HELP! problems with my sleep machine

deepee31 wrote:

OutaSync wrote:I absolutely agree with Ozij. You need to educate yourself about your machine and how it works. Let me see if I have this right. You have been on CPAP for 2 years, during which time you have lost 100 pounds. First of all, congratulations on the weight loss! That is amazing. So you went back to the Dr. and he decided to re-titrate you with an auto to see if you need a new pressure based on your weight loss? And it is that change that is disturbing your sleep?

yes that is correct. except i just called i didnt actually go back in. I was on a machine that set for a pressure of 10. I called and asked about the weight loss. they said they wanted to switch the machine. havent had any trouble then until this past week. looks like im just going to have to go back in but that costs us alot of money. i just want the machine to stop waking me up. LOL>

deepee31 wrote:

OutaSync wrote:The machine that you have can be set back to the straight pressure of 10. If you were doing well on that pressure, I don't see any reason to torture yourself with changing to an auto with changing pressure that keep you awake. Until you can go back for a new sleep study, why don't you put the machine back to CPAP at 10 and on Monday when your supplier is open, call them and tell them that you could not tolerate the auto changing pressures.

that is what i want to do. but how do i do it? im afraid of totally pressing the wrong button and messing it all up!

All you have to ask them is to change it back from Auto "mode" to straight Cpap mode - if necessary at a higher number (pressure) e.g. 12 than 10, which they may have felt was not enough to catch some of the higher events you're experiencing. However, it concerns me that they made changes at all because if you've lost weight, that would normally be a reason to lower your pressure, not raise it. Also, if you lose (so much) weight you normally would need a new mask fitted because there's no way the old one, certainly in the original size, would fit you any more and it probably would leak like crazy. To me that would be the first thing to address.

ozij wrote:Until you're sure of what the difference beween APAP CPAP and BIPAP, the best thing you can do for yourself is to study the cpap wiki (yellow light bulb on the top) as if your life depended on it. Read the name of your machine from the machine itself -- don't trust you memory, and don't trust the Rx either. Then download its manual and sutdy it, so you know what is what.

Again, I agree with Ozij. Please read and study until you know what you are doing or wait until Monday to talk to your supplier. If you got a new machine with just a phone call, I'm sure they won't charge you for another phone call.

I have an M Series Remstar Auto and it drove me crazy at first (just switched from straight CPAP (pressure set at 11), also M series). I think I understand what you mean about the puffs of air. I never had problems with my old CPAP-still have it as a backup, but found a great deal on the auto and it was compatible with my software and Rx, so I bought it. The first night I thought, OH NO, what have I done! BUT, after a few nights the air puffs stopped bothering me. I still notice the puffs at times, but I guess I got used to them and now they don't bother me at all.

So, there is a chance that it is not the machine--it may just be something you have to get used to if you continue to run it in auto mode. I am getting a better AHI with the auto though (set 10-13), so for me it was worth getting used to.