app1nag - Therapy Assistance Thread

[PoolQ]

All I can say is "Trade ya". The machine is working hard AND it's working well. leaks are under control also. Keep it like this and you will be doing great!

[Sleeprider]

Looks perfect. How is that 4.0 ramp working out for you? Feel at all short of breath when you start?

[app1nag]

All I can say is "Trade ya". The machine is working hard AND it's working well. leaks are under control also. Keep it like this and you will be doing great!

Thanks !

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Looks perfect. How is that 4.0 ramp working out for you? Feel at all short of breath when you start?

as a matter of fact, yes...should I scrap it?

[pholynyk]

All I can say is "Trade ya". The machine is working hard AND it's working well. leaks are under control also. Keep it like this and you will be doing great!

Thanks !

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Looks perfect. How is that 4.0 ramp working out for you? Feel at all short of breath when you start?

as a matter of fact, yes...should I scrap it?

By going into the clinician's menu you can change the ramp starting pressure. I changed mine to 8, for 5 minutes, going to my minimum therapy pressure of 9. I chose 8 because I can use it to help inflate the seal on my Wisp mask.
I suggest you try starting at 7 at least, or 8, and minimize your ramp time to 5 or 10 minutes.

It /is/ a comfort setting, so use whatever works for you.

[Sleeprider]

I agree. Either turn Ramp off, or increase the ramp pressure and reduce the ramp time. Other than that, looks great.

[app1nag]

thanks for the great feedback

[cate1898]

Welcome to the forum app1nag! You're off to a great start with your therapy!!

[app1nag]

so last night I ate and drank at a Christmas party, got home after 1am, and had the puppy jump into bed with me. To me, these were all indications of a crappy night's sleep. Woke up almost 7 hours later with AHI of ZERO ! I am certainly happy, but seriously starting to question the validity of these #s. Perhaps increasing the ramp pressure to 8 for 15 minutes helped. It was previously set to 4 and AUTO.

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so last night I ate and drank at a Christmas party, got home after 1am, and had the puppy jump into bed with me. To me, these were all indications of a crappy night's sleep. Woke up almost 7 hours later with AHI of ZERO ! I am certainly happy, but seriously starting to question the validity of these #s. Perhaps increasing the ramp pressure to 8 for 15 minutes helped. It was previously set to 4 and AUTO.

doesn't a flat line like these indicate an issue?

[pholynyk]

so last night I ate and drank at a Christmas party, got home after 1am, and had the puppy jump into bed with me. To me, these were all indications of a crappy night's sleep. Woke up almost 7 hours later with AHI of ZERO ! I am certainly happy, but seriously starting to question the validity of these #s. Perhaps increasing the ramp pressure to 8 for 15 minutes helped. It was previously set to 4 and AUTO.

doesn't a flat line like these indicate an issue?

I'm /guessing/ that the top line is flow and the bottom one pressure. Both flat lines last for 8 seconds or less, too short to score as either obstructive or central apnea. The little bumps in pressure are probably Resmed's attempt to differentiate between OA and CA; the tiny bumps in flow might indicate an incipient CA - which you aborted by starting to breathe. If that's all you found, no problem. If there are lots of those, then probably toning down the drink should take care of it. One night is not the rest of your life.

I hope others more experienced will comment as well.