There is a big difference between lay people's use of the term "traumatic" and symptoms that meet diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. True, and there's also a big difference between the general use of the terms "obsession" and " compulsive," for example, "She's obsessed with mon...

Here's one way to think of it: Conventionally, a "normal" resting pulse is said to be 72 and blood pressure is 120/80. But most of the time, most people, at rest, do not have a pulse of 72 and BP of 120/80. Both these numbers vary a lot due to innumerable factors that influence our physiology from m...

Jim, something here isn't computing for me. On the diagnostic study your AHI was 0.6, yet they prescribed CPAP at 5 cm. Why? I was asking myself the same question, just because on a past study it was 60 AHI. Still doesn't make sense to me. Plus, I have to correct myself. You wrote that in your diag...

Jim, something here isn't computing for me. On the diagnostic study your AHI was 0.6, yet they prescribed CPAP at 5 cm. Why? At home your machine records AHI of 6 to 15 or 20, depending on pressure. Are these all centrals? You didn't have any obstructions during the study. I think I wasn't completel...

OP, you ask how much damage was done to your organs and how long it will take to recover your cognitive function. Unfortunately, no one knows the answer. Some people have noticed an early, dramatic improvement, in a few days or a week. Probably it's more common for it to be gradual. Someone posted h...

Mark, thanks for all your good work. Since the table displays "prescription settings", I would include just values that can be programmed into the machine, i.e., not the 95%. Date Max IPAP Min EPAP Mode Pressure support if auto BIPAP Flex/EPR Ramp Humidifier Plus the number of days at that setting i...

If, as the OP says, he has central apnea, dental devices and/or tracheosteomy won't help. Nor is he being treated with the correct machine. OP also says he snores a lot, which suggests obstruction. I wonder how careful his studies were, or how competent his doc; my first study was poorly done. It's ...

Someone posted a link here to a study showing CPAP improved AFib. Also, it's been shown that treating OSA improves BP regulation. Of course, that's not the same as proving that future cardiovascular events are prevented. It would be hard to do a clean study that proves that. I think of xpap as being...

Thanks, RG.

Coulda' done my own search.

Swiss Miss? Chocolate MIX? They don't even deserve the label, "ersatz." If you want the real cocoa experience--- A study reported by the BBC indicated that melting chocolate in one's mouth produced an increase in brain activity and heart rate that was more intense than that associated with passionat...

I'm curious about this, too. Hasn't anyone tried it?

Bumping this thread, because I'd like to know how things are going for you. Your efforts on SleepyHead have helped so many of us, and I hope others here will take another look at your situation. It's been mentioned before, but have you had a thorough lab workup? It would be a shame if you continued ...

Today on the news there was another death linked the the neti pot . You can read the article below, and they say that to protect yourself from the amoeba use distilled water and let you Neti Pot dry out. I don't see any reason not to keep using it, just to use these precautions. I also don't unders...

Bons wrote:
SA can lead to afib, but I'm thinking that once the heart has been out of whack and damaged, treating the apnea might not prevent recurrence of afib.

Someone recently posted a link on this board to a study that demonstrated a beneficial effect of XPAP on AFib.

SMenasco wrote: I'm certainly glad he invented the internet.

Obviously, Gore didn't invent the internet.

But he really did invent the Al Gore Ithm, didn't he?