09-04-2023, 04:01 PM
Dreamstation 2 shuts off every hour.
Well I have an interesting new problem with my Dreamstation 2. I, like many other people received this as a replacement device from Philips after their fine previous devices spewed black, possibly carcinogenic foam into my lungs for years.
I've had it for about six months....I find it to be adequate.
But it has developed a new and interesting problem that maybe someone else has experienced. About 5 days ago I noticed while looking at the OSCAR reports of my nightly therapy that --- it is now shutting off therapy and (restarting within a second) turning it back on every hour or so. For example, last night I had nine separate therapy sessions - 14 minutes 20 seconds, 1 hour 29 seconds, 1 hour 35 seconds, 1 hour 35 seconds, 55 minutes 10 seconds, 1 hour 36 seconds, 38 minutes 7 seconds, 1 hour 36 seconds, and 1 hour 28 minutes 2 seconds. Phew. All of these were contiguous (except the one bathroom break), as in "end 3:35:17" and the next "begin 3:35:18". Very odd, when I look at the overview the evening looks like a ladder.
What in the name of lungfish is going on?
The timing does not seem to correspond with any respiratory events. It also doesn't seem to be dropping the pressure at these times, meaning, it doesn't go back to the minimum pressure setting - as far as I can tell from looking at the reports. There is a little break in the line of the pressure graph at each spot, that's it.
The regularity of this pattern seems to indicate some sort of error with the machine/software, and not some new style of breathing I have suddenly developed that follows a clock. It has happened every day for the past several days, and never ever happened prior to this.
I unplugged it from a power strip it had been on, and directly into a wall socket to see if the power strip may have been causing the problem but still the same result.
It is disconcerting, to say the least. It may not even be a problem in terms of effective therapy....but I don't KNOW that it isn't, and sleep apnea being "a million little wakeups" already I certainly don't want to add in several more potential wakeups.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
(I am planning on calling Philips tomorrow, but I have very little confidence they will be of any help at all)
Thanks!
E
I've had it for about six months....I find it to be adequate.
But it has developed a new and interesting problem that maybe someone else has experienced. About 5 days ago I noticed while looking at the OSCAR reports of my nightly therapy that --- it is now shutting off therapy and (restarting within a second) turning it back on every hour or so. For example, last night I had nine separate therapy sessions - 14 minutes 20 seconds, 1 hour 29 seconds, 1 hour 35 seconds, 1 hour 35 seconds, 55 minutes 10 seconds, 1 hour 36 seconds, 38 minutes 7 seconds, 1 hour 36 seconds, and 1 hour 28 minutes 2 seconds. Phew. All of these were contiguous (except the one bathroom break), as in "end 3:35:17" and the next "begin 3:35:18". Very odd, when I look at the overview the evening looks like a ladder.
What in the name of lungfish is going on?
The timing does not seem to correspond with any respiratory events. It also doesn't seem to be dropping the pressure at these times, meaning, it doesn't go back to the minimum pressure setting - as far as I can tell from looking at the reports. There is a little break in the line of the pressure graph at each spot, that's it.
The regularity of this pattern seems to indicate some sort of error with the machine/software, and not some new style of breathing I have suddenly developed that follows a clock. It has happened every day for the past several days, and never ever happened prior to this.
I unplugged it from a power strip it had been on, and directly into a wall socket to see if the power strip may have been causing the problem but still the same result.
It is disconcerting, to say the least. It may not even be a problem in terms of effective therapy....but I don't KNOW that it isn't, and sleep apnea being "a million little wakeups" already I certainly don't want to add in several more potential wakeups.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
(I am planning on calling Philips tomorrow, but I have very little confidence they will be of any help at all)
Thanks!
E
