had the CPAP on for 11 minutes last night

Barb (Seattle) · Post by **Barb (Seattle)** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:12 pm

....then couldn't sleep any more because of pain. Got up, took a bath...read....looked on the internet, then went to bed without the CPAP
(For SHAME!!!)

The results: In those 11 minutes, I had no apneas, but 10.9 hypopneas.
About the rate of my sleep study originally *shrug*

Gotta go get the machine looked at

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:17 pm

Try the 420E !

Many (me included) have had the same problem with the Spirit . Switched to 420E and sweet dreams. The Resmed algorithm doesn't work for every one. This is true of all autos . They don't work for everyone . Might this apply to you ?

OldSeaRock · Post by **OldSeaRock** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:20 pm

If you got the machine at a DME with insurance then chances are that your DME (if they're worth their salt) can help with either adjusting the settings or putting you on a new machine.

If your insurance is paying for the machine (wholly or in part) then part of this agreement with the insurance company is that you get a machine that works for you. At least that's the way my DME explained it to me.

Adding that the DME where I got my machine seems to be exemplary with regards to service. They're locally owned, not a part of some national chain.

Good luck!

snork1 · Post by **snork1** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:43 pm

I am still waiting for a "we'll call you in one to two weeks" from my DME from 2 weeks ago. I have yet to get a single call back from either of the two DME's I have tried.....or any REAL effort at help. I will call them again tomorrow. At least my new DME is more courteous when I finally connect with them.

You mention "pain". That doesn't sound like a machine problem, but a mask problem. I can't remember what mask you are using, but have you used the "search" function to find ALL the tricks for using your mask? And do you have two different types of interfaces? That can help allow the pain to go away as you switch to different pressure spots.

How are your actual Apnea events compared to before? My doc said in my case (and I assume some others) that the hypopneas don't count because my oxygen saturation wasn't dropping during those events in the test, so I can ignore that part of the readout in the software. Of course he is the doc that is exclusivley pushing Resmed straight CPAP machines at the moment and actively discouraging people from using anything else such as the PB 420E....so he might not have high credibility at the moment.

Barb (Seattle) · Post by **Barb (Seattle)** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:43 pm

[quote="chrisp"]Try the 420E !

Many (me included) have had the same problem with the Spirit . Switched to 420E and sweet dreams. The Resmed algorithm doesn't work for every one. This is true of all autos . They don't work for everyone . Might this apply to you ?