Responding to events faster or at a higher pressure

seadog · Post by **seadog** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:26 am

Hi folks,
My very first post! Woohoo!
I started using the Goodknight 420E with the software about a week ago and I have started raising my lower pressure bit by bit so I'm running at about 6cm. This seems to work great for the magical 90% of the night. However during apneas I mostly need to go as high as 13 or 14 to be able "break on through to the other side".

I'm wondering if there is any way to get the system to either respond faster or to respond by immediately going to, say, 11cm then go up from there.

Thanks for your help.

BTW, if so many of you folks are sleeping so well, why are you up in the middle of the night?

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:24 am

Welcome seadog!

You said:
However during apneas I mostly need to go as high as 13 or 14 to be able "break on through to the other side". I'm wondering if there is any way to get the system to either respond faster or to respond by immediately going to, say, 11cm then go up from there.

Are you seeing this from the software data? Why are you looking for the pressure to increase faster? Are you hoping it will blow your mask off?

You can set the minimum pressure at 11cm... but I'm curious why you would want to do that. The great feature of the auto is keeping the pressure low until needed... without it you would spend the whole night at 14cm.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:36 am

hi seadog,

Good question!

BTW, if so many of you folks are sleeping so well, why are you up in the middle of the night?

I work at home - my own hours - can sleep late. Years of untreated OSA probably gradually moved me toward a habit of staying up later and later. Perhaps it was a subconscious dread of suffocating...my brain trying to save me from what was really happening during "sleep". Now, I actually enjoy being up during peaceful night hours, and sleep great (and late) with the machine when I finally do go to bed. Circadian rhythm turned upside down, of course. Suits me since I usually don't have to get up at any certain time.