First time OSCAR sleep screen post....

palerider wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:53 pm

It took you two and a half years to find us. (or something like that)

Miss Emerita wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:53 pm

Great job on the chart! You should definitely try out pr’s settings for a week, changing nothing else, to see how that goes. Be sure you have the CA report function turned on.

Later on, you might try increasing the EPR to 3. The reason I say that is because you have a moderate amount of flow limitation and the EPR might help. It’s conceivable that this would give you sounder sleep.

zonker wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:32 pm

Blutarsky wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:35 pm

Thanks Zonker. It did take me quite a few months to get to a point where I realized I needed to suck it up and get used to wearing the mask. For awhile I was just doing enough to stay compliant. I wish I wasn't a mouth breather...I'd love to give a nasal mask a go. Seems less obtrusive to me. I've been using Aller-Flo (Flonase) lately to keep my nasal passages drier, and I'm really liking the difference. I can't imagine suffering through 3 years of working out all the therapy issues. Glad you worked it out.

thanks. i had to work through a lot, but i made it.

but what i wanted to say (and i hate being THAT GUY) but are you completely sure on that mouth breather thing? i thought the same way, going into cpap. i'm a full bearded guy. i kept reading that a full face mask wouldn't work for me unless i shaved of the beard. uh, no. that wasn't going to happen.

so i tried ffm and nasal but i just couldn't seem to get my leaks under control. on top of that, i'd always assumed i was a mouth breather. out of desperation i finally tried the p10 nasal pillow mask. and wasn't having much luck with it until i saw forum member jay and his brilliant idea-

viewtopic/p1089718/viewtopic.php?f=1&t= ... s#p1086296

this is what i use now. i've modified the system somewhat. but it works very well for me. the very first night, my ahi dropped by one point. his rig has helped me to become a nose breather, which is healthier for me anyway and really helped me down the path of getting things sorted out.

the p10 IS much less intrusive and the whole shebang is part of my success story.

you might want to try it out.

Miss Emerita wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:09 pm

About CA report function, here is a link to a very helpful section of the Oscar wiki, and below that I pasted the relevant bit.

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.ph ... Daily_Page

The event flags graph normally appears at the top of the stack. It shows each event (apnea, hypopnea, large leak etc) as a vertical bar. You can select which events to display using the event flag selector at the bottom left of the chart area. The available flags will vary depending on your machine. The graphical display of events is useful in determining whether they occurred at a particular time, in clusters or spaced through the night.

Each event type in the event flags graph will have a corresponding entry in the side bar summary area.

Blutarsky wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:35 pm

It's been a little over a week since I bumped my min pressure to 9, per palerider's recommendation. So I thought I'd post last nights Oscar. The leak rate was unusually high. I'm going to treat that as an anomaly unless it continues.

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zonker wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:38 pm

Blutarsky wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:35 pm

It's been a little over a week since I bumped my min pressure to 9, per palerider's recommendation. So I thought I'd post last nights Oscar. The leak rate was unusually high. I'm going to treat that as an anomaly unless it continues.

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could you give us a few more nights of graphs, please? as dog slobber says, we are looking for trends.

that said, obviously your ahi has improved over the other graph you posted! if you continue in this direction you are doing well.

how did you sleep? do you feel any different now than a week ago when you said you were feeling better with the machine than without?

palerider wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:45 pm

I'm still pulling for 10.

Dog Slobber wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:15 pm

I agree with palerider.

Blutarsky wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:19 pm

Aside from Thurs night, the 2nd, I've felt great waking up. No fog, no slight headache. Restful.

Dog Slobber wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:15 pm

I agree with palerider.

Your minimum immediately jumps from 9 and rarely gets back there. Your Flow Limitation is pretty active and while it's active your pressure jumps.

A little more pressure could clean up that Flow Limitation and flatten that pressure trace.

You're close.