 data capable? it would be worth the investment to get a data capable machine.
disclaimer: most sleep doctors would recommend against this. after all, they wouldn't be making any money on sleep studies.
good luck

[Janknitz]

I don't know anything about your machine. It's a couple of generations old.

Some of the new generations of data capable machines can show flow limitations and probably give you feedback that would be helpful for determining the optimal pressure when your issue is UARS rather than obstructive apnea. But otherwise, it seems like guesswork.

I have a lot of skeletal pain issues (never diagnosed with fibro though) and the CPAP seems to be helping, so I hope you get similar results. It did take quite a bit of time to see the difference, and I'm waiting for winter (when my pain levels are usually higher) to see if I can really give credit to the machine.