Will raising the pressure help?

I've been on and off again with my cpap machine. Lately, I've been getting to sleep but I can't get beyond two hours of sleep or so and I awaken feeling like I'm smothering. (The dreams about how I am smothering vary.)

The doctor set the machine at 16. I've tried lower numbers. Does anyone thing experimenting with higher numbers is a good idea, maybe 17 to see what happens?

Thanks for any help.

Mike

you need to get the software to see what is going on.

With no details people will only be guessing.

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That is like asking "how much $$ to HAUNT a house" ... you have to know how many rooms!

Use Sleepyhead and post a report of your data ... then someone will be able to help you .

I encourage you to work with those here who are good at interpreting machine data so that you can make purposed changes and have a greater chance of accomplishing the goal of optimizing your treatment. Waking up after a couple hours may or may not be related to your treatment. It would be sad to invest time and energy in making pressure changes if your treatment is actually therapeutic and there are other issues that need addressed. Once you have the data and see if there's problems, then there can be discussion of if your machine is the best one for the job. I would not pursue a machine change without data assessment. I mean, don't run out and buy an APAP when your pressure is already kind of high and you may need more, because in that case, you'd want to consider if a bilevel might better suit your needs. One step at a time will help it not seem overwhelming. Good luck with things.