Newbie after some help

jakeaus wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:37 pm

i turned humidity off and set a manual tube temp aswell as raised the max pressure)
today i am energetic and feel great physically and mentally, actually feel pretty rested aswell.

In my experience, a change in humidity and temp can make a surprisingly big difference.

jakeaus wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:27 pm

i will have to make small changes and see how they go over a period before i decide if its better or worse.

Exactly. And the ResMed machine's let you do that in 0.2 increments, should you decide to up the minimum pressure.

Whichever change you make, try to stick to it for a week or so, unless it's truly unbearable.
Make only one change at a time.
It'll be a slow process - but that's necessary.

You may want to consider starting with putting EPR at 2 instead of at 3. My reasons for thinking of that as an option:
1) That's what usually affects OA's first, and yours keep appearing when the pressure drops. At a minimum of 8, with EPR=3, you're having an exhale pressure of 5 -- which is low, and letting your airway collapse before you inhale. Merely having a higher exhale pressure could help, without even upping the minimum.
2) Your best AHI results happen at EPR=2, or at EPR = ramp only. Granted, the mimimum is 10 at those points so we don't know for sure - but if it were my data, EPR is the next change I'd make (after seeing the effect of the humidity change).

Thank you so much for all the help ozij.

I’ll try the epr first and see how I feel, then after a week I might try the minimum pressure and see if I feel worse or better. Thanks again! Greatly appreciated