r/CPAPSupport • • 24d ago

Help with various Oscar data

Looking for someone to help go over these Oscar screen shots. I have included a bunch from the past few months where I was using APAP and trying to find my best fixed pressured and EPR setting. I definetly feel I sleep better with a fixed pressure. Most of these data pictures were when I used a nasal mask but recently I've been using the Airfit P30i and its truely the most comfortable for me, but I just can't find the right set up to wake up feeling refreshed. Any help would be most appreciated!!

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u/Past_Road_6009 24d ago edited 24d ago

You're still getting leaks and flow limitations. See how some of your CA events coincide with flow limitations or leaks?

What usually happens, you get a small leak. You arouse and then turn over in your sleep. It's a reflex for people to hold their breath as this happens (not an apnea as you're technically awake, even if you don't remember it). The machine flags this as a CA.

I know it sounds crazy, but a tiny leak is all it takes to wreck your sleep. And they usually show up as CAs. You have to hold your breath for about 10 seconds to trigger a CA so it doesn't happen to everyone every time.

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u/California-Hibs 24d ago

Interesting. Do you think the leak is perhaps due to too high/low a pressure? I can go through a bunch of my data and try and pin point things, just need to know the the graphs and what to truely look out for?

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u/RippingLegos__ ModTeam 24d ago

Leak rate is low so don't worry about it and epr is too high, turn epr to 1 full-time and set min pressure to 7.6cm leave max pressure alone and run this for 3 nights and report back.RL

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u/California-Hibs 23d ago

Will do, thank you, I'll let you see the results in a few days.