Re: I'm not getting enough sleep now.
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 9:30 am
I really can't say. Before I got this Auto Set I would wake up for awhile then fall back asleep. Now I can't fall back asleep. However one thing is different; I don't have that muscle fatigue; just tired, like how a normal person who didn't get enough sleep would feel.Question: Do you think the lowering the max pressure is the main reason you didn't wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself unable to get back to sleep?
Okay, thanks, I will leave it at 13 max.And an observation: You are hitting the max pressure of 13 and staying there for some pretty extended times. But (and this is an important but) you report sleeping better (no hour long wakes) AND your AHI numbers are better than they were when the machine was allowed to go higher. The AHI is down because the number of CAs scored is way down, and the number of CAs scored is way down most likely because there are no extended wakes where you were trying unsuccessfully to get back to sleep. In light of the overall better sleep, you need to NOT get worried about sitting at your max pressure setting for most of the night. A lot of people around here tend to look at pressure curves like yours and insist that the max pressure needs to be raised. It doesn't need to be increased as long as you are sleeping better with the pressure sitting at 13 than you were when the pressure was allowed to max out at 15.
To be honest, though, I don't feel like I'm getting better. Just a different quality of tired. I would rather have the refreshed but fatigued feeling to tell the truth.
