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Hello everyone. I have been on CPAP for a few months now and I honestly cannot tell if it is making a difference. I have been trying to learn the Oscar software to try and optimize my CPAP therapy but was hoping someone could look at my data. My machine started at a minimum pressure of 5 and my ahi was between 5-6. I bumped it up to 8 and it lowered my ahi a few points. The last couple of nights I bumped it up to 9 and it lowered quite significantly from 2.68 to 0.75. I'm a newbie so please forgive my ignorance if I'm doing this all wrong lol. thanks in advance for any input.
Machine: Lowenstein Luisa Mask Type: Full face mask Mask Make & Model: Resmed Quattro FX Humidifier: separate F&P humidifier CPAP Pressure: Epap 4-20 PS 4-20; "auto" rate CPAP Software: Not using software
Other Comments: Using 45 degree angle upper body wedge (36"x36") and 4.5"soft cervical collar; 500 assured tidal vol
Welcome to ApneaBoard, Joshua. Your strategy seems to have worked. With 9 Min EPAP, your chart looks pretty good. Pressure went up a little bit more than that during the night, but your chart looks good. Your tidal volume is a little low at 360 I think. If your charts look this good though, you probably don't need to worry about it.
If you every see "clusters" of OA's or H's (several of them in a row together close) that probably means positional apnea. Lowering pillow height, changing sleeping position (ex: from on back to on side), or even getting a soft cervical collar to prevent chin tucking which causes the clusters. By your 2nd chart though, you don't need any of these things.
Great job. Keep posting some more to see if this is a trend. Several nights like this, and you can be confident you have your settings very close to being optimized.
It may take some time to feel better from using cpap at night. Rarely does a person feel significantly better after a very short time of using it initially.
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