ASV or not, I'm not imagining the ComplexSA diagnosis. The centrals, flow limitations and hypopneas are real. And C/APAP don't make me feel better, or they trigger centrals and make me feel worse. It seems like ASV is what's prescribed in cases of ComplexSA; I didn't *want* to spend all that money, but if it seems to make sense then I'm for trying it. The alternative is a life of being barely functional. Regarding Sludge, it's not that I'm adamantly disagreeing with the points he makes, I'm just very turned off by the spiteful, sarcastic and disrespectful tone he uses with people.palerider wrote:what's it gotten you? maybe I'm missing something, but it sounds like after all that money, you're worse off than when you started... no?justinjustin wrote:I was clearly shown to suffer from ComplexSA + UARS on the PSG, when other labs weren't testing for UARS and said 'your AHI looks fine, so SDB isn't likely.
Then the first few nights of ASV made me feel better than ever possible with/without other xPAP.
Now that I'm experiencing difficulties with the treatment, I've wasted my money and I've been hypnotized? Even having a firm diagnosis after seeing countless other specialists in many disciplines, MRIs, etc would be worth the money.
is it really worth it to feel worse?
and, yes, maybe there was some sort of placebo effect if the 6500$ only bought you a few nights of 'better'.
maybe you shouldn't be on an asv?
maybe sludge, as much as you dislike him, has a point?
Anyhow, here's the graphs you asked for.
I think my FL in aggregate each night seem pretty excessive as well..