changing pressure on a sullivan v elite?

chdurie2 · Post by **chdurie2** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:57 pm

hi all--

can someone please tell me how to change the pressure on a sullivan v elite? if you feel queasy about doing it on a message board, please pm me.

i was having good luck with cpap for a few weeks as long as i didn't take my mask off during the middle of the nite and wake up in the morning with it on my bed. but the last few weeks, as that has happened less and less, i feel like i'm going back to my pre-cpap state. i'm tired a lot; i feel like i need a lot of sleep, and i'm starting to be able to sleep more and more (too much.) A few times i've turned on the machine, only to feel like it is not on. but it is on. my pressure level is 8.

i have directions on how to change the pressure on this machine from an person unknown to me on another message board in a message from a long time ago. the directions also say that once you follow the suggested procedure, you may not be able to get the pressure back to where it was before. that doesn't sound great. plus, i'd rather get directions from someone i "know."

can anyone please help?

thanks.

caroline

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Sun May 14, 2006 9:06 pm

caroline,

If someone does let you know, pls PM me with the info to.

I have a resmed V or VI machine & can't figure out how ith changes its settings.

I can figure out most machines but the 'Resmed CPAP B' I have plus an old PB318, have me stumped.

Cheers

DSM

chdurie2 · Post by **chdurie2** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:51 pm

another try. can anyone please help?

caroline

NightHawkeye · Post by **NightHawkeye** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:17 pm

Caroline, have you acquired a manometer to measure the pressure? If so, then you should always be able to get back to your current setting. Maybe knowing that will take some of the anxiety out of this for you.

Conversely, without a manometer, changing the pressure sounds like a bad idea. Also, might I suggest that since you are not currently recording any sleep data, you might look at the possibility of borrowing an oximeter from a local DME for a few days so that you can see if changing pressure makes a noticeable difference in your desaturations. Just a thought . . . not absolutely necessary . . . RG's oft cited study shows that patients can self-titrate just fine based on how they feel.

Best of luck with this, Caroline. Hope you get to feeling better.

Regards,
Bill

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