08-10-2022, 07:20 PM
Will a Bi-PAP machine make a difference for me?
Will a Bi-PAP machine make a difference for me?
Looking for opinions. I have been feeling a sense of “not getting good quality sleep” and had a sleep study performed on 29 April of this year. It was my third test and the first with titration.
The findings came back with recommendations of a Bi-PAP machine with settings of 10/5.
Prior to this I was using my AirSense machine with auto settings of 6-12. I did not realize that my machine did not have Bi-PAP capabilities. I also learned that auto settings do not vary the inhale and exhale pressures.
The sleep technician related to me that she observed optimal settings for me during the study for the BiPAP as listed above. I did feel reasonably refreshed the next morning as I recall.
When I had my follow-up appointment about a month after the test, the technician recommended a new Bi-PAP machine and was hot- to- trot in ordering one up. I declined stating that I want to research the Bi-PAP options and I also wanted to investigate changing the settings on my current CPAP/ AutoPAP machine. I tried to see how I would react with a constant pressure of 10 (even trying as high as 11.) I seem to tolerate it well and I “feel” as if I am sleeping well throughout the night. But I am not feeling a “refreshed” well slept feeling upon arising.
I am considering the recommendation of getting the Bi-PAP machine but would like opinions and comments if anyone has done similar and if there were improved results.
Looking for opinions. I have been feeling a sense of “not getting good quality sleep” and had a sleep study performed on 29 April of this year. It was my third test and the first with titration.
The findings came back with recommendations of a Bi-PAP machine with settings of 10/5.
Prior to this I was using my AirSense machine with auto settings of 6-12. I did not realize that my machine did not have Bi-PAP capabilities. I also learned that auto settings do not vary the inhale and exhale pressures.
The sleep technician related to me that she observed optimal settings for me during the study for the BiPAP as listed above. I did feel reasonably refreshed the next morning as I recall.
When I had my follow-up appointment about a month after the test, the technician recommended a new Bi-PAP machine and was hot- to- trot in ordering one up. I declined stating that I want to research the Bi-PAP options and I also wanted to investigate changing the settings on my current CPAP/ AutoPAP machine. I tried to see how I would react with a constant pressure of 10 (even trying as high as 11.) I seem to tolerate it well and I “feel” as if I am sleeping well throughout the night. But I am not feeling a “refreshed” well slept feeling upon arising.
I am considering the recommendation of getting the Bi-PAP machine but would like opinions and comments if anyone has done similar and if there were improved results.
