?? I didn't. I've changed the settings as I was advised to: minimum of 6, maximum of 10. Before it was 4 and 10.
cpap has made my situation worse. now what?
Re: cpap has made my situation worse. now what?
Re: cpap has made my situation worse. now what?
You did. I was so impressed by your snoring and flow limitations seeing the machine reporting a minimum of 4 that I only saw that you did nothing with the ramp, despite three people suggesting you do not leave it at 4 for 45 minutes.
In your new settings, you raised the minimum pressure to 6, but by raising EPR from 2 to 3 you caused you exhale pressure to be lower. In other words, even when your inhale pressure goes up to 7, you drop to 4 when you exhale. And 4 is too low and seems to have exacerbated both the snoring and the flow limitations. The machine isn't responding quickly enough when your breathing switches from exhaling to inhaling.
Yes, it was a respected forum member who recommended raising your EPR from 2 to 3. I'd say your trial shows that doesn't work in your case. First thing I'd do if this was my data is take EPR to 2, so that your exhale pressure isn't that much lower that your inhale pressure.
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Re: cpap has made my situation worse. now what?
I noticed too that settings were same.
I prefer a short five minute ramp as it gives me a few to settle in and then it goes right to treatment.
One other thing I noticed was your comment about congestion. Does a hot shower clear you out a bit? Just asking because I see you have humidity set at 4 I think but can’t tell if you have a heated hose to carry the moisture to your nose. I wager this would help you TREMENDOUSLY. I keep mine (just as reference point) humidity 3 temp 78.
Getting heated tube would probably help with flow limits caused by mucous esp if you live where trees are dropping pollen like crazy!
hth and hope you will keep us posted.
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Re: cpap has made my situation worse. now what?
BTW you should have the SMART START turned on! maybe that’s why you aren’t getting air!PhotoWolf wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:39 pmReviving this thread rather than start a new one...
I didn't even try to use the cpap for most of March -- cataract surgery on both eyes, two weeks apart, was so high stress that also trying to use the machine was out of the question. I have been trying to use it for the last couple of weeks, but without much better results. Some nights I manage three or four hours with the mask on, other nights I can't get to sleep with it at all. The night recorded here is more or less typical of the first type: https://sleephq.com/public/8e1a58f1-8fc ... c5336570e5
All I can tell from that is that I'm still apparently having apneic events. Increasing the maximum pressure might help, but on the other hand I know I can't tolerate much more. I got to 15cm the night of the sleep study, and it was like having a ten or twelve-knot wind blowing down my throat nonstop. Even if I can fall asleep like that, choking on my own breath while I'm asleep does not sound like fun. The machine is stupid enough to read that as an apneic event and increase the pressure even more, and then where will I be?
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