No, I suspect that I am in REM sleep when the HCluster happens. Definitely not awake. When I wake up I usually have been having vivid dreams I remember. On top of it, when I get a night when the Hcluster happens (which is frequent), I feel like crap. Except for the move to EPAP min at 5, I am exactly what my prescription is.ajack wrote:Did you miss the bit about breathing out hard when it ramps up unwanted? It works with the resmed, it may work with the philips.
are you awake, when the H cluster is happening? You don't count anything when you are awake.
We all adjust our machines. Have you got the clinical manual for your machine, it's available from apneaboard. A good idea is not to adjust anything you aren't sure of, till you have read up on it. I would go back to the original settings as per the doctor/lab. The auto breath rate, would be what I would choose over a fixed rate, when you''re not sure what the rate should be.
do you have the UA apnea turned off? There may be some that you need to see, as well as the H. the sleepyhead instructions should tell you all you need to know to set up your chart.
I can try the puffing back, but the problem is that just as I probably fall into stage 1, it starts puffing and it wakes me up. This can go on for a long period of time some nights. I don't have a ramp, but maybe I need to put a long ramp in so that I get through that unstable part. My doc has explained that breathing becomes very unstable at the first stage of sleep. I asked if we could do something about the puffing at that point and he basically shrugged.
I'll have to look for the UA that you reference. I'm very new to the sleepyhead software. My goal is to let me get to sleep without that puffing constantly waking me up at first and to get rid of the hclusters. If I get rid of the hclusters my nighthly AHI would be fantastic. And during the hclusters is that patient initiated breaths getting low a problem (although no hclusters and its moot)?
But please bear with me. I will learn with the guidance of the group. Thank you again.
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