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Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:38 am
by avi123
In above graph from Apr 1, it would be nice to also see the time. It's probably a short period, b/c you don't see these events.
Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:29 am
by Pugsy
avi123 wrote:In above graph from Apr 1, it would be nice to also see the time. It's probably a short period, b/c you don't see these events.
Not necessarily. One glance at the overall AHI numbers and OP could easily see if the absence of events on the graphs correlate with the scored events. Just because OP had a number of events in the past, doesn't mean that they can't be gone now with a slight change in bed pillow. I have no doubt that OP is very capable of knowing the scale as to which the report is generated and seeing if reported AHI scored correlates. Just because you assume it is a short period, doesn't make it so.
Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:22 am
by avi123
[quote="DreamDiver
It's less about mouth breathing and more about
mouth leaking. Any of these masks will allow the column of air shared between your nose and your mouth to remain at equal pressure, reducing mouth leaks. Personally, I find the ZZZ the most comfortable with the least leaks. I frankly can't understand why it's not more popular. It's almost entirely silicone with just the right amount of flexibility, so it easily molds to the face. You'll need to research for yourself what might work best for you.[/quote]
Hi,
The Probasics ZZZ FF is not available in many places,
any thoughts about these FF masks:
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http://www.cpapxchange.com/cpap-masks-b ... -mask.html
http://www.cpapxchange.com/cpap-masks-b ... onics.html
Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:24 am
by DoriC
360 wrote:I had another breakthrough over the last couple of nights. I was struggling to get a good night sleep for several nights and could not figure out for the life of me what went wrong as my settings were the same, etc. Then I remembered that we had bought a couple of new pillows and I went from using two pillows to one pillow that was pretty flat after using it a few days (never buy cheap pillows). So I changed back to my previous setup and here is what last night looked like. I'm waking up again raring to go in the morning and I'm looking forward to what I'll feel like in the morning since for me I definitely feel a cumulative affect when I get several good nights in a row. I just wanted everyone to know that at least for me something as simple as the height of my pillows has an extreme affect on my therapy even with an auto machine. No my numbers were not bad the other way but there is a big difference in a night like this.
Thanks to some technical help from Pugsy I now get to post a decent sized chart...is she awesome or what!
360, Interesting update! I'm always looking for little tidbits like this to see if I can make things even better. After reading your post I folded up a bath towel and put it underneath my husband's SleepPapPillow(not cheap) last night and his leak line was almost flat! Could it be something as simple as that??
Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:35 pm
by DoriC
Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:11 am
by 360
One trend I'm starting to see is that along with a more level pressure is that I slept for a couple of hours at 4.0 and eventually dipped back down to there. It's no wonder my sleep got worse when I tried to raise my minimum pressure a few weeks ago. It looks to me with an elevated head I need very little pressure.
Re: Help interpreting 1st numbers
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:01 am
by 360
DoriC wrote:
360, Interesting update! I'm always looking for little tidbits like this to see if I can make things even better. After reading your post I folded up a bath towel and put it underneath my husband's SleepPapPillow(not cheap) last night and his leak line was almost flat! Could it be something as simple as that??
Glad I could help.
The more I get into this I'm just amazed how anyone could possibly be getting good therapy without a data capable machine and fine tuning on their own at home. I will tell you if I was trying out pillows and was laying there awake I would never sleep the way I do as it seems a little high for a primarily back sleeper but when going ahead and sleeping with them I feel great. Without a data capable machine how would one ever even think to try something like this other than to go off of purely how we feel. It's very nice to be able to verify the way we feel with stats. I now make sure I'm taking a personal inventory of how I feel before running to my computer to see what last nights numbers were.