cpap auto settings, advise please!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:34 am

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:28 am Post subject: remstar auto cpap

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I use the remstar auto. it seems to always chooses to run more a the lower pressure, which doesn't produce a good quality of sleep. I have found it works better for me to set the low side as high as i can. My sleep test was 13 in 2k. the dr later tried the low at 8, which produced a sleep quality as if no cpap. I adjusted it upwardely till i found a comfortable setting, which rite now is 12.6, with the high setting of 17.

can anyone advise me of a better way?

Kenny

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:56 am

Kenny, bringing the lower setting on your autopap up to within just a notch or two of the prescribed pressure seems to work well for a lot of people. I keep my lower pressure up relatively high too (10).

Others do fine keeping their low pressure down as low as they are able to breathe comfortably at - usually no lower than 5 or 6.

That's yet another "your mileage may vary" aspect of this kind of treatment...where to set the range for your autopap? Having the software makes it easier to decide what the upper pressure should be. But the good old bottom line of "how you feel" probably works best in deciding where to set the lower pressure. Exactly the way you did it, kenny.

No matter what people choose to do with the lower pressure, all can still enjoy one of the biggest benefits of having an autopap - being able to set the upper pressure at least several notches above the prescribed pressure to handle things if conditions change from night to night, or over time. That can even help avoid the inconvenience and expense of further sleep studies.

Who wants to go through an entire sleep study a year down the road to find out nothing more than that the prescribed pressure needs to be raised (or sometimes lowered)? Autopaps can help remove the nagging thought.... "Is this single prescribed pressure really right for me - all of the time?" Just my thoughts...I'm not a doctor.

gailzee · Post by **gailzee** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:50 pm

I'm on autopap, firstnight only, so a newbie. My question is, are you a RT that could go in and change your machine. Seems like we should''''but you know insurance, DME/rts/doctors........I need a new scrip just to change ONE DIGIT. For example on the CPAP it was a max of 12. I demanded an autopap, stuck to my guns, they had to change the scrip, redid the scrip from 8-14. Well for me the 8 was like a brain dump out the back of my head. IT WAS HORRIBLE to first have it that high for my sinuses, I couldn't even think. Felt like I was swallowing a garden hose with air. So my RT changed it down for me, cleared with the Dr/RT and a new scrip......what a pain in the === that we have to ''clear'' it, then what happens when they don't call you, won't change the number. I mean it's something else.

I have a pretty nice DME/RT, so far, but only day 2, so ask me ina month. huh? I have the 420E, it's excellent small, silent.
My pressures stayed low all night on autopap, but then as she explained to me, that machine is ''waiting'' to auto up once I am asleep, duh..........

kenny wrote:Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:28 am Post subject: remstar auto cpap

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I use the remstar auto. it seems to always chooses to run more a the lower pressure, which doesn't produce a good quality of sleep. I have found it works better for me to set the low side as high as i can. My sleep test was 13 in 2k. the dr later tried the low at 8, which produced a sleep quality as if no cpap. I adjusted it upwardely till i found a comfortable setting, which rite now is 12.6, with the high setting of 17.

can anyone advise me of a better way?

Kenny

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:18 pm

My pressures stayed low all night on autopap, but then as she explained to me, that machine is ''waiting'' to auto up once I am asleep, duh..........

Duh is right. Ask them how does the machine know your asleep.

Some people fall asleep within a couple of minutes, others it's an hour.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:12 pm

Anonymous wrote:
My pressures stayed low all night on autopap, but then as she explained to me, that machine is ''waiting'' to auto up once I am asleep, duh..........
Duh is right. Ask them how does the machine know your asleep.

Some people fall asleep within a couple of minutes, others it's an hour.

If it's an AutoPAP it knows by simply measuring a patient's breath air flow. That is, after all, what an AutoPAP does! Since our sleep disordered breathing (SDB) respiratory cycles look plenty different than our normal respiratory cycles when we are awake....that AutoPAP knows exactly when we are asleep and in need of increased pressure to help us breath.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:02 pm

rested gal wrote:Kenny, bringing the lower setting on your autopap up to within just a notch or two of the prescribed pressure seems to work well for a lot of people. I keep my lower pressure up relatively high too (10).

Others do fine keeping their low pressure down as low as they are able to breathe comfortably at - usually no lower than 5 or 6.

That's yet another "your mileage may vary" aspect of this kind of treatment...where to set the range for your autopap? Having the software makes it easier to decide what the upper pressure should be. But the good old bottom line of "how you feel" probably works best in deciding where to set the lower pressure. Exactly the way you did it, kenny.

No matter what people choose to do with the lower pressure, all can still enjoy one of the biggest benefits of having an autopap - being able to set the upper pressure at least several notches above the prescribed pressure to handle things if conditions change from night to night, or over time. That can even help avoid the inconvenience and expense of further sleep studies.

Who wants to go through an entire sleep study a year down the road to find out nothing more than that the prescribed pressure needs to be raised (or sometimes lowered)? Autopaps can help remove the nagging thought.... "Is this single prescribed pressure really right for me - all of the time?" Just my thoughts...I'm not a doctor.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:13 pm

I am not sure the remstar auto is what it is cracvked up to be. I seems to me it could be a lot better for the price of it. I wonder if respicare is not sold by more businesses because they get a bigger discount than other brands.

I do know, the resmed masks are a lot better. Anyone agree, or am I wack-ooooh?

kenny

cpap auto settings, advise please!

cpap auto settings, advise please!

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It Knows When You're Asleep!

I am not sure the auto cpap is what it is cracked up to be!!

cpap auto; to be or not to be?

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