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Your numbers look good. Some leaks, but not bad at all. Have you read through the mask primer. You might find some ideas on mask fit, but most important is that it's comfortable.
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(09-17-2022, 05:37 PM)OpalRose Wrote: Your numbers look good. Some leaks, but not bad at all. Have you read through the mask primer. You might find some ideas on mask fit, but most important is that it's comfortable.
I hope the Aerophagia isn't too bad. You're probably mouth breathing and swallowing air. Are you able to sleep slightly elevated? It might help.
Will check it out. The mask fit I'm sure I can figure out with some more nights. I'm more worried about 1. the pressure being right. Despite what the chart shows I'm definitely not sleeping any better than I was without CPAP. Lotta fragmentations and still have all the symptoms. 2. Aerophagia was definitely bad. I can try sleep elevated but not sure how that would help. From what I've read it seems like aerophagia is usually a pressure issue. Too much or too less.
What most folk do is use a lower pressure. But there is usually a trade off between lessening Aerophagia or an increase in apneas. You'll have to decide what you can live with.
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So I got some help earlier on in this forum and though the events have gone down in OSCAR I still have sleep fragmentation like before. My sleep study showed that I had AHI 2 and RDI 16. Does OSCAR flag RERA events? My sleep technician said the drop in oxygen was very subtle before arousals.
Attached image for what my OSCAR data usually looks like. Not much leaks, not many events but sleep still sucks.
You haven't responded for awhile... how is the Aerophagia? If you're still having a problem with it, then try using a lower pressure.
What is the lowest pressure you've used without experiencing Aerophagia? Go back to that and start titrating slowly upward to see where the problem is.
There isn't anything on your charts that I can see that explains your fragmented sleep.
You can post a 2 - 3 minute segment of the flow rate graph. Someone might see something of significance. There is some steady Flow Limitation, but not sure if that is causing fragmented sleep.
BTW, I combined your threads so that your history is in one place.
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There is a setting in File->Preferences:CPAP tab on the top right: Preferred major event index which defaults to AHI but can be changed to RDI.
RDI will only show up if your machine can report them; my early AS10 cannot, I expect that the AS11 can, as it was added to later AS10 software.
Please report back if you change that report index so that we have confirmation of RDI detection. - Thanks
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01-01-2023, 03:44 AM (This post was last modified: 01-01-2023, 03:47 AM by apneamon.)
RE: apneamon - Therapy Thread
(12-31-2022, 06:05 PM)OpalRose Wrote: You haven't responded for awhile... how is the Aerophagia? If you're still having a problem with it, then try using a lower pressure.
What is the lowest pressure you've used without experiencing Aerophagia? Go back to that and start titrating slowly upward to see where the problem is.
There isn't anything on your charts that I can see that explains your fragmented sleep.
You can post a 2 - 3 minute segment of the flow rate graph. Someone might see something of significance. There is some steady Flow Limitation, but not sure if that is causing fragmented sleep.
BTW, I combined your threads so that your history is in one place.
Sorry I actually ended up getting some nasal surgeries 2 months ago and stopped using CPAP for a bit. I still haven't started properly but wanted to start getting some more feedback on why I'm experiencing the same type of sleep even with OSCAR showing no events. Do we know that OSCAR is perfect with catching events?
Highest pressure without aerophagia is 7-8.
When you say to post a 2-3 minute segment of the flow rate graph you mean to record screen zoomed in and go through the flow rate slowly start to finish?
(12-31-2022, 06:26 PM)pholynyk Wrote: >>> Does OSCAR flag RERA events?
There is a setting in File->Preferences:CPAP tab on the top right: Preferred major event index which defaults to AHI but can be changed to RDI.
RDI will only show up if your machine can report them; my early AS10 cannot, I expect that the AS11 can, as it was added to later AS10 software.
Please report back if you change that report index so that we have confirmation of RDI detection. - Thanks
