Messing with your own PAP settings can be a bad idea. I have complex apnea - a little bit of obstructive apnea (small pie hole), a little bit of central apnea (brain messages to breathe don't get through). I had an Auto BiPAP machine, which is like an intelligent ventilator that varies settings to determine the best one. A sleep study plus home monitoring indicated that the machine made my apnea worse!
After another sleep study where they tried many different settings, it was found that static CPAP, the simplest form of PAP therapy, was most effective in addressing my apnea. This was highly unexpected.
My point is that only a sleep technician or a sleep medicine doctor could have figured the right settings out. Beware of fucking with your own settings! I did it multiple times and it hurt my sleep instead of improving it. Pulse oximetry is not good enough to tune your own settings.
After another sleep study where they tried many different settings, it was found that static CPAP, the simplest form of PAP therapy, was most effective in addressing my apnea. This was highly unexpected.
My point is that only a sleep technician or a sleep medicine doctor could have figured the right settings out. Beware of fucking with your own settings! I did it multiple times and it hurt my sleep instead of improving it. Pulse oximetry is not good enough to tune your own settings.