TwoBigWheels

I had a hard time falling asleep last night (I usually don't), I took a nap in the afternoon which I probably didn't need after getting low AHI's. the night before. Layed on one side or the other the whole night w/collar. *I zoomed in on event that woke me at 03:50 Any idea why my Resp Rate is "clipped" at the top? I changed Y to 60, I think it was at 50. *The time is off by an hour, do you know how to correct it?

Not sure why start up pressure changed...I was in a hurry last night making 15/20 Auto changes. I'll Double Check tonight and apply your start up recommendation. *Implemented Leak Rate Graph recommendation you made (shown below). *Keep pressure at 15/20 Auto? *What if 15 on low end is to high?

Thanks again for your help! Not doing Happy Dance yet, but looks like something to cervical collar. Was settled in last night, then remembered collar (CC) came from Amazon... At my wake up,,,I had a Large Leak (along with an event) that I was aware of as I woke up (leak, not event). Not sure why leak, i think leak by end of Nose Gel Strip at cheek end. *Pre Wake Up i was in recliner, after putting CC on noted that headrest on recliner canted my head forward. CC fought this and kept my mouth shut (I think). *After wake up, i did take a Sleep Aid supplement with 2.5mg of Melatonin. *After wake up, Laid down flat on couch "on my side",,,met friend over weekend who told me they only had Apnea on their back, No Apnea on their side, figured give it a try.

Used Cervical Collar - will add more comments shortly

Ok will go to Auto 15-20. PA I was referring to is a Nurse Practitioner. Only talked to her on phone & couple of Telemed conversations. *The Dr is Internal Medicine w/subspecialty of Sleep Medicine. *They are part of a well marketed Sleep Center in Chicago area. *I'm disappointed with how I've never seen any of my data, like it was Top Secret. *Is it normal to not share hard data or does it depend on Dr/practice? *1 of the last things the PA mentioned was that if they couldn't find out why i was waking up at night, they wanted me to see their Sleep Phsycologist/Therapist,,,knowing what I know now, it sure looks like apnea events are waking me up... *With that being said, I'm going to look at another clinic. *Any idea (besides Dr sharing data) what Main Practice is best? Neuro? Pulmonologist? My sinuses were never 100% & have no sense of smell Post Surgery.

Missed your reply last night. Set @ fixed 16 last night. *Clicking thru daily history (only showing Summary data, No Data Charts), I can find no Daily Summary with the suspect CSR's. I changed mask to AirTouch F20 on 11/15. **I have weaned myself off of a Time Release Melatonin (3mg then 1.5 now 0). I was taking TRM to help with 3am wakeups and to help myself to try to fall back asleep. Weaned off after PA was questioning me taking it... **I'm not opposed to staying with a setting for X amount of time...I have a Sleep Study scheduled for 12/21. Hoping to make progress by then and hopefully just cancel it. **I actually felt pretty good thru the day after using EPR 3 even though the data said otherwise...

Any recommendations for tonight would be appreciated

Glancing at Annual AHI's, it looks like i was doing better @ 16psi at beginning of year, not sure about mask seal, etc though. BTW: I seen that u mentioned on a post that your wife does Yoga breathing @ times. I'll do the same as i settle down w/CPAP started and also some breaths if I need to after waking up @ night (w/Cpap started). 5-7s in thru nose, hold for 5, 5-7s out thru mouth.

I've only had Oscar for a few days now. Maybe chart since 1st of year will help looking at pressures vs AHI's. Except for the last couple of days or so, Oscar only shows details on left side of page (as attached sample). If interested in any days in particular, let me know, I could try to tie in with Dr visit (5/3/22, etc)

Will send flow info later. *I "think" i was on a auto before, but I never seen my data before to know what it was or compare. I'd have to go day by day on Oscar, looked like it showed settings & data on LS, but no graphs. *Cervical Collar not available locally, should be at my door Wed. *It was mentioned in last phone consult with PA that Dr thought I needed higher pressure since at last study I kept waking up (I thought I slept, they said I didn't or rarely entered REM). *The more I'm learning, the more I'm disappointed with my Sleep Center. No Cpap OP Manual, No SD card, not being told about even basic Resmed MyAir data,,,*If Bipap was to be considered, why not do a test run @ EPR 3 before getting sold a study,,,last conversation a week ago with PA was that we were making a change from Fixed 14 to Fixed 15,,,knowing what I know now, doesn't make sense... *I'll check my Oscar for max psi & Auto Settings if accessible