New user – residual fatigue + aerophagia at fixed 12 – OSCAR charts

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user4542
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New user – residual fatigue + aerophagia at fixed 12 – OSCAR charts

Post by user4542 » Sun Aug 02, 2026 12:43 pm

Hi everyone,
I’m on day 21 of CPAP and I’m still extremely tired during the day. I’m trying to figure out why.
Quick background:

Started CPAP about 21 days ago
Machine: ResMed AirSense 11
Currently fixed pressure 12 cmH₂O
Pressure was increased to 12 because of flow limitation notes. I felt a small improvement, but then developed aerophagia (air in the stomach).
Despite consistent use, the daytime fatigue is still bad.

Last night’s OSCAR (Aug 1):

AHI 1.33
OA: 0
Hypopnea: 0.48
Clear Airway: 0.85
Large Leak: 0%
Flow Limitation: / 95% 0.03
Usage: 8 hours 17 minutes
EPR looks active (EPAP around 9)

here is a link to my sleep Hq data: https://sleephq.com/public/teams/share_ ... f56abf292a

Even with these clean numbers, I’m still very tired.
What else should I be looking at in the data, or what other common reasons could explain residual fatigue this far in?
Any insight is appreciated.
Thank you.

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Re: New user – residual fatigue + aerophagia at fixed 12 – OSCAR charts

Post by Pugsy » Sun Aug 02, 2026 1:27 pm

What medications are you currently taking?
Any other physical or mental health issues going on?
How many hours of real sleep are you actually getting? I see multiple restarts during this night you shared so I assume a lot of restarts because you couldn't fall asleep..why? does this happen frequently.

For the aerophagia you may need to lower the fixed pressure.

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Re: New user – residual fatigue + aerophagia at fixed 12 – OSCAR charts

Post by user4542 » Sun Aug 02, 2026 3:56 pm

HGH and testosterone?
Physically, and mentally healthy,
Eight or nine hours of sleep at night, I usually fall asleep within 32 minutes to an hour, and usually have one or two restart a night, that night (August 1) I had a more because the pressure was higher at 12.