A few newbie questions - with Data!

Hello!

I am checking back in hoping for some more wise advice.

The CPAP has been a great blessing and it is quite comfortable to me now, with one exception: Sometimes after I doze off and the machine ramps up, it wakes me up and I feel a bit aggitated by the pressure. I did make an adjustment, lowering pressure min and max slightly, on Sunday, Nov 16, to see if that would help. The ramp pressure doesn't ever bother me, and I don't seem to have many events during the ramp phase either. I didn't wake up and feel annoyed since turning the pressure down, but I may have sacrificed a little bit of effectiveness, as my AHI went up a tad. I think I will move back up to 11-16 range toniight and see if I still sleep well without waking up "agitated" by the pressure. My mask is an F20, although the machine reports something else unless I manually correct each day.

WIth this information, I would greatly appreciate y'all taking a look at my data and giving me your suggestions for improvemnt. The data shows, on average, one cluster of events per night also. I am wondering if that could be positional? Also, it seems like higher limits on pressure reduce my OA events but increase CA events, and reducing pressure does the opposite to both. Perhaps with more time at the higher pressure, the CA events will wane?

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Thanks so much!

plaqueman wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 7:06 am

Perhaps with more time at the higher pressure, the CA events will wane?

Those are post-arousal CAs. Your breathing is being treated. You are not sleeping well. Adopt a strict sleep hygiene. After some time, your mind/body may become accepting of CPAP.

Thank you, Granny. If you think I am not sleeping well now, you should have seen me before! My AHI was 59 untreated - I am sleeping like a baby now, but still looking to improve. Thank you for helping me.

Granny, or others, would you mind taking another look for me? I seem to have one cluster of OA events on many nights. When I do not have one of those clusters, I get to the 3-4 events per night range, but when I do, I am at 5-7. Last night, Dec 20, I had a pronounced cluster.

I have 2 cpap machines, and they upload under different data points, and that explains the gap in my info. The dropdown will allow you to change to the travel machine/main machine. I AM using the machine every night.

Thanks for your help, and Happy Holidays, everyone.
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Edit: I believe I may have solved it! I raised my min pressure and max pressure by one each to 8 and 18, and it looks like it may have knocked out that cluster of OAs i was getting, usually around midnight. For the 2 nights it has been higher, my AHI is way down. Perhaps the now higher lowere pressure limit is keeping my airway open when I first hit Deep or REM sleep.