VPap III

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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Re: VPap III

Post by dsm » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:32 pm

crossfit junkie wrote:Hi folks,
I'm very new so don't profess to know anything even close to you veterans. I haven't finished reading all the threads here, but, right now I'm on a trial run with a BiPAP, not CPAP, and yes, the same thing was happening to me....it wanted me to start the IN breath before I was ready. We're talking about breathing OUT, and I wanted to breath further and the machine didn't. It started going the other way-up.What did I do? Don't know why it helped , but if you play around with the IPAP MAX, (yes, I don't know why the IPAP would affect the out breath but it did), keep making it LONGER, and get it exactly so, you will not have the problem. It took me 4 hours yesterday to get it right, but I got it right.
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CFJ

Good bit of detective work. Lab rat award looming here

A number of folk have been able to sort out that early switch by playing with that setting & it shows a courageous person who is willing to put that much effort in. The Ipap min & max settings are complicated stuff .

Good going

DSM
xPAP and Quattro std mask (plus a pad-a-cheek anti-leak strap)