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I set my minimum to 8, and turned off EPR. Last night I also started using a Fisher & Paykel Solo Nasal Mask
4 obstructive events, 25 Clear airway events, and 3 Hypopnea events (less familiar with those events). I partially taped my mouth shut, At 4:30 I woke up with dry mouth, so air must have been escaping out my mouth at some points, I got up to rinse my mouth and went back to sleep without the cpap.
sidenote: You guys are saints for taking the time out of your day to help people with this stuff, seriously.
Your charts look better, less pressure increase - more restful nights. The centrals are really nothing we can help with your pap machine. Your sleep study did not tell as much as I had hoped. It did not show how many centrals you had so it is hard to know is these are completely treatment emergent. But we will assume they are because there was no check mark on centrals. That means that it will take a while for your body to get use to the therapy. As your body does the centrals should lessen. That takes several weeks. If you are feeling ok, I would leave the settings alone for a while and focus on how you feel. That is of course the whole reason to be on pap therapy, is to feel better.
I forgot to put the SD card back in my CPAP this time, I'll get some more data soon.
The last few nights have been Events Per Hour of about ~2.2, the myair app doesn't give me more information about what those events were.
This morning I did feel more rested than usual, will have to continue to see if it was a fluke, but I will definitely keep my minimum at 8 for now.
With this new setting I have horrible dry mouth. I used to think that dry mouth was caused by my mouth opening and air flowing out, but even with my mouth taped I'm still waking up dry. I guess having the cpap at 8 all night is causing it. I think there is a setting I can turn on that doesn't go straight to minimum when I put the mask on, and I'm wondering if that will curb the dry mouth somewhat.
I too have dry mouth. I keep water by the bed with a straw. I wake 2 to 3 times a night and take a sip then go back to sleep. Humidifier never helped but a quick sip does.
