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Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:54 am
by bird dog
Mine for the past 3 nights with new machine were 2.0 first night,then 1.5 second and last night.9 so very happy.

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:25 am
by joeljjk11
Update:

The newest thing that is going on is I am opening my mouth a lot in the middle of the night. In the morning I will wake up and my throat will hurt bad and be really dry. I lowered my minimum pressure to 12 to see if that will help.

This is something new that has been happening, I had never done this before. I have a full face mask that I could use but my wife said whenever I used to use it I would snore alot. So I don't think that would be good. I will try to post my stats from Sleepyhead because I am sure there are big signs of leakage. Any suggestions on what to do?

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:35 am
by joeljjk11
Could I have been snoring with the full face mask because the min pressure was too low? It was a long time ago when I used it.

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:39 am
by Pugsy
joeljjk11 wrote:Could I have been snoring with the full face mask because the min pressure was too low? It was a long time ago when I used it.
Yep. Most likely.
Often people need more pressure when using a full face mask than they can get by with with when using a nasal mask...and we already know that your minimum pressure wasn't even optimal for a nasal mask.

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:42 am
by joeljjk11
Thanks! I will try the full face mask and see if it helps. Any suggestions on the minimum pressure to use?

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:00 am
by Pugsy
For a full face mask you would at least need to use a minimum pressure that worked well with the nasal pillow mask...and you hadn't really found that pressure yet.
So at least what you were last using with the nasal pillows and probably a little more.

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:59 am
by postitnote
.61 average

Re: What is your AHI?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:32 am
by joeljjk11
Success with the Airfit F10 Full Face mask!! Last night I had AHI of 4.9, which is the lowest I have ever had in my two months of CPAP treatment, and there was no signs of leakage. My wife also did not say that I was snoring, minimum pressure was 12. I went to bed pretty late so I'm a little tired but I think I have figured out what mask to use.