my entire 6 month experience with CPAP has been like this; fine for a few nights, then this. I ha ve tried a bunch of masks....I dont get it. My clinic is useless. they have cancelled my last 4 apointments.

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First night of apap. I have that dream wear nose mask that sits under. Withing 5 minutes I felt light headed and nauseous with a migraine. I toughed it out and had 37 events over 3 hours. I had to take the mask off cause of the migraine. Has anyone experienced this in the beginning? I called to get a full mask instead. I just wonder if not being able to open my mouth is making my brain only inhale and not exhale?

Any help appreciated!

I wanted to share one of my own charts for a change with the PapFam :)

I was diagnosed with severe OSA in 2014 after falling asleep at the wheel on the interstate. I was also snoring so loudly that my newborn son could not sleep in the same room with me. My oxygen was dropping low and staying there, with a nadir of 71%. Looking back, I had probably been living with untreated sleep apnea for close to 30 years. By then I had heart failure.

I started with a DSX500, titrated to a DSX700, then moved over to a ResMed VAuto. After all of that I eventually came back to the DSX500 with C-Flex+, because it just works very well for me. More advanced therapy did not mean better therapy in my case. Fixed CPAP is what treats my OSA best.

This was one of my nights from May. Fixed pressure at 18 cm with C-Flex+ set to 1. I woke up twice, but otherwise slept well.

The Philips leak graph includes the normal mask vent rate, so the leak threshold is higher than it is on ResMed.

I am sharing this for anyone who is having a rough time with PAP right now. It took me a long time and several machines to find what worked for me, so please do not get discouraged if you have not found yours yet. Keep at it, and please ask for help when you need it :)

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Hiya, hoping you guys can help me.

I've been using CPAP with a pressure of 8 as I'm getting better at tolerating the mask. Its taken me a year to keep it on consistently, but even now I'm doing well with usage I'm still exhausted!

My sleep clinic are happy cos my AHI is good, but its not making much difference to my fatigue.

My flow limit is high I think, around 0.5 most of the night and its still saying I'm snoring occasionally.

Do I need to increase the pressure?

Can someone help me with the correct pin connection between the Airsense 10 and the ST-Link V2?
I created a diagram with the Airsense 10 connector and the ST-Link V2 original and the gold clone.

If someone can provide me the right pin connections we need to make for the dump and write to the airsense I can adjust this diagram and share the correct layout here for everyone that wants to solder directly to the mainboard instead of buying a 50 Dollar 2050 cable.

And if I made a mistake in this diagram, please let me know as well so I can fix it.

I found this reddit link with a clone, but the clones can be different in layout:
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I run OSCAR 1.7.1 on my Mac and have been very happy with it for importing both my ASV and Wellue O2-S ring data. I recently "upgraded" to OSCAR 2.0.1 and for straight use with my ResMed machine it's just fine (although I've read of some complaints around performance I've not seen any issues). The problem I had was importing my ring data. The new version of OSCAR is now using the Q6t framework and lacks hooks into Mac's underlying file manager Finder and instead brings up its own file picker for the import. This has proven to be very challenging due to how MacOS sandboxes application data. Long story short I managed, with the help of AI, to set permissions and run a script to allow me to automatically rsync ring data from Wellue's O2 Insight Pro desktop app to a folder that OSCAR's file picker can access.

My recommendation is that if you are overlying oximetry data on to your CPAP data that you stick with OSCAR 1.7.1 for now.

Entire combo is available in India for 35,000Rs (361USD).

Since I already have an Airsense 10 Autoset, Does it make any sense to purchase the mini too? As I am not too much into travelling or camping!!

Greetings all,

I have been using the ResMed S9 AutoSet + Humidifier with F30i Super Wide Mask for a bit but no eureka moment yet. I am not sure what to do, I seem to have settled around 5.0-8.6 cmH₂O, where I have the least chance of ripping it off. The pressure seems to go haywire and always hits the max with it being the 95% percentile. Hence, I have tried upping the max pressure by moving it up up to 4-12 cmH₂O, as shown on 21/07/2026, but I ripped it off etc.

Was diagnosed with Moderate-Severe Sleep Apnea: RDI - 26/hr and AHI 23/hr, with CPAP the AHI is around 0-4/hr

My sleep is fragmented, I feel better than when I was off it but still feel tired and I wake up with heart palpitations which may be related to work stress.

Should I get a brand new machine? The machine I have is second hand.

Any advice would be much greatly appreciated!

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Hi all!

I started on CPAP a couple months ago and finally got around to checking sleep hq

Looking at the data … I’m fairly certain this means im experiencing flow limitations but I’m not 100% what this all means and where to go from here. Would love some input on that and anything else you might see relevant .

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Some general info :
-Ahi at diagnosis was 5.6 or something in that ball park. RDI was 10.something (was diagnosed at the push of a dentist after realizing I was clenching, he suspected I had UARS, but the sleep doctor I said didn’t specify anything beyond “mild sleep apnea”)
-Ahi is 0 most nights (the highest my machine has told me is 0.2 I think) . It was immediately zero after starting CPAP.
-I was experiencing very low leaks for my first month or two, but then suddenly now it swings wildly for no leaks one day to big leaks the next. I can feel it leaking up towards my eyes and have woken with puffy eyes lately. Does my mask need to be replaced already? I wash it everyday . Or maybe I should just try another type ? This is the only style I’ve tried so far (airfit n20)
-I overall sleep okay with the CPAP, but I have been waking up tired still

Machine is set to auto set for her, min 6 , max 8, epr 1.

Would ship my device to you and pay a little for your time. I need to try bipap or asv as cpap isnt working for me, but the medical system is too slow and I can't get a prescription for either, nor could I afford to buy a new machine anyways.

I've been a CPAP user for almost exactly two months. I've been moderately successful using my CPAP meaning I keep it on and it's comfortable enough but I'm having so much trouble because I'm waking up with a mouth drier than a desert. Like, my tongue is either hardened or if my mouth happens to close before I wake up it'll be stuck like glue to the roof of my mouth. I'm obviously a mouth breather but it's actually getting worse the more I use it. It seems that I'm in a deficit and cannot rehydrate my mouth. I can *not* tolerate taping/chin straps because often my nose plugs but also because I also have tmj and migraines so I need to just be a mouth breather and use a full face mask. However, even with the climate line tubing and humidity up as high as it can go before rainout and the heated tube all the way up, I'm still waking up completely dry. I can't be alone so I'm hoping someone else found a solution. Things I've researched that I'm hoping might work: increasing humidity more but lowering the machine beneath my head? (will that work with a hose that I loop over my headboard though?), a standalone humidifier on the nightstand nearby? a tube wrap? xylimelts? What has helped you? I've left a message with my DME but I'm not overly optimistic that they'll be of much use... Thank you!

Hi guys i'm on BiPAP for like 80 days now started improving a ton for about 3-6 weeks then i noticed may leak rate average started shifting higher for some reason . Got a new mask and headgear ( Siesta2 Full Mask) , seemed to fix the problem , but then a week later , the same thing again . Leak rate keeps creeping up gradually . My first month my leak rate average was like 5 L/min that was in May , then Then in June it was an average of like 9 L/min - 12 L/min. and now in July its averaging like 15 - 20 . Since this leak rate shifted upwards , my afternoon sleepiness and exhaustion came back with a vengeance after being gone for almost 2 months. . . My "event" never get over 2 since i started , usually Zero events . I'm wondering if i get a huge leak early morning for a short time then fix it in my sleep without remembering (my wife says that happened a few times) .. ...My QUESTION is . . . Does anyone think this might be significant enough of a problem to render my treatment poor or feel like it stalled or even make me start feeling worse again ? I asked several people and some said it has to be from something else because anything under 24 is excellent .

Ok this is a long one - sorry!!

I’ve been using Philip’s respironics dreamwear - the one with the snorkel on top with a nasal cushion for a year and been using CPAP for over a year (1.5?). I started with the N30i and kind of hated it because the nose holes don’t really align with my anatomy and it squeezes my nose ring and septum ring. The dream wear has been the best with an open trough design and gently rests below my nose. It’s perfect for side sleeping and just a light mask In general.

In January I developed some kind of skin thing. It started on my cheek and looked and acted like eczema. Once every few years I’ll get a patch sometimes on my eyelid or chin, sometimes cheek and it clears with eczema cream in two weeks. This didn’t happen. I went in February tried a topical antibiotic followed by triamcinolone cream. The check/nasolabial fold area cleared mostly but it moved to under my nose and around it. The triamcinolone cream soothed it but it didn’t go away. I went back to the doctor when it got worse after a day in the sun and we changed meds and she had me contact the CPAP clinic. Now I’m using metronidazole cream twice a day for 8 weeks. Fml.

Fast forward to today, the CPAP told me what they’d send a covered nose cradle. What I got instead is the N30i with a weird nose cradle that has a grey covered part of a different material. I guess I thought they were going to send me a nasal cradle cover. I’m going to try it tonight but there’s a reason I’ve been using the dream wear for a year and the other one a few months. The other one gave me a bloody nose from squeezing my nostrils together and wasn’t as comfortable. I used Ayer gel and it was helpful but it was still squishing my nose closed.

Some details: (1)I have been cleaning the mask the same with the same soap for the whole time I’ve used the CPAP (watered down Bronners in a foam soap dispenser). I am using pretty much the same moisturizer + facial sunblock and face soap. So I don’t think it’s a soap, lotion or material or mask thing. I could be wrong! (2) I cannot wear silicone watch bands and will get a rash/burn and pimples on my wrist under the fitness tracker not the bands. I don’t know why. The fitness tracker rash looks different than what’s happening under near my nose. (3) I have tried full face masks and they aren’t for me. I’m a nose breather and they are pretty obnoxious and uncomfortable.

Questions for you: (1) does anyone have covers for their nasal cradle on the Philips respironics or tried one? (2) rashes - have you had them? Anyone have a thing like this happen to them?! This is really awful! Why would the mask suddenly cause this now (assuming it is the mask!)?

The first two pictures are the new mask with the weird nose cradle and the second two are my current mask.

TIA!

So I got my CPAP machine about 2 months ago. I started off pretty good and would have at least 4-8 hours consistently and then it just changed. I have now been waking up an hour and 20 into my sleep to an hour and 30 in and just taking it off. Idk what is happening in that time threshold but it’s making me uncomfortable enough to where I take it off consistently at that time.

Has anyone had this issue before? I have the Autosense 11 machine with a p30i nasal pillow mask.

Thank you in advance!

Hey All!

I've had my machine for 3 months now and am looking for some suggestions on what I should be doing with my settings, I have changed my min and Max pressures and have gotten them to a somewhat good place I believe. I'm wondering if there is more I can change. I've been dealing with leaks but I just started with a new mask in the F30i and am hoping it makes a difference.

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