Flow Rate and Flow Limit Graphs

[Sleeprider]

Your charts show samples of flow limitation ranging from moderate to acute, so bilevel pressure would be tremendously helpful. A seller that has proven to be very economical is CPAPspecials. The claim an office in the U.S. but the vendor is strictly a drop-shipper that has reliably delivered Resmed bilevel machines to international members in Canada, AU, Asia and Africa. They are not on our supplier list because they will not ship within the U.S. because they are not really a DME, don't require prescriptions, etc. It may be worth checking if their prices are better than what you can obtain locally.

[Jonkier]

@sleeprider Thank you SO much for taking the time to look at my charts, and respond!! I have been reading lots of your responses to others. 

May I ask, what is it about bilevel that works differently to EPR setting? Apologies if this is explained elsewhere. Any links to other threads would ve greatly appreciated. 

I keep seeing the same things on my flow rate and it seems like the pressure isn't sufficient to keep my airway open and avoid the IFLs. 

Yesterday at lunchtime I put the machine on a minimum of 7.5 pressure and laid down for a nap (usually easy for me as i'm so tired) but experienced constant burping, like every minute or so. I was consciously breating through my nose, with my tongue in the roof oy mouth to create a seal. I had EPR set to 3. 

Am I ever going to be able to tolerate enough pressure to actually provide real breathing assistance without the burping, bloating etc. 

I really want this to work, but just can't get past this aerophagia thing. 

Thanks again,

Jon

[ovmeadows]

How should I interpret the flow rate difference in graphs A and B?  MY sleep quantity and quality leaves something to be desired.