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Re:Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker by jgrowl on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:33PM (#18462468)
This was my personal experience as well. I use a ResMed machine and I remember when I first got it that the instructions warned that only technicians could make setting adjustments. After a few nights of waking up feeling like I couldn't move air through my nose, I just looked up how to do it. It only consisted of holding down two buttons at the same time. Very straight forward. I haven't tried accessing the internal data, but I've been content enough with the breakdown that they provide each night.
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Re:Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker by DenisM on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:28PM (#18463537)
Get a newer machine, an S10. Steal money if you have to. These are much better, not just the menu but the pressure logic.
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Re:Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker by rootusrootus on Thursday November 15, 2018 @05:36PM (#18464125)
FWIW, there is no such thing as an S10. The last of the S-series (by name at least) was the S9. The current model you want is the AirSense 10 or AirCurve 10 if you want a BiPAP.

Anyways ... I have an AirSense 10 and I have to say ... I have no idea what the S9 was like, but the current model still fucks up my levels when I wake up in the middle of the night. Not sure how my breathing is different when I'm awake, but it inevitably causes the damn machine to detect an obstruction and it will push the pressure all the way to the maximum.

A pretty common complaint, but they have not released a fix AFAIK.

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Re:Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker by gedy on Thursday November 15, 2018 @06:19PM (#18464427)
Odd, but I'm reading your comment next door to ResMed, did not realize they made CPAP machines
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Re:Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker by rhcom2 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:26PM (#18463520)
Was that the pressure too high for you to exhale or too low to overcome the apnea?
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Re:Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker by jgrowl on Friday November 16, 2018 @12:07AM (#18466572)
It was just that I'd wake up and feel like I was struggling to move air in. The machine was working as intended as far as I know. It was still registering that air was getting through so it was not adjusting the pressure. I just have allergies and even though I'm on Montelukast, I still have to crank up the pressure just to feel comfortable.

I'm not sure now that you mention it, maybe it should have been increasing the pressure.

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