HELP WITH RESMED VPAP ADAPT SV - SleepGuide2024-03-28T08:22:12Zhttps://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/help-with-resmed-vpap-adapt-sv?commentId=2549090%3AComment%3A216726&feed=yes&xn_auth=nohi
if anyone reads this. i ke…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-06-01:2549090:Comment:2191492012-06-01T15:29:33.301ZJohn Serranohttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/JohnSerrano
<p>hi</p>
<p>if anyone reads this. i keep on getting this weird message on my resmed vpap adapt sv machine´s screen. it says somethiing like too much or too hihg pressure support. it starts beeping and turns off during the night. it´s happening almost every night. what´s happening? thanks.</p>
<p>john.</p>
<p>hi</p>
<p>if anyone reads this. i keep on getting this weird message on my resmed vpap adapt sv machine´s screen. it says somethiing like too much or too hihg pressure support. it starts beeping and turns off during the night. it´s happening almost every night. what´s happening? thanks.</p>
<p>john.</p> John Serrano said:
Mollete: w…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-27:2549090:Comment:2167552012-04-27T23:28:44.949Zmolletehttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/Mollete
<p><cite>John Serrano said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/help-with-resmed-vpap-adapt-sv?x=1&id=2549090%3ATopic%3A216304&page=1#2549090Comment216378"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Mollete: what´s a serial port? like an usb port?</p>
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<br></br>Not really. On the AdaptSV, it's a DB9 connector on the lower right of the machine:…<br></br>
<p><cite>John Serrano said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/help-with-resmed-vpap-adapt-sv?x=1&id=2549090%3ATopic%3A216304&page=1#2549090Comment216378"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Mollete: what´s a serial port? like an usb port?</p>
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<br/>Not really. On the AdaptSV, it's a DB9 connector on the lower right of the machine:<br/><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51609855?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51609855?profile=original" width="385"/></a> John, Mask liners are materia…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-27:2549090:Comment:2165802012-04-27T21:45:52.728ZTerry Vellahttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/TerryVella
John, Mask liners are material that go between the mask and yuor face rather than having the mask directly touching your face. It helps in a number of ways, first if you have oily skin it stops the mask from moving, also for us males, it helps he seal if you have a beard or just stubble They lso reduce those mask marks.<br />
You can buy them over the net, there are a number of different ones I bought a 6 pack of Remzzz's and although they say to only use them once you can wash them and get about 5-6…
John, Mask liners are material that go between the mask and yuor face rather than having the mask directly touching your face. It helps in a number of ways, first if you have oily skin it stops the mask from moving, also for us males, it helps he seal if you have a beard or just stubble They lso reduce those mask marks.<br />
You can buy them over the net, there are a number of different ones I bought a 6 pack of Remzzz's and although they say to only use them once you can wash them and get about 5-6 uses. I then made a template of what I needed from there liners and went to a fabric shop and got 3 ft of 50% cotton/ 50 % poly fabric and cut out my own and they also last 5-6 uses, the next time I bought 3 ft of 50% cotton/ 50 % licra fabric. That last me about 3 months and costs about ten dollars. You don't have to use these materials, just have a look and feel around and find a material that suits you. You may be able to find something it your favourite football teams colour lol.<br />
You should have the hose coming from above your head, not the CPAP it's self. The reason is because the gravity will pull the mask up not down, it also saves you getting tangled in the hos and accidently pulling it off. I don't suggest you go against your psychiatrist orders, I thought previously he said try CPAP first. The idea of antidepressants is that they increase your Serotonin, it basically is supposed to make you happy and in some cases can help you sleep. Unfortunately one of the side effects is insomnia in some people, so the drug that is supposed to help you can make your sleep worse. I have been on a antidepressants for a year and a half and they didn't do anything for me because I had sleep apnea not depression, some of the symptoms are similar i.e low mood, tiredness, etc. I was diagnosed with depression before the SA, I wish it had been the other way round. I have found Dr's are very quick to treat the symptoms with meds than find the cause. I can only speak from my experience but as soon as I got the SA treated and under control, the depression lifted and I am almost fully off the antidepressant. I was also put on sleeping pills, 3 lots sometimes at once and that made my SA worst because they were knocking me out when I couln't breathe anyway so I'd be waking you after an hour of sleep chocking from SA then not being able to go back to sleep, he staying awake and going to work the next day on one hours of sleep, this went on for two years until I found my slee specialist and CPAP. You can imagine how I feel now that I get 6-7 hours quality sleep and I enjoy life, sorry this is long winded and it is only my story, not everybody is the same. Just on the antidepressants or any other meds, for som people they have a place, if I was a diabetic of had a stroke and had to take meds I would, but who knows what they are doing to your body and brain. It may be co incidence but look at the increase in cancer etc, I'm not scientist but it concerns me a bit and I would rather be drug free.<br />
To answer you last question, the serial port is the USB port. terry:
thanks for the suppo…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-27:2549090:Comment:2163782012-04-27T16:17:27.905ZJohn Serranohttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/JohnSerrano
<p>terry:</p>
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<p>thanks for the support.</p>
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<p>i don´t know what a mask liner is. how can i make my cpap higher than me and why?</p>
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<p>my psychiatrist said i HAVE to take antidepresants. i don´t know how they´ll help if what i need is to sleep well with the CPAP. why are you not recomending them?</p>
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<p>Mollete: what´s a serial port? like an usb port?</p>
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<p>thanks for the support.</p>
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<p>i don´t know what a mask liner is. how can i make my cpap higher than me and why?</p>
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<p>my psychiatrist said i HAVE to take antidepresants. i don´t know how they´ll help if what i need is to sleep well with the CPAP. why are you not recomending them?</p>
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hi all:
As…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-27:2549090:Comment:2163732012-04-27T01:00:12.247Zmolletehttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/Mollete
<p><cite>John Serrano said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/help-with-resmed-vpap-adapt-sv?page=1&commentId=2549090%3AComment%3A216460&x=1#2549090Comment216726"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>hi all:</p>
<p>Aslo it doesn´t have the card or software or cable to keep track of the apneas nor can i buy these accesories to do this, it´s just too old. my provider told me this).</p>
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<p>Actually, the early AdaptSV units…</p>
<p><cite>John Serrano said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/help-with-resmed-vpap-adapt-sv?page=1&commentId=2549090%3AComment%3A216460&x=1#2549090Comment216726"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>hi all:</p>
<p>Aslo it doesn´t have the card or software or cable to keep track of the apneas nor can i buy these accesories to do this, it´s just too old. my provider told me this).</p>
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<p>Actually, the early AdaptSV units downloaded data directly from the serial port on the back of the machine.</p> John, I'm here to support you…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-26:2549090:Comment:2164602012-04-26T23:00:18.052ZTerry Vellahttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/TerryVella
John, I'm here to support you not to preach, it's great to hear that you got your setting back to how they should be. Forget about the settings etc now, it will just confuse you. You are now aware that you have to use CPAP everynight so leave it at that. We are similar, we have been so sleep and oxygen deprived for so long, it will take time to heal again. I use the Mirage Quattro and it takes a bit of getting used to but now I have got most of the issues resolved I love it, what problems are…
John, I'm here to support you not to preach, it's great to hear that you got your setting back to how they should be. Forget about the settings etc now, it will just confuse you. You are now aware that you have to use CPAP everynight so leave it at that. We are similar, we have been so sleep and oxygen deprived for so long, it will take time to heal again. I use the Mirage Quattro and it takes a bit of getting used to but now I have got most of the issues resolved I love it, what problems are you still having with it? There are a number of small things you can do to make it better. Are you using mask liners and do you have the hose coming from above your head, do those two things first. On the antidepressants, I was like you and didn't want to take them, they have there place for some people but I think they probably made me worse because I had SA not depression. I think you said your psych said you don't have to start taking them yet, so give CPAP a go and you may not need them. Keep us updated and keep asking questions, a bit over a year ago I was where you are now, today I feel great and you can too, it will just take time. I hated hearing it myself but you will have to be patient. hi all:
i´m sorry for not wri…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-26:2549090:Comment:2167262012-04-26T16:54:12.923ZJohn Serranohttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/JohnSerrano
<p>hi all:</p>
<p>i´m sorry for not writing before. i have a hard time doing anything. but i´m hanging in there. oh gosh i didn´t realize people would respond, which such helpful info and being so nice.</p>
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<p>first of all, i managed to changed the sv settings to my last sleep study´s prescription (stanford 2010) and i´m already using my cpap every night, after seeing my psychologist. i´ve been using the sv for 2 nights.</p>
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<p>yes, mollete is right. the machine they titrated…</p>
<p>hi all:</p>
<p>i´m sorry for not writing before. i have a hard time doing anything. but i´m hanging in there. oh gosh i didn´t realize people would respond, which such helpful info and being so nice.</p>
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<p>first of all, i managed to changed the sv settings to my last sleep study´s prescription (stanford 2010) and i´m already using my cpap every night, after seeing my psychologist. i´ve been using the sv for 2 nights.</p>
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<p>yes, mollete is right. the machine they titrated me with was a respironics. it´s respironics´ lingo. i have a resmed sv. i didn´t know this. that´s why i couldn´t change it back. i called my cpap provider (don´t know what DME is?) and he explained it all to me. or tried to. in the end he made the conversion an told me what MIN and MAX PS to set my machin in to change it back. i don´t even know if they even set it to what they prescribed at Stanford, cause they used a Respironics to titrate me. not my own machine. I took it there to have it checked, cause i was already feeling like it wasn´t delivering enough air at that time. they told me i was being undertreated (not enought air pressure?) and gave me that prescription (EPAP 8, max IPAP 25, min IPAP 12, autorate). my sleep doc there told me the graphics said i slept better with the machine they titrated me with. that they corrected my apneas. i told her what i always think: then how come i feel so tired right now? she said that i should try and sleep with my SV.</p>
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<p>My provider told me to set the SV and i did on the phone with him at: EEP 8, min PS 4, max PS 17 (actually 12, my SV is old and doesn´t go pass 12).</p>
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<p>Aslo it doesn´t have the card or software or cable to keep track of the apneas nor can i buy these accesories to do this, it´s just too old. my provider told me this).</p>
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<p>so, the first night i felt so much air coming in and i did´t take my sleeping pill cause i was feeling sleepy (which i don´t normally feel, but that day i exercised under the sun and kept active, which sometimes helps) so i had a light sleep all night, which i feel i do when i don´t take my sleeping pill.</p>
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<p>the second night, last night, i took my sleeping pill (zopiclone). not so light sleep, i don´t remember anything during the night and didn´t wake up, but i´m not feeling rested either today.</p>
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<p>it is only until now that i´m realizing that i have to use the cpap even if i don´t sleep any better or probably sleep worse for a long time. kind of like the same with antidepresants, which i don´t want to start taking for the same reason. i don´t think i can take any more, at least until i see any bit of improvement with my sleep and feel a little better. i have this altered nervous system, don´t know if it´s anxiety or depresion or both from severe lack or restorative sleep and chronic reflux since i was a child (i´m 37 not overweight, but a small chin and very crowded and restricted mouth and airway), but i haven´t been able to take antidepresants for more than a week.</p>
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<p>the good thing about all this recently is that my psychologist made me realize that i do need my sleep, which i have neglected for many years, trying to go around it and live my life exhausted. that i should fight for my sleep. which i hate. i hate to sleep, i hate the night, i´ve been having delayed sleep phase syndrome for many years now.</p>
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<p>i understand the using the cpap thing for a while even if i don´t sleep any better, but the antidepresants i´m so hesitant about. i don´t wanna feel worse. i don´t feel afraid or anxious all the time, but have anxous thoughts and habits according to my psychologist like going late to bed, keeping active on my laptop till late, sometimes eating at night, being exhausted the next day and not going out to exercise or work because of this... according to him and my psychiatrist the antidepresants will help. i wonder how? will they make me sleep better when what i have is sleep apnea? and he even explained this. what will make me sleep better is my cpap. so, why should i take antidepresants. they make you feel worse (they warned me and i´ve felt it before) and be anxious and sleepless in the beginning before you "feel better". so, what is "feeling better"?, if what´s gonna make me feel better is to sleep well with my cpap?</p>
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<p>they say it´s an aid. that my brain is reheated from poor sleep and all the other health issues (digestive, reflux, bloating, pressure to breathe) that i have. that my brain doesn´t have the necesary chemicals to think and feel good and even to sleep that everybody has. and i feel i don´t have them, but is it true that these pills will give me all this?</p>
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<p>ok now i´ll try and explain why i ´ve had such a hard time with my cpap therapy or haven´t adjusted to treatment or haven´t known how to handle it.</p>
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<p>i had a hard time with sleep apnea and doctors here in Colombia since the begining. i had poor sleep and already insomnia for years before i was diagnosed, so it´s even hard for me to fall asleep. taking sleep studies is hard because of this. they always have to give me sleeping pills, even if they don´t want to.</p>
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<p>when i was finally diagnosed complex sleep apnea in 2008 in a sleep clinic in Columbus, Ohio, i was given this SV machine. those were the original settings. they even told me i had mild narcolepsy. my sleep was so disturbed i had hallucinations before i fell alseep and had some sort of electric shock and jumps/jerks when i was falling asleep. i was already feeling my reflux symptoms and couldn´t stand (still that way) to fall asleep on my back. i feel sofocated, have nightmares, can´t fall asleep that way. they had a hard time with me, but did the best they could. one night without cpap the other night they tried different machines on till they said the SV corrected my apneas. but i felt exhausted the next morning. same as at Stanford. Same as always.</p>
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<p>Short after that my GERD/digestive issues flared up and i started to have severe shortness of breath attacks. never had them before, i´m not asthmatic. that raised my anxiety i went to the ER everyday. they sent me to the shrink. that was when i took antidepresants and couldn´t stand them for more than a week. had reflux surgery and PPI´s but didn´t work. i don´t have the shortness of breath any more, just occasionally, thank GOD (i prayed a lot) but i keep having the bloating to the left side which pushes against my left lung and makes me feel like it´s difficult to breath or take a deep breath. imagin this when i lie down at night with reflux in my throat and the post nasal drip it causes me all the time. it´s no wonder why i don´t sleep or breathe well at night. all of this i realize only until now that i have tests and i´ve gone through all this journey.</p>
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<p>i´ve tried different masks, cpaps, pressures, bed elevated, medication for reflux, sleeping pills, etc. plus i don´t have follow up here in my country cause the good or last sleep studies i took were in the US. last one in Stanford, where they changed the settings of my original sleep study in Columbus. needless to say i don´t hold a job for years and can´t keep active or do almost anything but work on my computer. i´m a graphic designer, photographer and artist. but all of this as a hobby or free lance cause i don´t have the energy to persue this well.</p>
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<p>i use a full face (Quatro) which makes it hard to fall asleep, it´s so uncomfortable, but the nasals didn´t do it for me cause i leak air through my lips even with the mouth closed. is it true that GERD sufferers shouldn´t use full face masks?</p>
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<p>i´m sorry for this long message, for ranting. this is what i hate to do, but i guess it was time on this forum. i´m sorry for neglecting my sleep, but it´s been one thing after another and you all know how debilitating can be to not sleep well at all, for years.</p>
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<p>that´s why i changed my cpap settings even knowing i shouldn´t. i didn´t realize it was such a sophisticated technology that i couldn´t changed it back. i´ve read how some people help self titrate themselves making little changes to their pressures when then don´t have good follow up like i do. i also didn´t realize how wrong it was to neglet my sleep for so long. it´s just hard to fight being so tired all the time. i feel i can´t think right. or do anything right.</p>
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<p>should i take another sleep study in the us (off course after giveing CPAP a try after while)?</p>
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<p>Gosh! I feel I sound so negative and depresed! but anyway. i´m gonna post this message. i hope it helps. please don´t preach. i´m already beating myself up and have my shrinks beating me up, ha ha. i know i am the one who has to get off my butt and heal my life (like louis hay says). i am using my CPAP now. i´ve just had a lot of complications with the therapy.</p>
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<p>thanks to all tha have written and who will want to write something helpful. this website is great.</p>
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<p> </p> Mollete makes a good point he…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-26:2549090:Comment:2166382012-04-26T15:15:52.286ZMary Zhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/MaryZimlich
<p>Mollete makes a good point here about sleeping- if you're not able to sleep no therapy can help you.</p>
<p>How are you doing, John?</p>
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<p>Mollete makes a good point here about sleeping- if you're not able to sleep no therapy can help you.</p>
<p>How are you doing, John?</p>
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</blockquote> In order to try to better und…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-25:2549090:Comment:2165352012-04-25T10:44:53.390Zmolletehttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/Mollete
<p>In order to try to better understand what's going on, you should realize that there are 4 different ASV machines (and consequently algorithms) right now:</p>
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<p>Respironics BiPAP AutoSV</p>
<p>Respironics BiPAP AutoSV Advanced</p>
<p>ResMed AdaptSV</p>
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<p>It appears that your titration was done on Respironics BiPAP AutoSV. Is your AdaptSV first generation or Enhanced?</p>
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<p>If your original prescription was EPAP 8, max IPAP 25, min…</p>
<p>In order to try to better understand what's going on, you should realize that there are 4 different ASV machines (and consequently algorithms) right now:</p>
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<p>Respironics BiPAP AutoSV</p>
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<p>It appears that your titration was done on Respironics BiPAP AutoSV. Is your AdaptSV first generation or Enhanced?</p>
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<p>If your original prescription was EPAP 8, max IPAP 25, min IPAP 12, auto-rate on first generation AutoSV, the corresponding settings on AdaptSV should be EEP 8, MinPS 4 (EEP 8 + MinPS 4 = min IPAP 12) and MaxPS 16 (EEP 8 + MaxPS 16 = MaxIPAP 24)(close as you can get as MaxPS 16 is the upper limit of the machine).</p>
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<p>That said, because the algorithms are slightly different in a number of ways (including how the rate is determined in auto modes), a conversion may not necessarily be completely accurate.</p>
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<p>However, what you suggest is that in addition to a <em><strong>Sleep-Disordered Breathing</strong></em> problem is a <em><strong>Sleep</strong></em> problem, and if you're not <em><strong>sleeping,</strong></em> you can SV all night long and it won't do you any good. This needs to be addressed by a sleep specialist, preferably with a sub-specialty in behavioral sleep medicine.</p>
<p> </p> John, Mary and Rock are right…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-04-25:2549090:Comment:2161222012-04-25T00:47:26.523ZTerry Vellahttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/TerryVella
John, Mary and Rock are right, I see you are in columbia, how can you get your machine back to your DME? You really need to make this a priority. The sooner you get back to the original settings the better and you will need to give it time. I know it's frustrating but that's the way it goes. You have been sleep and oxygen deprived for so long, it is going to take quite a while to feel better after you have got the settings right but the benefits are worth it in the long run.
John, Mary and Rock are right, I see you are in columbia, how can you get your machine back to your DME? You really need to make this a priority. The sooner you get back to the original settings the better and you will need to give it time. I know it's frustrating but that's the way it goes. You have been sleep and oxygen deprived for so long, it is going to take quite a while to feel better after you have got the settings right but the benefits are worth it in the long run.