Is this even working? (CPAP Data Frustrations)

[thekevster08]

Hi!

I'm coming up on 2 years of use and just not seeing the results I was hoping for.

Diagnosed with an AHI of 5.0.

Been on CPAP consistently for 2 years. Pressure ranges from 4-20, 7, 7-12, 8-15. I've tried all kinds of different variations.

Male, 35 years old, BMI of 29.7. I've gained about 20 lbs over the last 3 years, but have recently started running again (half marathon in may). I thought alcohol consumption may have had an impact, but I've been doing dry January and its just getting worse!

Its so frustrating because I have good nights (AHI < 2) and I can feel the HUGE difference between that and an AHI of 9.

I had a titration study done about a year ago, and the results came back that at a constant pressure of 7.0, i had an AHI of 0.0, so my pulmonologist had constant 7.0 pressure setting for months. Obviously that was not correct, but the speed at which I can address this through my doctor is just taking way too long. How do I go about troubleshooting this myself?


           

[Deborah K.]

I suggest you change your pressure settings to 10 to 18, as your median pressure is over 10 and you are bumping up against the 15 and need more headroom.

Also, it would help if you set your charts to be the same each time.  If you press the fn key to copy your Oscar cart it should format it correctly.  Make sure we see the following, and only the following, in the order listed:

Event Flags
Flow Rate
Pressure
Leak Rate
Flow Limits

Also, make sure we can read to the very bottom of the Flow Limits.

Again, welcome, and good luck with improving your therapy and comfort!