Biguglygremlin

I'm not sure if this will help. https://incenter.medical.philips.com/doclib/enc/11405972/DreamStation_CPAP_User_Manual.pdf%3Ffunc%3Ddoc.Fetch%26nodeid%3D11405972

CPAP is not THE solution.

CPAP does not solve OSA

CPAP does not cure the causes. It may even conceal further deterioration.

CPAP does not undo the effects. Many of the compounding issues that are associated with OSA remain.

CPAP is not THE solution but it does serve a vital role in the search for solutions.

CPAP buys time by propping us up and stalling some of the more obvious consequences.

Time for what?

Time to question and learn and experiment and act.

Time to take critical steps to undo some of the damage already done.

This was not intended to discourage people from using Cpap but rather to encourage them to see it as a reprieve that will give them an opportunity to look at the big picture and thereby extend their goals to embrace significant changes that might enable them to get to a safer place and live a fuller life.

This was intended to provoke discussion.

What are your thoughts on the subject?

What are the other issues?

What are the solutions?

What are you doing about it?

A few suggestions or success stories would be nice. :)

Hi TuzaHu973

Someone with actual knowledge will get back to you eventually but in the meantime I suggest you continue to use the old one.

I can only guess but why don't you start with the type of machine and current settings and whatever numbers you know already as well as mask type and send the info in a reply to Sierra below because this is not a field I know much about.

I'm sure there are some here who could help you find a competent sleep tech and there are some here who could help you get the settings sorted yourself but you would need to provide enough information for them to help you.

Perhaps you could provide some basic info on the machine type and current settings.

Hi Sierra,

Thanks for so much useful information. I don't know how you have the patience to deal with people the way you do.

Firstly: Of course the Australians are ahead of the Americans! Isn't that always the case? :O

Secondly I don't use the ramp because I need to breathe right now not just when it gets around to it!

As to comparative machines ........... Unfortunately my detest has no prejudices. I detest the Resmed 9 as well as the Phillips machine I used while it was being serviced, and I also detest the F&P Icon that I bought to leave in the car boot for unplanned stop-overs.

It well might be that I simply detest being shackled to a machine? :P

If I should ever manage to mend my attitude the Resmed 10 does seem like a nice machine but I would probably have to buy it out of my "special treats for bribing grandchildren" fund because I doubt that the hospital that supplied the machine would upgrade this one unless it died of natural causes and even then I think they have switched over to the Philips machine which I detest even more vehemently than the Resmed.

As to invoking AI the very thought is disturbing! Like we haven't got enough interface problems when the machine has only a limited range of settings and outcomes and STAYS PUT where we set it!

I can see some situations where it might be invaluable and even life saving but I doubt that it would pan out that way for everybody.

I didn't intend to kill this thread too! :(

I live in Australia and have very severe OSA

I have a Resmed 9 which I detest!

This is the first time I have involved myself in any forum for a very long time.

Well I survived the appointment with a Neurologist so I might try another roll of the dice and go see a sleep specialist.

It's time they had a new test (with a more respectable name) that has more complex scoring systems and built in cross checking potential.

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is too simple and too dependent on perspective. I just did it twice, being rather positive and then rather negative but both times I was trying to be essentially honest.

I scored 5 and 12

Of course I live in a world of chaos and have a poor memory but even for normal people perspective is everything.

Yes the Epworth Sleepiness Scale is used in Australia too and carries some weight, which is alarming because I don't know of anybody who wouldn't score in the red if you got them to fill it out on the wrong day. :O