Snore showing up out of no where

[MoApnea]

Hi, been back on my machine for a few weeks now after taking a year off.  I'm a bit rusty on the knowledge of things, but I was curious to hear insight on what exactly is happening with the snore indicators.  As of this week, they seem to be massive, when just a week ago and all the times before I had virtually zero.  I'll include screenshot from last night and then one from just a week ago.

[Sleeprider]

Just turn off the VS2 flag using the event selector at the bottom-left of the daily details chart VS2 does not affect pressure and seems to record a lot of extraneous noises. For example, if your CPAP tube rubs over the edge of your night stand, that will get picked up as VS2. Since these are cluttering up your events, it would be helpful to turn them off so we can focus on more meaningful issues.

[MoApnea]

Just turn off the VS2 flag using the event selector at the bottom-left of the daily details chart  VS2 does not affect pressure and seems to record a lot of extraneous noises.  For example, if your CPAP tube rubs over the edge of your night stand, that will get picked up as VS2.  Since these are cluttering up your events, it would be helpful to turn them off so we can focus on more meaningful issues.

Makes sense to me, I will get that turned off.  My tube does rub up against both nightstand and headboard.  Odd that I've never had this issue before this week though.  Makes me wonder if I'm moving around a lot more at night.  Maybe it's time to bust out the camera again.

[milboltnut]

Just turn off the VS2 flag using the event selector at the bottom-left of the daily details chart  VS2 does not affect pressure and seems to record a lot of extraneous noises.  For example, if your CPAP tube rubs over the edge of your night stand, that will get picked up as VS2.  Since these are cluttering up your events, it would be helpful to turn them off so we can focus on more meaningful issues.

Makes sense to me, I will get that turned off.  My tube does rub up against both nightstand and headboard.  Odd that I've never had this issue before this week though.  Makes me wonder if I'm moving around a lot more at night.  Maybe it's time to bust out the camera again.

Most likely you and we have restless nights. Day to day night to night, it varies. Especially now not being active working. 

If you don't crash maybe the way you used to try sleeping aids. Melatonin or benadryl... or whatever.

I hang my hose through a hair band, and the VS2 picked up some so I guess I sleep sounder than I thought. Maybe It would be good to keep it on to see how soundly we sleep ?

[MoApnea]

Following up on this.  My VS is getting worse and worse.  Sharing an image of last night and from a month ago.  I've never had VS scores even register for the first year or so of doing the CPAP, but in the past month it's grown from nothing to this.  

The only change with me is that I actually went off ambien about 2 weeks ago.  I've been on for several years and I've been doing a slow taper and finally quit, but I would think that would only have a positive impact.  

Could my machine be acting up or am I just snoring or moving out of control?

[SarcasticDave94]

What other changes have taken place from then to now? Weight change either way can be a big factor. Other medications?

[MoApnea]

What other changes have taken place from then to now? Weight change either way can be a big factor. Other medications?

Weight has stayed within a 5 lb window, no new meds.  

One new thing that has started to happen is rain out.  I've never had that happen before but in the past week it's happened twice and my wife claims my machine was making a weird noise last night but when she woke me up I didn't hear anything unusual.  I can only think that it's happening because our room can get real cold when the AC runs and that's started up in the past month.  I don't know if condensation buildup could cause any false VS readings.

[SarcasticDave94]

It's a change to your "normal" situation. Rainout is typically handled by a heated hose, an insulating hose cover, or both.

[MoApnea]

It's a change to your "normal" situation. Rainout is typically handled by a heated hose, an insulating hose cover, or both.

You know, another change that I've noticed is that my machine sounds louder.  It use to be very quiet, but now when I inhale it's very noisy.  My wife says that she thinks it sounds louder.  Those two things go together also, I've noticed this change around the same time the snores started showing up on the report.

[SarcasticDave94]

Hmm, a LOT of VS2 flagging there. Mostly in an unusual, repeating pattern. OK, an if supposition thinking...if the machine is having some issue causing noise, can the VS2 be the DreamStation picking up its own noises? I say it looks possible. Get the noise issue looked at. Some of these PR DreamStations have had noise issues that could lead to machine failure. I'm not saying it definitely will lead to a failure, but that doesn't mean to procrastinate on getting it checked out.