cpapnovice - Therapy Thread

[cpapnovice]

i have resmed 11 with pressure set at 10-20. My mask is resmed f-30i. My AHI = 13. For years i have this problem. i fall asleep with mask on, it does not leak. I wake up 6-7 hours later without mask. I dont remember taking it off. when i check stats most of the time i sleep 2.5 hours with mask on, sometimes 3.5 to 4. 6 hours is extremely rare. No leaks and AHI less than 2.  Any guesses what is happening?

[SarcasticDave94]

Post OSCAR charts so we can see what's happening during therapy. Lots of times the mask off scenario is due to incorrect pressure settings. There can be other causes as well.

[cpapnovice]

sorry i changed my profile, i no longer use Oscar. Do you think i need to set pressure less than 20?

[Narcil]

we cant know without oscar charts.

[cpapnovice]

cam you give few guesses?

[cpapnovice]

i had number of tests in overnight labs. Last was 5-6 years ago. My AHI was 13. I had another test in overnight lab few days ago and my AHI was 9. There are no changes except i lost 5% of my weight since test that had 13. Is it possible for AHI to go down? Tests were performed in 2 different labs? Did they make mistake in most recent study?

[SarcasticDave94]

Between sleep studies I lost about 100 pounds, from 300 to 200. The AHI also went down, from 74 or so to about 37, both still severe though.

[joeblough]

how can someone guess without the data? you're waking up and taking the mask off and not remembering it. you need to download oscar and load your data into it.

[Weld3z]

I did it with Phillips mask called Amara it was hurting my forehead (redness the next day) after changing the mask never happened to me.

[G. Szabo]

cam you give few guesses?

For one, the treatment parameters are not set optimally. You need more air, and you unconsciously remove the mask to get more.

Download OSCAR  and post your charts.