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Yes, I can do that. I'll have to go get an SD card reader tomorrow. I'll report back then. I noticed that a filter I had cut the pressure a tiny bit. I doubt it will change anything, but I'm going to attach it tonight. Can't hurt. You DID say too much pressure could cause CSA. Incidentally, when I have an HCI number that's around or under ten, I feel much better than an 18 HCI. If the results are being masked, I doubt they're masked much. I don't mean to say that to be argumentative, I just think it's pertinent. However, I have been wrong much more than right during the last 3 months or so. There is a local medical store. The owner is a patient and has been in the cpap business for about 20 years. I'm considering him my sleep technician, currently. He has access to info from my bipap that I don't. I'm bringing my bipap to him Tuesday afternoon. Hopefully he'll have some ideas when I arrive. We'll see. I'm planning on telling my doctor about this, but, at this point,I think it would slow down the process and I might be very close to hitting HCIs lower than 10 consistently. Then I'll make an appointment. Thank you very much for your advice. I'll send out a another message at some point this weekend with SleepyHead information on it.
Sierra- I couldn't find where you placed the link or instructions to Sleepy Head. I downloaded the app on my phone but it didn't leave me a history. Nothing's there. I'm going to give you some numbers from the existing app which is Phillips Dream Mapper.
Thursday 10/25/18 with large nose mask HCI: 18.6 USAGE: 5:51 HOURS TOTAL CLEAR AIRWAY APNEAS 78 TOTAL OBSTRUCTIVE APNEAS 22 TOTAL HYPOPNEAS 9 MASK FIT: 99 PERCENT
Thursday 10/18/18 with medium nose mask HCI: 9 USAGE: 6:37 HOURS TOTAL CLEAR AIRWAY APNEAS 15 TOTAL OBSTRUCTIVE APNEAS 15 TOTAL HYPOPNEAS 29 MASK FIT: 92 PERCENT
Wednesday 10/17/18 with medium nose mask HCI: 8.9 USAGE: 7:02 HOURS TOTAL CLEAR AIRWAY APNEAS 11 TOTAL OBSTRUCTIVE APNEAS 25 TOTAL HYPOPNEAS 27 MASK FIT: 89 PERCENT
Thursday 10/09/18 with medium nose mask HCI: 5.5 USAGE: 7:48 HOURS TOTAL CLEAR AIRWAY APNEAS 6 TOTAL OBSTRUCTIVE APNEAS 19 TOTAL HYPOPNEAS 18 MASK FIT: 83 PERCENT
The thing that jumps out to me is that during the times I was using the medium mask, I have from the same amount of clear airway apneas to as much as three times obstructive as clear airway apneas. Using the large mask (large nosepiece on the same mask) those ratios are reversed. Clear airway Apneas are 78 and obstructive apneas are 22 which is an enormous reversal. That's got to mean that the clear airway apneas aren't really my central sleep apnea acting up, but instead, the mask change has caused the issue. Also, upon reviewing some of these numbers, it appears that the lower percentage of mask fit, the better I do. That would seem to mean that the lower the pressure, the better it works. The new large mask feels like it's delivering more pressure than the medium mask and all these things lead me to think that my 20/10 pressure is what causes the problem. I hope this is helpful to you. I realize it's not a ton of information. Thanks again for the help.
Wow. Thanks for all the great information. Got a busy day of work ahead of me. I will definitely get back to you later today or tomorrow!
Today, I replaced a medium nasal mask with a large, because the medium was slipping upwards while I slept, blocking airflow. The larger piece feels perfect, doesn’t slip and the airflow is more consistent. My problem is, in just 30 minutes of therapy, my Clear Airway Apneas have drastically increased to 30 per hour. Obstructive Airway Apneas are at only five. My belief is that my pressure has been set so high that now that the mask is doing the correct job, it’s so overwhelming that I’m subconsciously fighting it. Pressure is at 20 IPAP and 10 EPAP. Any advice?
Hi, I’m Bill. 58 years old. A long time sufferer with no treatment. I gave up on CPAP very shortly after I was diagnosed 15 years ago. My life has gotten unmanageable. Always beyond exhausted. Finally I learned about Bipap and researched it. I experimented without going through a doctor so I’m not sure what my current HCI without treatment is, but I’m sure it’s severe. I’m on my fourth mask I think I’m about to figure it out. I’m using a ResMed N20 nasal mask and the best I’ve been able to do is a 10 HCI with it. I have ordered a large nasal piece to replace the medium and I think that’s gonna do the trick. I hope so. After i succeed on that for a few weeks I’m going to tell my doctor all about it. I actually got an old bipap on line for cheap because I didn’t want to pay for another sleep study before I knew if I could tolerate a bipap. No insurance. I replaced the cheap bipap with a Dreamstation auto bipap. After 3 months I think I’m about to figure it out.
