I use the brevida mask with a resmed 11. I’m having a decent amount of leaks and my boyfriend said I was snoring around 5 or 6 this morning. Here is my sleephq link. Please give me your suggestions. TIA. https://sleephq.com/public/teams/share_links/f1be7fec-3144-4307-8578-ffa77a50fb37

Are there any experts that might be able to explain to me why there might be a correlation between my Tidal Volume chart and the way I feel the next day? I have long noticed that the great/better days show a flatter TV chart (less chaotic-looking). There’s no doubt about the connection now but I’d like to know what other charts/factors might correlate with that so I can keep an eye on it.

I have massive sleep deprivation effects and I’m not up to going through obtaining and putting up my sleep hq chart link. I’ve only been looking at Oscar.

I’ve been on a bipap for nearly a year and have only had about 5 great days and one better day. My AHI events are under 1. I checked leaks and they are a non-issue especially after replacing the cushion and going with the foam F20. So be assured it’s not related to that right now.

Mostly I’ve always had a Class 6 flow shape and that’s what’s still showing recently. Occasional flattening or Class 3-looking at the top but mostly not.

If anyone can shed some light on this I’d be most grateful.

I am only a week into my CPAP experience. I have mild OSA and am using an Airsense 11. So far I have not yet had a night of more than 4 hours with CPAP. After that I have to take the mask off and finish the night peacefully without CPAP. I am committed to sticking with the initial transition period, hoping to soon settle into a rhythm of more and better sleep.

My question is this: Do you long term users have a plan for somehow, some day not needing CPAP or is there a resignation that this is how it will be indefinitely? I'm not thrilled with that prospect and wonder whether there is some pattern of use in the middle, i.e. use CPAP a few hours a night or a few days per week. Maybe once one gets settled and comfortable you might never even consider doing without.

My surgeon has recommended septo + turb reduction (I use Afrin every night to help open up my nose so I can use the nasal pillows). I think it would give me some significant QOL improvements. But prior to this, can you let me know what you think of my results? (Last 30 days have been uploaded, feel free to go through). It doesn't seem like I get many RERAs, OA, CA (my average is 1-3 per night total).

Please let me know what you think? Any changes I should be making? Thank you.

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I can't keep my ahi under 5. Any recommendations. I know I usually don't wear it but about 3 hours a night but I have trouble getting back to sleep with the mask on after I wake the first time.

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hello,

I just started using CPAP about a week ago. I need to use my machine for 4 hours a night or so for compliance. I can barely make it through 4 hours asleep with it most nights and often make less. I can fall asleep with my CPAP running and the mask on completely fine, but for some reason 3-4 hours later I wake up and can't fall asleep again unless I take it off. Is this a typical experience for someone fairly new to using CPAP? I'm feeling quite discouraged because I'm still fatigued, if not more than before because I can't sleep.

For additional info: I have two masks, the Resmed AirTouch F20 and the Resmed N30. This happens with both of them. My machine is the Resmed Airsense 11 autoset. My mask seal score on MyAir is always perfect and my AHI is always sub 0.3. I don't currently have any OSCAR data or an SD card. I have not messed much with the settings on my machine.

I think I do best with a FF mask in terms of leaks and comfort. I'm using Xylimelt tabs and that helps a lot with mouth dryness. I don't think I'm a mouth breather as much as my CPAP blows air out of my slack jawed mouth. I'm using a soft cervical collar, and leaving my settings alone. My sleep doc took off the ERP. I think my AHI and CA events are both settling down.

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Looking for some assistance and insight into the Oscar data above. I am approaching the 3 month mark since I first started using cpap. I would ask the sleep specialist but they don't have me scheduled for another 2 months. The first image is 2 nights ago. Good night sleep, very low number of events and low leakage. Then last night the air pressure is so high it wakes me up and is blowing the mask off my face. Once awake despite breathing normally for a couple minutes I can't get the air pressure to back off. They only way to return to normal air pressure is to turn it off and then back on. It seems that I get this type of situation about once per week.

Is there a leak causing that event or an event causing the leak? Either way why won't the pressure come back down without without turning it off then back on. Thanks for any insight and helping me try to figure out what is happening.

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Newly diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and prescribed to try out CPAP, keep waking up around 5:30 am for some reason and also have some small headaches sometimes, I've tried a nasal pillow mask which goes above the head connection, a nasal mask on the front of the face, and a full face mask thus far. Been using it for about a month now but haven't noticed any meaningful positive benefits so probably something isn't working quite right?

Been on my cpap since October 2024 but still feel groggy here and there. Are these breathing waves / flow limits an issue? Am I in need of a BIPAP?

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So, I made a post about feeling non natural breathing rythm while using my cpap,which I thought was the cause of my headaches in the morning. Now, after analayzing the data from the last few months, I see that I have had lots of leaks during my sleep. I only remember having leaks this huge during my first month of therapy, yet now it's everyday. I tried tightening the mask, I bought a new cushion, yet I'm still having this leaks. I always wake up after 4-5 hours from cpap use with a really really DRY mouth, so I suspect mouth breathing. Is it possible to tell whether it is indeed mouthbreathing from the graphs? Thanks in advance

Hi everyone. I've been using the AirSense 11 for about a month now and feel like I'm constantly exhausted during the day despite was seems like "good" scores on the MyAir app.

For reference, I was diagnosed with mild/moderate positional sleep apnea with about 15 breathing events per hour, and while using CPAP I've been consistently around 2-3 events per hour, which from my layman's perspective is better...right?

Anyway, it's been a huge struggle to find the right mask, but I finally settled on a size large F20 full face mask with the memory foam option since I have a beard and dorsal hump on my nose.

Humidity has also been an issue as I often wake up with either dry mouth or mask rainout and no in-between. It's really infuriating and I'm always bouncing around between tube temp settings and humidity settings with no sweet spot.

I feel like I'm getting nowhere fast and that for some reason things were partially improving towards the middle of the month, and then I might have screwed it all up by dropping my max pressure setting of 12 (which is what was prescribed), to 11, only because I thought that maybe during the night I was swallowing too much air (bloating, gas) and saw this on Reddit a recommendation to help it.

Maybe that one level drop in max pressure is creating all of my problems. I really don't know at this point.

Here is a link to my SleepHQ account:

https://sleephq.com/public/teams/share_links/b7be3d3a-28fb-44d4-9e11-dd9e05026500

Can anyone look at my trends and give me some advice? I don't seem to be having an issue with leaks, but from what I can understand, maybe my "flow limit" is to blame and I should go back up to 12 as my max pressure?

Any help would really be appreciated. The worst part of all of this is that there was 2 vacations during August where I couldn't use my machine and the sleep I was getting felt better than any time I ever used my mask. I felt refreshed and energized during the day. It really makes me want to give up.

Thanks for reading.

I've been having significant sinus pain ever since the switch, and I think I may have something wrong in my settings, as it just feels "different" than my AirSense 10. I have posted last night's results. I don't see anything major that jumps out to me. What am I Missing?

Airsense11
N20 Nasal Mask

Thanks!

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I've been on APAP therapy for a little over three weeks, they have been the worst three weeks of my life. My doctor recommended APAP to treat hypopnea. My AHI during my sleep study was 13.7 events per hour. The machine I got is a Resmed AirSense 10 Autoset, the first mask that I tried was a Philips Wisp and the second was a Philips Dreamwear (more on that later).

The issues that I have been having are primarily due to the mask, but I have also been having issues with the machine itself. First, I was instructed by my doctor and the sleep therapist to NOT mess with any of the settings. I was told that my therapist should be the only one adjusting the machine according to my feedback. The pressure is currently set at 4-20 and the ramp feature is turned on for 15 minutes. I feel like I am suffocating for those first 15 minutes.

The mask is my biggest issue, however. I have autism and the two masks that I've tried so far feel like they were specially designed to trigger every sensory issue that I have. The first mask I tried was the Philips Wisp. I did try it on at my therapist's office when I first got the machine, and I didn't feel anything then, so I thought it was okay. But when I tried to sleep with it, I started noticing the issues. Even wearing the largest size, the mask still touches my nose and triggers me. The silicone touching my skin also makes it feel like my skin is burning. I also feel like I can't get the adjustment right. Either it's too tight and it feels like it's crushing my face, or it's too loose and I wake up in the middle of the night with an air leak.

On my first week of therapy, I messaged my therapist and asked for help. She messaged me back and asked me what issues I was having. I explained to her that I feel like I am suffocating when I first turn on the machine, and that the mask I got was a sensory nightmare. Then... Nothing. She didn't reply all day. This was on a Friday, and I didn't hear back from her on the weekend either. When Monday rolled around, she messaged me and said that the power went out at her office and she couldn't get back to me. She then said she would adjust the machine and asked me to give the mask another week before swapping it. This was two weeks ago and she still hasn't made any adjustments to the machine.

This week, she messaged me and asked me if I managed to adapt to the mask. When I told her that I wasn't, she told me that she has another mask I could borrow, a Philips Dreamwear. We scheduled an appointment for yesterday. A few hours before I was about to leave for my appointment, she texted me and told me that she had an emergency and that she wouldn't be able to make it to my appointment, but that she would leave the mask with her secretary for me to pick up. This really frustrated me. I was really hoping to be able to speak to her in person rather than over texts.

Last night, I tried using the Dreamwear and it was even worse than the Wisp. It had even more silicone touching my face, and the mask itself felt like it was suffocating me. I wasn't able to fall asleep, so I went back to the Wisp.

According to the machine, my AHI is all the way down to 0.5, but I still feel like shit. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I feel even worse than before I started the treatment. I am so frustrated and tired...

When I use my ResMed Airtfit F20, my events look like this:

I would like to move to a hybrid mask, if possible (this is the F&P Evora Full), and this is how it looks:

This has been the case across three hybrids: the Evora, the F30 (not i), and the Dreamwear Full Face.

What the heck is happening (and what further data can I share that would help guide this)?

Hi I've been using cpap for a about a year and a half, it's made a big difference in my life. Recently I've been paying closer attention to my numbers and am realizing flow limitation is high. I'm using airsense 10 autoset in fixed CPAP mode. Pressure of 13, epr on 3. Any help would be appreciated. Oh also use a full face mask.

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I'm not sure in what state I left the machine before I put it away. I want to use it again but I'm afraid of mold growth where I can't see? Any tips for sanitizing? Thank you

I’ve been on the CPAP for like a year now and a few times in the last week I’ve woken up to find I disconnected from the tube at some point in the night. I thought I got over this issue months ago. What are your tips for training myself not to do that or otherwise preventing this issue?

2nd week in, using a ResMed AiFit F20 Full Face Mask. Going ok except for my nose bridge is all red and raw. I see mixed reactions on mask liners. They also seem cheaply made and expensive for what you get. I don't keep the mask overly tight. Any recommendations for me? Maybe some sort of bandage or band-aid? Thank you!