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by love2sleep69
Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:34 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Should I get a bilevel or ASV?
Replies: 8
Views: 818

Re: Should I get a bilevel or ASV?

Many thanks for all the replies. So far I've only used the ASV for a little over a week so it's inconclusive if I feel better on it. I've only had one semi-decent day with it despite several brief awakenings. All other days, I've had terrible fatigue but I was only starting to get used to it before ...
by love2sleep69
Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Should I get a bilevel or ASV?
Replies: 8
Views: 818

Should I get a bilevel or ASV?

I've been struggling with really fragmented and unrestful sleep for years and CPAP seems to have failed me so I'm trying to move beyond that. I probably have a very strong UARS component to my moderate OSA. On the CPAP, I seem to have much less rattiness in my flowrate and less fatigue when I turn E...
by love2sleep69
Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate
Replies: 10
Views: 34710

Re: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate

Two more nights testing out the Bilevel. I'm working on my sleep hygiene at the same time but sometimes it feels like it does nothing for me as I would awake just as often and just as long. I feel so defeated. Bilevel Day 4 - Settings 7/12/4 Too many awakenings to count, I don't even remember when. ...
by love2sleep69
Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate
Replies: 10
Views: 34710

Re: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate

Thanks much for the responses. Sleep position - I am a back sleeper which I now remember is the worst for SDB. I use an Amara View, is it possible to backsleep with that? Side-sleeping should help with UARS, right? I've also just started developing LPR in the last few weeks. Allergy Medication - I t...
by love2sleep69
Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate
Replies: 10
Views: 34710

Re: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate

I've been working with the good folks over at apneaboard and it seems like while sleep hygiene is a factor, my awakenings are mostly to do with sleep-disordered breathing. I'm working on both at the same time. We've found that EPR to 3 on the S9 Autoset was a game changer, and together with narrowin...
by love2sleep69
Sun May 20, 2018 12:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate
Replies: 10
Views: 34710

Re: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate

I am sorry to hear you are suffering. I can't address why it's happening, but I can tell you you're not alone. I was waking every two hours before I was diagnosed and treated. (Several years. ) Now I get roughly three hours of uninterrupted sleep at a time after being on a BiPAP machine for six mon...
by love2sleep69
Sun May 20, 2018 12:08 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate
Replies: 10
Views: 34710

Re: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate

Hey, thanks for the responses. I always had severe ADHD and DSPD my whole life, but I also used to be able to sleep 8+ hours uninterrupted until all of a sudden like a switch had been flipped after the OSA has emerged in full and I'm now lucky to get 5 hours at a time. Yeah, I think ADHD brains inhe...
by love2sleep69
Sat May 19, 2018 1:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: O/T children being hunted
Replies: 72
Views: 5195

Re: O/T children being hunted

People say school shootings happen at the intersection of gun culture, toxic masculinity, and capitalist alienation. That's all true, and yet another thing that compounds the mix is the ungodly early work-school hours foisted on kids and on the general public in the service of "productivity" and wor...
by love2sleep69
Sat May 19, 2018 1:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate
Replies: 10
Views: 34710

Please help! 4+ years fragmented sleep and insomnia – Extremely Desperate

I've cross-posted this identical thread from apneaboards, I hope that's OK: http://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread-Please-help-4-years-fragmented-sleep-and-insomnia-%E2%80%93-Extremely-Desperate?pid=259460#pid259460 Please bear with me if this is long as I’m trying to pack as much relevant info as ...