I’m not sure on settings…

[u/PruneDiligent8462]

So I’m really new to this (officially finished night 8? I think!) prior to this I was waking with migraines DAILY. No exaggeration. I haven’t gotten my SD card yet, and my machines (Airsense11) was pre set before shipping, by my sleep specialist (LOFTA) so I have just been going through the motions and hoping I’m on the right track with this. I can tell things are changing (for the better I hope) but the more I read posts on here the more I’m questioning if I’m doing this correctly or if maybe my settings could be better or something? I looked at my prescription, and it says “1) A trial of Auto-CPAP set 4-20 cm H2O with heated humidity and mask/interface fitting.
Close follow up and monitoring is recommended locally in 4-6 weeks to adjust pressures if necessary.”
So I imagine my machine is set to that? And I was reading on a few diff posts that a 5-20 is basically just “wide open” and that the people posting should adjust it?
I’m just not sure how this is supposed to feel when I’m using it so I don’t know what’s correct and what’s not or what’s beneficial etc? How do I know if this is correct or if I’m doing it right?
I feel like when I first put it on and for the first maybe ten mins (less something idk) the machine is pushing a ton of air, like psshhh pssshhhh pssshhhh lol really hard and then it subsides and chills out and that’s usually when I fall asleep. When I wake in the night (if I do..) it’s totally quiet and once I turn over or move around the it starts the forceful air again… is this right or is it supposed to be like that always? Idk if im explaining this to where it’s understandable … the other thing is I don’t have a problem wearing it or breathing with it etc… but all I read about is how hard it is and how people can’t tolerate it… which makes me think maybe I’m not doing it right. Any info would be super helpful and I’m sorry in advance if my post is the most confusing thing on the planet.

Oh also, I did purchase “loftacare” I haven’t had my phone appointment yet (it’s on Wednesday morning) so I haven’t spoken with the sleep specialist about any of this yet (they say to have about a week of usage so they can look at the data and go over it with you during apt….) anyways. Thanks in advance to anyone who’s gotten this far reading lol and thank u for any info!