RE: Help with data reading
I'm going to try this. If I can get myself to fall asleep at say 7, I think i'd be much better off. By the time I actually feel asleep it was at 5. So, i know i can do it. Eventually, i get so tired i just pass out. But moments after I wake up and remember my CA. I seem to have them allot right at the moment i'm falling to sleep.
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RE: Help with data reading
You seem like the person that needs fixed pressure. My guess is 6.5 cm is where it needs to be. If you are game, set your machine to minimum and maximum pressure 6.5 or CPAP mode, and use CFlex 1. We might get you to sleep through the night if pressure does not jar you awake.
RE: Help with data reading
If you swallow air, and it can be a medical problem needing intervention (other than sleep related/apnea issues).
I used to swallow air, but learned the signs and was able to train myself NOT to do it-though I was fortunate NOT to need medical intervention. BTW, mouth breathers are much more likely to swallow air. And your aversion to using higher CPAP pressures and the feeling that you're bloated might be signs that you're swallowing air, ditto GERD. Do you have GERD-like symptoms too?
To answer your question....if you swallow air consistently, it will wake you up (cause arousal(s)). Your digestive system can't digest air, though a small amount can be passed into the intestines. The tip off is that you might wake up having to burp a lot. Having a few small burps in the morning after you move to the vertical position isn't unusual though.
Gas while you're asleep is NOT cool::> Be sure you don't eat before bed, other than a very modest snack if needed.
Keep in mind that the patient is not always aware of arousals, there are 3 main components of sleep. One of the biggies is memory suppression, which is why we wake up with no memory of arousals in the night time.
I have a really good video explaining in detail what happens in the brain during sleep, but I can't distribute it as it is copyrighted. But, each of the 3 brain functions needed for good sleep are controlled by 3 separate parts of the brain and each of those is located at the base of the brain in the area at the brain stem.
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RE: Help with data reading
I don't think i swallow air. I don't have any of those symptoms. I'm just not used to pressure. My ear doesn't agree with it. and sometimes it bubbles out my month and i find that hilarious. I''ll get it.
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RE: Help with data reading
Newbie here, so I may be way off base... Mask fit may be an issue. Leakage is generally 20 or more. I'm not sure how to set Oscar to flag leaks as "large", and don't know what level defines a "large" leak. It seems like the machine may be using bad input data to respond to. Also, I started with a borrowed Respironics, and I felt it was trying to time my breaths for me. Very uncomfortable. I don't know if changing the Flex setting has anything to do with that or not. You more experienced guys may be able to straighten me out on that.
RE: Help with data reading
Hi billygoat. You might be right about the leaks. I found that sometimes my mouth opens and I continue to breath thru my nose but the air does a weird thru the nose out the throat thing. It's weird. I don't know what it flags as but technically, i guess it's a leak. Don't know, i'm not too. Just getting it all sorted.
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RE: Help with data reading
Last couple days I've been getting my min pressure up, Then I tried to turn the A-Flex off. I have no chart because I simply couldn't get to sleep like this. So I lowered the pressure back down and turned the A-Flex to 1. This is what happened:
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RE: Help with data reading
I recommend a min pressure of 7 for 2 reasons
1. to allow your flex room to work.
2. most adults find 4 too low a pressure,
ok 3.
3. on this machine you need a higher min pressue fend off hypopneas, flow limits, and RERAs, Note your RDI is barely short of 5.
Do this then repost for a reevaluation.
