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mem · Post by **mem** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:36 pm

Hey everyone! Just had my first night on CPAP. AHI 0.12 - my study result was 95 so a bit of an improvement!

Luckily found out about this forum and could quickly do a search as I felt like I wasn't getting enough oxygen (purely pyschological I'm sure) - so turned the temp down and made a huge difference. Think it was on 20C? Changed it to 18C. Outside of that a bit of moisture build up so will try with the humidity level down 1 tonight and see where to from there.

Did suffer a little bit of aerophagia, but I'll adapt. I am someone who swaps between nose breathing and mouth breathing while awake for whatever reason. But appears it remained closed while sleeping for the most part, did have one wake up where my mouth was open. So forcing myself to keep my mouth closed is a new challenge too (which I'm actively doing during the day as well), delving in to that whole thing as well.

I'll attach my first nights OSCAR screenshot for no reason other than to share.

Look forward to learning more and delving in to this journey. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this wealth of knowledge!

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:58 pm

mem wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:36 pm
Hey everyone! Just had my first night on CPAP. AHI 0.12 - my study result was 95 so a bit of an improvement!

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sounds like you are really, really good at reading and following directions.

in future, you might want to eliminate the pressure at mask graph which will give you room to expand the others. however, there is nothing there now that you need to worry about.

if mouth breathing continues and becomes a problem i'd suggest-

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

continued good luck to you!

oh and....welcome to the zoo.

mem · Post by **mem** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:19 pm

zonker wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:58 pm

mem wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:36 pm
Hey everyone! Just had my first night on CPAP. AHI 0.12 - my study result was 95 so a bit of an improvement!

applause.gif

sounds like you are really, really good at reading and following directions.

in future, you might want to eliminate the pressure at mask graph which will give you room to expand the others. however, there is nothing there now that you need to worry about.

if mouth breathing continues and becomes a problem i'd suggest-

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

continued good luck to you!

oh and....welcome to the zoo.

Cheers for that! Have dropped mask pressure down and made the changes.

( cause I missed that part, so not that good

I did look at them and think, they look almost indentical )

Miss Emerita · Post by **Miss Emerita** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:12 pm

Hey, congratulations on such amazing improvement, and on using the machine all night long. That’s awesome.

If you’d like to tinker with your settings a little, you might want to raise your minimum pressure to 6. A lot of people feel pretty air-starved at 4. I specify 6 because that is the minimum that will still give you the benefits of your EPR of 2, but you could also try 7.

To change your minimum pressure, just enter the clinical menu by holding down the round button and the home button together for a few seconds.

Aerophagia often goes away on its own. I’m glad it’s not a big bother for you.

Keep us posted!

klm49 · Post by **klm49** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:02 am

mem wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:36 pm
Hey everyone! Just had my first night on CPAP. AHI 0.12 - my study result was 95 so a bit of an improvement!

Luckily found out about this forum and could quickly do a search as I felt like I wasn't getting enough oxygen (purely pyschological I'm sure) - so turned the temp down and made a huge difference. Think it was on 20C? Changed it to 18C. Outside of that a bit of moisture build up so will try with the humidity level down 1 tonight and see where to from there.

Did suffer a little bit of aerophagia, but I'll adapt. I am someone who swaps between nose breathing and mouth breathing while awake for whatever reason. But appears it remained closed while sleeping for the most part, did have one wake up where my mouth was open. So forcing myself to keep my mouth closed is a new challenge too (which I'm actively doing during the day as well), delving in to that whole thing as well.

I'll attach my first nights OSCAR screenshot for no reason other than to share. Look forward to learning more and delving in to this journey. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this wealth of knowledge!

Dont be in a rush to change things, you seem to be doing well for just starting. Take the time to fill out your equipment profile. Best of luck1

Okie bipap · Post by **Okie bipap** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:02 pm

Welcome to the forum. For the first night, it looks fantastic. A quick word of warning: don't get discouraged if nights like this don;t happen every night. We all have nights where it looks like everything has gone to hell in a hand basket. We don't sleep the same every night, so expect things to vary from night to night.

mem · Post by **mem** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:08 pm

Miss Emerita wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:12 pm
Hey, congratulations on such amazing improvement, and on using the machine all night long. That’s awesome.

If you’d like to tinker with your settings a little, you might want to raise your minimum pressure to 6. A lot of people feel pretty air-starved at 4. I specify 6 because that is the minimum that will still give you the benefits of your EPR of 2, but you could also try 7.

To change your minimum pressure, just enter the clinical menu by holding down the round button and the home button together for a few seconds.

Aerophagia often goes away on its own. I’m glad it’s not a big bother for you.

Keep us posted!

Thank you! I disabled ramp during struggling to get to sleep last night, which seemed to make a lot of difference!

klm49 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:02 am
Dont be in a rush to change things, you seem to be doing well for just starting. Take the time to fill out your equipment profile. Best of luck1

Oh what did I forget to add to my profile?

Okie bipap wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:02 pm
Welcome to the forum. For the first night, it looks fantastic. A quick word of warning: don't get discouraged if nights like this don;t happen every night. We all have nights where it looks like everything has gone to hell in a hand basket. We don't sleep the same every night, so expect things to vary from night to night.

Too true, thank you for that!

mem · Post by **mem** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:01 pm

Had a cluster of a few last night, anything the experts can see?

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:51 pm

mem wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:01 pm
Had a cluster of a few last night, anything the experts can see?

AH! you've run into a truism from around here. and that is we don't sleep the same from night to night! and some say even from hour to hour.

if this is a one off, then you can safely ignore it.

by any chance, do you know if you sleep on your back?

Okie bipap · Post by **Okie bipap** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:02 pm

Quite often, clusters like that are sleep/wake junk (SWJ). When are laying in bed half asleep, our breathing is usually not regular and the machines are designed to monitor regular, even breathing. Irregular breathing tends to confuse them.

mem · Post by **mem** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:20 pm

zonker wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:51 pm
AH! you've run into a truism from around here. and that is we don't sleep the same from night to night! and some say even from hour to hour.

if this is a one off, then you can safely ignore it.

by any chance, do you know if you sleep on your back?

Fair! I just like analyzing data haha. Helps the adjustment period where I'm struggling getting to sleep knowing that when I actually get to sleep it is a lot better.

I usually fall asleep on my side, or some weird variation of it. Why's that?

Okie bipap wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:02 pm
Quite often, clusters like that are sleep/wake junk (SWJ). When are laying in bed half asleep, our breathing is usually not regular and the machines are designed to monitor regular, even breathing. Irregular breathing tends to confuse them.

Awesome, thank you for the explanation!

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:04 am

mem wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:20 pm

zonker wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:51 pm
AH! you've run into a truism from around here. and that is we don't sleep the same from night to night! and some say even from hour to hour.

if this is a one off, then you can safely ignore it.

by any chance, do you know if you sleep on your back?
Fair! I just like analyzing data haha. Helps the adjustment period where I'm struggling getting to sleep knowing that when I actually get to sleep it is a lot better.

I usually fall asleep on my side, or some weird variation of it. Why's that?

it was just a half baked theory. you had a cluster of obstructives and those can sometimes be explain by back sleeping.

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