Switched from APAP to CPAP mode

[perasso]

Then you are OK. If the doc saw the data, he would have seen pressure induced apnea if they occurred. I should say that they aren't really apneas, they are open airway events where you don't breath. And it's not clear cut that high pressure causes them, though in some cases I think it does.

the good news is that your doc is looking at the data so you will be able to zero in on a solution. good luck!!!

[Wulfman...]

if you find a more recent article, please post it. I'd love to read it.

As for the 2009 article I posted, I can verify that respironics still works as described in the article. I don't know about the others.

I don't snore, so my APAP is not able to adjust my pressure effectively. It simply doesn't detect any events (snoring, flow limitations, hypopneas) before I suddenly have an apnea event. It takes the respironics 10 minutes to respond, some of the other brands are faster, but still take 5 minutes.

The respironics is, however, very useful for giving me data on what my optimum pressure will be because it ramps the pressure every 10 minutes or so, looking for a pressure at which the air resistance is at a minimum. One or two more nights and I'll have enough data.

If I were beginning my CPAP journey again, one of the first questions I would ask a practitioner is to explain the algorithm of the APAP he/she is prescribing and why that will work for me. If he/she couldn't do that, I would look for another provider. Problem is, I doubt that very many sleep doctors have a clue.

You're a good example of someone analyzing their sleep data. That's very important.
I have similar issues with using an APAP in a range of pressures. When I have used it and even when I don't, I have very few apneas.....sometimes none to maybe 10 or 15 in a month, I have very few/occasional flow limitations, a few hypopneas and a few snores. Virtually NONE of the "predictors" (snores or flow limitations) occur before what few apneas I do have. So, for me, the pressures chasing a few snores, a few flow limitations and the periodic pressure "bumps" are not worth having my sleep disrupted.
When I was about to begin my therapy, I had read about the Autos chasing snores......and since I was a horrendous snorer at that time, I decided to just go with a straight pressure data-capable machine to start with and then somewhere down the road look into getting an Auto for a secondary/backup machine.......which is what I did.


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[DeadlySleep]

I'm really NOT an "APAP hater"

APAP agnostic?

[Wulfman...]

I'm really NOT an "APAP hater"

APAP agnostic?

Heh, heh.

Maybe.......there seem to be those who think that APAP mode IS a "higher power" ( God? ) .
I'm a believer in "whatever works that makes you sleep better and feel better when you wake up after a night's sleep".


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