ResMed Air Sense if set to no ramp but EPR ramp only ? new user posting 1 week oscar

[REMmi]

so, I'm trying to get TO sleep, is the reason the mask is on ; what else am I to do in that situation?

sorry, I still don't understand why the machine showed few positional issues when it was at the original settings then?   Since I'm new (but worked healthcare myself), I do best with explanations , so ;


1 wondering if the 1 year of low AHIs were misleading?  and hence, the original 8-20 default was fine?

or perhaps, though it said AHI 1.0 , the latest AHI is truer to the situation then? I don't know that I had positional static on the original settings ? Esp. since there were so few events listed



maybe one night's tracing , which is part of the problem, where poor sleep = poor tracing ; isn't enough ; I know the guide say do no more than 0.5 pressure changes and let them work for a while?

fwiw, I felt the initial sleep was quite good, maybe 4 hours ; but the machine said SD card error , which happens quite often ; so didn't post that tracing.

[SarcasticDave94]

Without prior data, unfortunately we'd only be making guesses.

Were you using OSCAR charts at that time, or was it another report tool? Example MyAir app which is notorious for just being a CPAP cheerleader with little useful info.

This Positional Apnea may have existed prior as well, however you might not have seen it or recognized it. Maybe the mask was leaking a lot, which means therapy is far from ideal.

[REMmi]

Without prior data, unfortunately we'd only be making guesses.

Were you using OSCAR charts at that time, or was it another report tool? Example MyAir app which is notorious for just being a CPAP cheerleader with little useful info.

This Positional Apnea may have existed prior as well, however you might not have seen it or recognized it. Maybe the mask was leaking a lot, which means therapy is far from ideal.

yes, oldest tracings with Oscar I have are with the 6-11 prescribed Rx settings from Dec 11th, during which the AHI was 1.76 over 8 hours ; what I seem to notice is that for 6 hours there is almost no events, then strong clusters of RERA, so for the 8 hours the RERA was 1.88 ; if the AHI was measured for the final 2.5 hours the AHI must be very high.

So, positional issues at the end of the night consistently, does that makes sense?  ; the F20s airfit sidesleeping, at the end of night, I recall being frustrated trying to get it to stop burping around the cheeks, and numerous times, just deciding that's it for the night, and getting out of bed for the early morning .

That said Oscar imported all the Myair data July 1-Dec 18=, just no tracings, median usage 6.3 hours, AHI 1.24 AHI median 0.80 ; 95% flow limitation 0.14 ; avg leak 2.5 average pressure 9.1 ; min 6 max 14 95% pressure 8.46; min EPAP 4 max 14.0


am going to try again to get some coaching from my sleep dept,  once, I can get to a point where I feel I can ask informed questions, so do appreciate you folks,  cheers