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Also I noticed more than once that the top of my mask (dreamer mask with nasal pillows) will start exerting more pressure than usual (like it's your enough to wake me up) usually after turning it off and on a few times and also fiddling with the mask it goes away (it happens once very few months) it happened last night... I always thought maybe the elbow part was malfunctioning or something but I changed it so that doesn't seem to be the problem. has this every happened to you?
Out of curiosity how many CA’s are a warning flag?
Ok I’ll look into trying a collar and will increase the pressure. Thanks for your time, appreciate it.
Hi does this help? what do you suggest I change the pressure to? perhaps 9 to 12? or to 11?  more good days then bad so I am still at a loss at what came first the egg (the apnea) or the chicken (then acid reflux). nonetheless the last four or five days have been horrible again. I don't get why its getting worse again but I attached some of my charts. Thanks so much for your help
Hi Sierra
I am starting to feel horrible again... I couldn't handle the bloating at 9 and my migraines and TMJ are back - I always wake up with a heart racing as well I am assuming from the obstructions for UARS .... the last two days I reduced the pressure from 9 to o8.5 due to all the bloating (all though it could really be my GERD and IBS flaring up and nothing to do with pressure I might try to goo back t that..... I felt good the first day after reducing to 8.5 and today feel bad again.... Iam keep thinking maybe I should try increasing the pressure to o12 again and see how that feels with the 8.5? I am not sure - also the heart racing is scary but in the past I have done tests and there was really nothing wrong with my heart....
Yeah you are right the numbers are better - I might try with the flex and see if there is a difference... thank you so much you have really helped me a lot.. I am so grateful...
HI Sierra, thanks for your life saving advice! so its been a week I stuck to one mask and it seems that with this new pressure my numbers have reduced dramatically also have been sleeping longer- however I am still clenching away and waking up sometimes with burping and gas (only once in the middle of the night) I also still wake up with a headache and jaw clicking but do have more energy and feel better.... I am wondering though if I reduce it to 8.5 will it maybe solve the bloating/burping issue and maybe just to compare for a day or two if the 8.5 is better after reducing the maximum pressure... I am also getting at least one central showing up a day and I had another PB yesterday.... Do you think I should try it out for a few days.... I attached my weekly overview...... the numbers are better and I think I am sleeping more which is a good thing but was thinking for comparison and maybe to reduce the CA's maybe try it out for a few days? I still haven't played with epr at all .... let me know if you need to look at anything else.... Also my other suspect here in not feeling 100 percent (but thankfully feeling better) is maybe my LPR/GERD is playing a role (im on Nexium twice a day) I would be curious to know if it does affect apnea.... I have read that it has but no one knows which came first the chicken or the egg.... I also didn't know how to read what you said about if there is any persistent pattern of events occurring when the pressure is limited to 10.5-I wasn't sure how to read that... Thank you so so so much!
Ok thank you I will try that out for a week and will try to stick to either the nasal pillows or cushion! Thank you! as per the neck position im not sure where I can get a cervical collar but ill try to find one once the corona thing dies down....
one more thing... I have turned my c flex off since last week.... I am wondering if turning it on would make me feel better? That's the only different thing that I have done besides increase the pressure... I am suspecting maybe the 8.5 or even the 8 (according to how I feel since its UARS) was better?
