ResMed S9 AutoSet and naps?

I'm new to the S9 AutoSet. If I nap during the day will the S9 AutoSet info be skewed because it's not "night time" sleep?

Thank you

No. It won skew the data at all by taking naps, it will record the nap data too and will also indicate the hours that you used your AutoSet, naps and night time. They are a pretty savvy device. You've got a goodie.

The machine resets (or zero's out) at noon. If you nap after the noon hour, the sleep total and readings will be added to the nightly sleep. Sheriff

Sheriff Buford wrote:The machine resets (or zero's out) at noon. If you nap after the noon hour, the sleep total and readings will be added to the nightly sleep. Sheriff

If you view your data in SleepyHead you will still be able to view your nap and night sleep times separately. I don't know about other machines and software.

If your sleep hours are too scattered and irregular, you can sometimes get problems with "compliance" for insurance purposes because it divides the days up at the wrong time.

If you're getting something around 8 hours each night and go to bed somewhere around the right time, you'll be OK. Or if you're using it every night, you'll probably be OK, since it won't screw up the count too many nights.

Hey guys, so lets say If I were to take small naps here and there for an hour or two in the afternoon, it DOES count as a night? Because I just napped for about an hour with it and it now shows as another night but only like, an hour of use? What should I do about this if I'm going to use it to nap? Thanks guys.

H4X0R46 wrote:Hey guys, so lets say If I were to take small naps here and there for an hour or two in the afternoon, it DOES count as a night? Because I just napped for about an hour with it and it now shows as another night but only like, an hour of use? What should I do about this if I'm going to use it to nap? Thanks guys.

Nap hours will count towards total usage for a 24 hour period. They just get lumped into the overall usage hours for the night.
Not a problem or a big deal. Just continue to use it when you nap and don't worry about it. The software graphs will show the nap as a separate session within the 24 hour period. Doesn't hurt a thing.

If you don't need compliance proof just pull out the card and your report will be blank for that period in the SH download.

H4X0R46 wrote:Hey guys, so lets say If I were to take small naps here and there for an hour or two in the afternoon, it DOES count as a night? Because I just napped for about an hour with it and it now shows as another night but only like, an hour of use? What should I do about this if I'm going to use it to nap? Thanks guys.

Assume you took a nap from 2 to 4 PM. If you then go to bed at 3 AM and sleep till 8, it will show up as 7 hours CPAP that night.

Nap time never hurts your "compliance" record, unless you end up not getting your minimum 4 hours CPAP usage during a 24 hour period. i.e. if you napped all morning, then got up at noon, and then only got 3 hours sleep the next night, that night would show up as non-compliant.

It also sometimes gets tricky because of what the machine calls a "day." In theory, the machine calls noon to noon a "day" for reporting reasons. It gets funky when the machine has the wrong idea about what "noon" is. Philips Respironics machines don't have a way for you to set the time, so you may end up with it using "noon" for the wrong time zone.

Thanks guys! Makes me feel a lot better about that! Whew! Lol one more question though, is it normal for this machine to kick up to like, 15 - 16 while I'm still awake? Like, the pressure gets too high to let me fall asleep! Thanks again guys, I appreciate the help and support, I'm new to cpap

Do you know what your prescribed pressure settings are? If not you need to learn.
It's possible for it to go higher if you are using the ramp feature and you come to the end of the ramp time and still aren't asleep.
http://www.apneuvereniging.nl/forum/pdf ... manual.pdf
Check out this manual and the features on your machine and how to check the settings.
So if your prescribed pressure is 15 and you have a 30 minute ramp then it gradually goes up to 15 within that 30 minutes. Ramp is limited to 45 minutes but it might be set for a shorter time frame but could be changed..
Please add your equipment to your profile. It would help us help you better.
Hopefully you have a full data machine. It would show pressure graphs that might explain the higher pressures.