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Progress! - yossarian - 11-15-2016 Progress since 1 Sept: Link to first post: http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread-newbie--14952 After advice from OpalRose and Maskup Sleepwell (thanks) I went to raise my Min APAP pressure and found that my machine had developed a fault and would not go into therapy mode (!). Machine returned and repaired. Pressure increased from 5 to first 7, then to 8. Here is my AHI journey over the past 7 months. As you can see, the improvement is not what you would call dramatic; more slow and steady with lots of fluctuation. The situation has changed over the last 10 days as my AHI has suddenly become pretty stable between 3-4. I feel like I've "arrived" in some sense. (or at least "technically treated") It only took 7 months! Here's some data. Some nights the pressure remains steady through the night (95% Press = 9.0): Other nights the pressure still rises & falls more.(95% Press = 10.8) Stats: From the monthly stats, the OA shows the most improvement, but CA and HA have also improved to a lesser extent. Leaks continue to be an issue with my dreamwear nasal mask, but I think the pros (for me) outweigh the cons. My 90% pressure is 9.7 (ave press 8.52) for the last 2 weeks. My APAP setting is currently 8-13 (with aflex x1 pressure relief). Do you think I should narrow the range further? 8.5 - 12? RE: Progress! - DeepBreathing - 11-16-2016 I like the way you've graphed the trends instead of responding to a single night's results - I wish I had a dollar for every time I've told people to do that! Your trendline is definitely heading in the right direction. I don't know that there's anything to be gained by changing the maximum pressure as you machine never goes there anyway. But I would be inclined to bump up the minimum a bit further. With the EPR/flex in operation your effective pressure is starting around 6. This is too low to avoid flow limitations and the machine isn't responding in time to catch a lot of those hypopneas and obstructive apneas. RE: Progress! - Beej - 11-16-2016 That'd be a nice feature to have in Sleepyhead! RE: Progress! - trish6hundred - 11-16-2016 Hi yossarian, GREAT to hear you are progressing well with your CPAP therapy,! keep up the good work. RE: Progress! - yossarian - 11-18-2016 OK thanks DeepBreathing, I'll change to 8.5-13 and post back in 2-3 weeks. RE: Progress! - holden4th - 11-19-2016 Looking at your results your choice of range seems very good.