oscar review data after 5+ years?

[swift]

is there anything i can do to optimize my ahi? 

i recently bought a climatelineair for my machine which i think is really nice

[OpalRose]

A minimum pressure of 4 is a bit low. Most folk can feel "air starved" with this low pressure.

Are you sleeping through the night? I'd like to see a minimum pressure of 7cm with a maximum of 15cm. Set EPR to 2.

Give it a couple days at these settings and repost.

[swift]

just locked in these settings, looking forward to trying it out tonight ! never knew about epr

and yes im sleeping the entire night

[OpalRose]

The EPR (Expiratory Pressure Relief) helps when breathing out against pressure.
By using EPR 3, the exhale pressure will drop by that amount.
Example: Minimum pressure 7cm minus 3 EPR = exhale pressure of 4.

Note: In some folk this can cause an increase in Clear Airway events, but we would watch for that. On the flip side, EPR can help with Flow Limitations and Hypopnea.

[swift]

let me know what you think. i woke up super bloated this morning i think its all the air. 

also here are some older days where ive had good ahi on 4 - 9: https://imgur.com/a/nHwvgAM (so its not impossible?)

heres the 7-15 days

[OpalRose]

Being "super bloated" isn't good. This is what is called Aerophagia (the swallowing of air).

And yes, when you used pressures of 4-9, your results were good. My recommendation of 7-15 was so that you could implement the EPR feature. It doesn't really kick in with pressures much under 6 or 7. But if your experiencing Aerophagia, then revert back to your original settings. You can try to inch it up slowly over a period of days, start with 5-9.

The goal is comfort and the results with a slightly higher setting 7-15 were not that significant. The pressure never went much past 9 even though set to 15.

Read the Optimizing Therapy link in my signature line.