Sleepygal1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:58 am
As far as what I said about the "For her" being similar to the "Soft" mode, I could have sworn I read it here. I'll have to do more searching to see where I read that. Perhaps I'm just reciting someone else who was wrong.
You might have read it here, someone that doesn't know what it does may have said that... doesn't make it right, though
Sleepygal1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:58 am
I'll try to pay more attention to manuals and less to just forum posts.
I think that's a very good plan.
Typically, when someone posts a theory here that's wrong, someone else will promptly correct them. but that doesn't always happen, and sometimes, on things like soft mode, the definitive info is a bit vague... (now, over on apneaboard, wrong things like that can linger for quite a while... don't want to hurt anybodies feelings by telling them that they're wrong) ... But what 'for her' mode is, (I have to trust) is documented clearly.
Read the clinical manuals, they're the best reference for what the machines do, and how they're going to behave, and what the settings mean.
Also, reading the titration manuals can be quite informative. Just google "Resmed titration guide" (I also found a copy of the respironics one there, but Respironics manuals tend to have less information in them compared to Resmed, it seems to me. I've got a couple different Resmed titration guides, if you can't dig both up (S9 and air10) shoot me a PM and I'll get whichever one you couldn't find over to you, they've got different stuff in them, and I think it's worth looking at both.
palerider wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:46 am
Give him back his machine. Get hers switched out.
palerider wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:46 am
Yes, i really think this is the key. I'll have her tell the doc to see if he can get her switched over. A resmed "for her" would probably be the best option, but at worst case, another ResMed full data capable APAP would probably be adequate.
It's "Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset for her" or "Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset". There's no price difference between the two, I always recommend the 'for her' because of the extra treatment mode, it *may* help, it *may not*... but it doesn't hurt anything to have the option.
palerider wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:46 am
Now of course I want one too just to compare. But I'm pretty well controlled at a 1-2AHI or so on my Dreamstation. Everyone I know in the past few months has received Dreamstations from various DMEs. Maybe its the sleeker white boxes or just a better deal on the DME's part?
Respironics are cheaper. The DME has a financial incentive to push them, because (typically) they get paid the same for insurance whether you get a junk "Dreamstation CPAP" (cheapest brick) or a "Resmed AS10 Autoset For Her" so, the cheaper the machine they can foist off on someone, the more they make.
For me, the decision is clear. The Resmeds are quieter, they're more comfortable to use (that soft start when first turned on, for example), they're more responsive to changing needs throughout the night. the auto start works *WAY* better than on respironics.. (just try it, they usually auto start on the first breath after putting the mask on, every Respironics I've had took a lot of heavy breathing to get it to wake up, then it'd blow for a minute after taking the mask off... Resmeds shut down in a few seconds.) and more.
