[CPAP] biboombap - Therapy Thread

[biboombap]

Couple of things.

Why are you using humidity on the maximum setting? Are you in a very dry climate?

I would say that if you have a build up of moisture, your setting is too high. I find personally excess moisture quite annoying and disruptive to sleep. 

I live in southern Europe and it is quite dry. I like to keep things simple, humidity setting usually 4, a hose wrap which I find is really good, but certainly no heated tube. The latter is just not necessary here,  but for you, useful perhaps for alleviating your nasal congestion symptoms. 

Regarding acid reflux, how is your sleep hygiene?  Light evening meals are important, alcohol is generally a no-no.

I had found previously that any lower and I'd get nasal congestion from the dryness. I'm not in an especially dry climate though. Will try lowering it a bit.

I had a somewhat acidic soupy meal last night so that could've contributed. After I woke up, I took off the CPAP and slept through till almost 5pm 

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I believe that your main problem is EPR.

turn EPR to FULL TIME
ERR 3

Leave other setting where they are and post your next night. Also I would like to see the flow limits chart. You can click the bottom of a chart and draw up to make the size of the chart smaller so you can show other charts also can move the entire chart up or down.

Thanks, I'll try turning up the EPR tonight. Here are the flow limit charts for the same two nights. You can tell when I'm asleep because that's when there's much higher flow limit values, although the 95% is under 0.1. Is that acceptable?

       

[Deborah K.]

I strongly suggest that you turn ramp off altogether.  You get almost no therapy while ramp is on, and after your long breaks in therapy, ramp will come on each time.

[biboombap]

First time sleeping the whole night through with the mask in a while. Can anyone tell me if this is good enough or should I up the pressure, use EPR, etc? Thanks in advance.

   

[OpalRose]

I have merged your two threads into one and renamed it to reflect your therapy.

Going forward, please use this thread for your questions and to post charts.

Thanks!

[Deborah K.]

You still need to turn EPR on full-time, set at 3.

[biboombap]

Thanks. I did try although I had more events when I did that. I think it was due to me not increasing the min/max pressure by 3 also, so I'll try that also.

By the way, just one other question. My flow rate graph looks kind of wonky, with a flat section in every wave. Is this indicative of mouth-breathing? 

   

[biboombap]

Just an update to this thread. I've been experimenting with sleeping without CPAP and different positions for the last few days.

The Snore lab app recorded this odd exhalation pattern. Is this characteristic of sleep apnea? It doesn't have the ten second gap, but it sounds... effortful?

https://voca.ro/18xSaBBPo3AN

Thanks and sorry in advance for asking you to listen to my snoring.