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I think leaks need addressed first, then maybe you'll want to experiment with a pressure range.
I don't recall what you've tried before. Aerophagia possibly will be helped with lower pressure, but it'll hurt the Apnea treatment.
I also think you might be setting yourself up to be disappointed in the therapy, by thinking results must be under 1 AHI. As a goal, under 5 certainly, under 3 fine, lower than 2 to 3 and you maybe are demanding too much. With zero edits to settings, you're going to see different event counts, varying AHI is expected.
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You are on the wrong pressure which is causing the issues. Significant flow limitations are the root of your problems.
Try this:
Mode APAP
Min pressure 8
Max pressure 15
EPR 3 full-time
No ramp
After a few nights post some charts and we can fine-tune from there. I will not guess at what a fixed pressure would be without seeing how things go allowing the machine to titrate you.
The leaks could be waking you up, but this can be a chicken-egg thing if the pressure isn't quite right. You might try a hybrid mask like the F40 to see if it smoothes out your night, since you'd be able to mouth-breathe without getting on your case.
I will try PLP's setting recommendations starting tonight and see what happens.
I watched a video of the F40 mask. That looks interesting! I will surely keep that in mind for a followup if the new settings don't help after a trial period. The silicone piece that goes under the nose and over the mouth looks comfortable and like it will keep the seal.
I don't agree with the others. Your leak rate on the left panel is only 0.02% and 0.01%. That is not affecting your therapy or comfort and is Nothing to worry about. I used to be as much as 50% before I finally solved my leaking.
I am encouraged to know you finally solved your leak problem. Let me know what worked for you.
The pressure changes are helping me have a comfortable sleep all through the night the last 2 nights. I still need improvement on the leaks. Will post data in a day or two to see a pattern.
Brennie, you don't have a leak problem. You don't need to do anything to work on leaks because yours are so low.
But, if you want a 0.00 leak rate, you could do what I did to finally conquer my extremely high leaks. I learned that I needed to use 2-inch wide really good tape that I cut about 5-1/2 inches long. Any narrower or shorter and I had leaks. I don't think most people need tape as long as I cut it, but lots need wider tape. Many folks here like Cover Roll Stretch tape, which works well. I prefer Theraband Kinesiology tape which is more expensive but I find it much more comfortable, so it's worth it to me. Amazon sells both.
I don't know enough about aerophagia to offer any help, but best of luck with achieving your best treatment and comfort.
The second chart was where I was pulling leak data, median of 4, 95% at 21.6, 99% at 24.0.
If this chart 2 was a one off and the first chart is the common one, then leaks will be fine.
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