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They don't need to. You want to set the machine to the lowest pressure limit that ensures you sleep well and are comfortable. This progress can be objectively m
by Karunamon 4y ago
They don't need to. You want to set the machine to the lowest pressure limit that ensures you sleep well and are comfortable. This progress can be objectively measured since the machine counts apnea events. Both of these are easily surfaced in the UI.
It's no different than setting the volume on your headphones to a comfortable level. And it is not some fiddly arcane art that requires a medical intervention.
- TylerE 4y agoThe danger there is that there is more to it than just pressure. Many of the defaults, at least for me, actually make it much harder. Like, my machine by default ramps up the pressure slowly... which I find quite uncomfortable... I am on the higher end of the pressure range. I run in APAP mode, with a rather narrow range of 17-20. (20 is the most typical machines can run.. some bipaps can go up to 25). Anything below about 15 feels like I'm breathing through a straw. Humidity setup is quite important as well, and often paradoxical (lower setting = effectively more humidity, as water capacity is limited and on higher settings pretty much all of the water is used in the first couple of hours). Now, none of the professional people involved helped or guided me to any of that. My initial sleep stufy (in person, not home, this was ~7 years ago) came up with a static pressure of 13.5. That didn't work well at all, as stated above. That said, if I wasn't a techie, I doubt I'd have figured any of that out.