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Posted by sleepreliefforme on August 12, 2008 at 05:42:12:

For those of you with UARS that use CPAP I was wondering what pressure has provided you with relief. If you could also post your Respiratory Arousal index that would be useful.

I recently had a sleep study that showed only 1 apnea/hypopnea but I had a respiratory arousal index of 9.0 (which is kind of low I think), but I have a lot of daytime tiredness and only had 12.5% SWS and 10.6% REM sleep.

My pressure was never titrated that night because it didn't seem like full blown apnea and I'm having some problems with insurance atm with going in to get my UARS pressure titrated so I'm adjusting pressures on my own to find relief

So far I've been using a pressure of 10.0 for a week, which hasn't made much of a difference yet, but I heard it can take at least a month to feel a difference.

Are pressures for UARS usually lower than that for full blown sleep apnea and what is the normal range of pressures if there is such a thing?

Also, are there any problems with using too high of a pressure other than the discomfort involved?

I was considering self-titrating things by using a high pressure for a month to overkill the problem and then just go down a little bit at a time until I find it not working as well.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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